Saw this on back of a truck. Things must be desperate in euro land.
Wonder what pay and conditions are. Like
A lot of the fridge drivers were Lithuanian but the tankers were French. Belgian and English
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Here in Denmark I’m regularly asked if I know anyone who wants a job, this never used to be the case. I think in general the young people just don’t want to put up with the kind of long hours and nights away, plus being hounded by all and sundry resulting in fines etc. it really is an older workforce so will come a day when there really are no drivers. Interesting times ahead.
If lorry drivers were treated like other workers, in that you would get decent wages for a 36-40 hour week, you could then attract more drivers and create employment for many more, the way in which the industry has developed though, with the driver being seen as a disposable animal, I have little hope of it ever happening.
Tude:
If lorry drivers were treated like other workers, in that you would get decent wages for a 36-40 hour week, you could then attract more drivers and create employment for many more, the way in which the industry has developed though, with the driver being seen as a disposable animal, I have little hope of it ever happening.
If drivers didn’t behave like “disposable animals” maybe the treatment would improve. I direct you to any truck park or layby and take a good look around and have a good sniff. When you’ve finished doing that, go visit the driver facilities at any RDC and take a look at the broken remains and excrement smeared up the walls and all over the pan. Then take a look around the waiting area and see if you can spot a driver with a clean hi-viz and has had a wash and shave within the past 7 days. The industry is 99% knuckle-dragging neanderthals who are too thick to do anything else. The other 1% are the pro’s who dress correctly and treat the job, equipment and people they meet with respect.
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Tude:
If lorry drivers were treated like other workers, in that you would get decent wages for a 36-40 hour week, you could then attract more drivers and create employment for many more, the way in which the industry has developed though, with the driver being seen as a disposable animal, I have little hope of it ever happening.If drivers didn’t behave like “disposable animals” maybe the treatment would improve. I direct you to any truck park or layby and take a good look around and have a good sniff. When you’ve finished doing that, go visit the driver facilities at any RDC and take a look at the broken remains and excrement smeared up the walls and all over the pan. Then take a look around the waiting area and see if you can spot a driver with a clean hi-viz and has had a wash and shave within the past 7 days. The industry is 99% knuckle-dragging neanderthals who are too thick to do anything else. The other 1% are the pro’s who dress correctly and treat the job, equipment and people they meet with respect.
Disagree with the 99% figure but agree with the rest.
As you have mentioned, just take a walk around any MSA and look at the dirty slobs waddling back to the truck with a 4000 calorie takaway and sweating like Gary Glitter on a Cambodian school bus!
When asked what my proffession is I never say lorry driver out of embarrassment.
Discrimination is a horrible trait and we have to start somewhere, who knows… if we all started treating each other with respect and understanding and perhaps a bit of compassion, then the environment would be a better place.
I get what you are saying though and in my opinion I always view lorry drivers as having mental health issues and my experience of working with them for 10 years would confirm this, so they need to be under a duty of care and this has to start with employers.