Simon71:
Okey-Didley-Dokely:
Langdons, heavy on the paperwork, heavy on H&S low on wages, but saying that when I used to the MAKRO run for Shetland the drivers at Reditch seemed quite happy.
We are not heavy on paperwork - the drivers have a delivery manifest which needs to be signed by a representative from the delivery point (in addition to the POD). Not difficult and takes 5 seconds longer. But sometimes helps to mitigate claims for thousands of £… but then you are probably only thinking of things from the drivers point of view… whereas us office boys have to make the books balance to keep you lot in jobs 
As far as H&S goes, yes we take notice of it, we have to as a responsible employer. I am sure that if you had an accident that could be proved was a H&S breach on our part then you would be straight off to Mr Claims Direct. So I’m not going to apologise on my firm’s behalf because we take an interest in H&S.
scania245:
A 10 hour night shift experience says DREAM ON the cards are well stacked against the driver. as there probably will be RDC s involved somewhere .
But if you need a job grab it.
As previously explained there are not RDC deliveries involved in the night driving jobs. It is likely to involve trailer changeovers at Tebay and Preston so 10 hours should be just fine 
There sure is a lot of cynicism and negativity on here at times…
I was talking about all the things you got to sign before you take the vehicle out, then the same when you get back.
H&S in my opinion is only there to stop companies from getting sued and is only pointed out by employers, if a driver pointed something out that would get in the way of getting the job done it would be dismissed.
Take the yard at Reditch for instance, There is not enough room for the amount vehicles that have to use it, the surface is full of holes and ruts, rigid vehicles have to park in the car park. The pedestrian walkway is too close to the front of the vehicles parked on the bays so pedestrians have to walk through a drivers blind spot.
Canteen facilities are a crisp and sweet machine and a coffee machine which a lot of the time is empty, yes that is H&S, but a employees welfare is ignored even though it is part of the Health and Safety at work act.
Is that really taking an interest in H&S
The night lads at redditch did RDC deliveries.
It’s not cynicism it’s realism. The job is squeezed so tight these days that the only thing that can be squeezed any tighter is the driver and with the look of the wages that are on offer these days from companies wanting “PROFESSIONAL” drivers is just laughable.
Management sit in their office, laying down the law without having any knowledge what is going on just outside their office door never mind what is happening whilst the driver is down the road.
£300 a week for fifty hours is a joke really, especially for a company as large as Langdons, but I forgot they’re a German company aren’t they.
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