To the OP!! ■■■■ it up mate! You choose to work for agency scum! HTH
In exchange for picking up a stupid O’clock start, you don’t get messed around.
Alternatively, you can just turn down the daft start time in the first place. I hate such starts personally, because you’ve lost both the day ahead of the start, AND the following day - and for what? A measily flat 8 hours in some cases… Start at 2am in a lot of places, and you’ll be paid “day rate” rather than nights as well!
I’ve been turned away from signing up at some agencies, because I didn’t give them a mobile number. Hah! dead giveaway as to the intended abuse of your sleep period eh?
Pallet depots get snotty when you don’t give them a mobile number as well… “We’ll Call you when it’s your turn to be re-loaded” indeed… I’m off down the eatery district with my solo tractor, since they have no hot food on-site, so you ain’t calling me back from there before my time! I wont be putting it on break until I’m parked up to get some food, and I won’t be setting off back to pick up my yet-to-be-reloaded trailer until I’ve had the full hour, since I get deducted for it.
Oooh insist upon having a meal break with a meal in it eh? - “Not being asked back” is always a possibility, and has occured to me in the past - but never a “ban from site” strangely.
(Got one runner firm get snotty over using 2 miles of their tractor fuel running into town once!)
Just ignore the text and start when you were first told to, don’t accept texts from any agency. This is a good example of why agenies shouls be shut down and get the driver force back into full time jobs with the comanies that need them.
I did a stint on agency (much against my beliefs) in order to get a full time position at Tesco, I was employed during that time by 2 agencies, the first was Park Street Personell in Towcester and they made the mistake of not paying sick pay or holiday pay then calling me at 02.00am one night, I told them to f*** off and went to ABC agency in MK the next day, I was given sick pay and holiday pay from day one, I only stayed with them for 8 months then joined Tesco full time, but that was how an agency should be run, the rest are thieves and scam artists.
Perhaps they only called you to “give you a Weedon”?
You’re being booked on ghost shifts, they tell you you’re in at 2 for a shift that doesn’t exsist and then if the customers rings up and asks for a shift around your time they change your shift, if another agency rings you you say you’ve got a shift and if nothing comes up they cancel you after they know you’ve gone to bed. They are back stabbing ar53 holes thatll be your best mate when they’re busy and won’t answer the phone when there’s no work and be rude if they do. It’ll only get worse in January when the next batch of eastern European turn up.
Immigrant:
you not hard enough for that job
Dannycarroll2007:
You’re being booked on ghost shifts, they tell you you’re in at 2 for a shift that doesn’t exsist and then if the customers rings up and asks for a shift around your time they change your shift, if another agency rings you you say you’ve got a shift and if nothing comes up they cancel you after they know you’ve gone to bed. They are back stabbing ar53 holes thatll be your best mate when they’re busy and won’t answer the phone when there’s no work and be rude if they do. It’ll only get worse in January when the next batch of eastern European turn up.
If they’re turning up in January, they might get the impression there’s not even any work for them on minimum wages and maxed out housing benefits.
Perhaps that’ll make some think twice about staying.
Why oh why have successive governments been afraid to ■■■■ off the relative few scroungers the benefit the working masses?
Scrap ALL benefits paid for doing nothing at all.
Next time I’m totally skint, I’d rather knock someone over the head than go back to that damned dss again rubbing shoulders with all the junkies, pykies, and other newly-arrived criminals.
Dannycarroll2007:
You’re being booked on ghost shifts, they tell you you’re in at 2 for a shift that doesn’t exsist and then if the customers rings up and asks for a shift around your time they change your shift, if another agency rings you you say you’ve got a shift and if nothing comes up they cancel you after they know you’ve gone to bed. They are back stabbing ar53 holes thatll be your best mate when they’re busy and won’t answer the phone when there’s no work and be rude if they do. It’ll only get worse in January when the next batch of eastern European turn up.
Oh this sounds like a Best Connection tactic