jakethesnake:
rob22888:
the average UK salary is £35,423 so I am not so sure.
A misleading figure and always has been, a high number of people in the south east especially will have salaries around £100k and many far above that, then the share options BUPA preferential pension schemes, both private and public (paid by us) sectors, often for amazingly short working weeks when they can be bothered to attend between sick days training days ‘‘working from home’’ and all the other fiddles that are never mentioned, deals like that are legion and skew the average…no one ever states the average for the working class.
If we talk about lorry driver wages, generally these are for anything up to twice the hours that the above will be putting in, and no early release circa age 55 on an index linked golden pension that some i know are fortunate enough to draw, the smug attitude of these people is sickening when you consider how little so many did for their 30 pieces.
Most lorry drivers in general hire and reward work wouldn’t get over £25k for a 39 hour week, its only because they do two weeks work every week and some still stubbornly include their subsistence allowances when talking money, though including subs is understandable because 39 hours @ even £11 an hour without subs would produce a desperate top line, and too many are working on contracts which actually con them out of overtime they ave already earned earlier in the week by taking it back off them if a short day Friday.
Most people in typical working class jobs arn’t making anything like £35k unless they’re in hard graft mucky jobs or working far in excess of standard office hours and/or shifts others wouldn’t contemplate.
I thought my shift pattern was weird, though it suits us personally and gives me lots of time off, but the various places i go to people don’t have a clue what day of the week it is, they’re doing 4 x 12 hour earlies this week then 2 days off then 2 x night shifts sat and sun then 2 days off and back on 4 x 12 hour nights and on it goes, yes they will be on much more than £35k, but not only are they averaging 48 hours at least, when you look at them their eyes are like ■■■■ holes in the snow and they are often miserable and depressed.
The lot of the average working class person has never been good, not helped by the destruction of the unions, mass immigration has been the kicker though which all political parties (none of the main ones have any respect for or allegiance to the native genuine working class, and the working class were dissuaded from those who were genuinely working class driven) are signed up to and no intention whatsoever of curtailing in any meaningful way.
Commonrail said the same in 9 words 
… lay by/msa parking, allowing yourselves to be run ragged, maxing out/minimum rests as targets, phone calls and hassle every 5min asking ‘‘Why have you gone that way/stopped/off route’’, ■■■■ random surveillance cameras, and all the other insults to professionalism…all that type of crap would urge me to jack tomorrow…fact. 