Juddian:
These drivers who have nothing but disdain for the modern job arn’t rushing out to find an alternative for themselves, one notes.
Tried an alternative but back behind the wheel but for only one company who don’t run their trucks for profit and not working a full week any more.
Juddian:
These drivers who have nothing but disdain for the modern job arn’t rushing out to find an alternative for themselves, one notes.
I wouldnt be so sure of that…my firm (not a haulier) last year did a survey for the people that left the buisness and one of the questions asked was why did they leave the company? Over 40% of the leavers stated that there was limited career progression.
So now the company has a programme of internal career progression and I have started the ball rolling to be retrained to a role that involves wearing a shirt and working normal hours. Of course the pay will be less as I will be doing less hours but at 52 years old and having lived a frugal lifestyle I can easily afford the drop in money.
I am proud that my sons never folllowed me into this shambles of a career. One is working in IT but starts with the police next month and tuther is a windscreen fitter happy with his 8.30 am to 5.30 days.
msgyorkie:
Juddian:
These drivers who have nothing but disdain for the modern job arn’t rushing out to find an alternative for themselves, one notes.I wouldnt be so sure of that…my firm (not a haulier) last year did a survey for the people that left the buisness and one of the questions asked was why did they leave the company? Over 40% of the leavers stated that there was limited career progression.
So now the company has a programme of internal career progression and I have started the ball rolling to be retrained to a role that involves wearing a shirt and working normal hours. Of course the pay will be less as I will be doing less hours but at 52 years old and having lived a frugal lifestyle I can easily afford the drop in money.I am proud that my sons never folllowed me into this shambles of a career. One is working in IT but starts with the police next month and tuther is a windscreen fitter happy with his 8.30 am to 5.30 days.
The company I work for tried or rather said they were trying it pre pandemic but it seems to be flowing in the opposite direction as we’re seeing quite a few office or warehouse based staff moving in to driving.
Given that a lot of the drivers are unhappy what does that tell you about the culture of the company.
Personally I’d say there are still decent jobs in this industry but you’ve got to find the needle in the haystack.
Optimum:
21yo grandson wants to follow in granpa’s boots and be a driver. What will (1 week ?) course cost, medical, cpc. how do we get someone else to pay for it?
Can’t you pay it for him , your are his grandad after all , I’ve no grandkids but I’d have no issue helping them out if they really wanted to do something
I pay my girls work parking , her yearly pin , pay difference between her trade in and new car , I don’t want her breaking down , walking streets to work , and was so proud when she became a nurse I’m happy to pay her pin
Be a bit sad if he really wanted to be a lorry driver , and lack of funds stopped that , just forgo the month cruise for a year .
Funnily enough was having a similar discussion with a mate earlier. Saying how we all probably had loftier ambitions for ourselves but you end up where you end up and it’s what you make of it that matters.
Personally I could’ve done so much more with life but I was a bit too hedonistic in my youth so career networking wasnt exactly high on the list. However I’ve ended up “working up the ladder” in every job I’ve had, even becoming a driver trainer and a TM (in different jobs obviously) all at a relatively young age (before 30) but I found none of it worth the hassle. So I decided I’d missed the boat and decided to just the best with the hand I’d dealt myself and looking back I’ve not been too hard done by.
I’ve seen parts of Europe I’d probs never have seen without driving, and been paid for it.
As above but within the UK.
Met loads of decent people on the coaches and trucks over the years. Some right tossers too mind.
It’s also given me a comfortable lifestyle, I don’t have debt now, I go away regularly, plan to retire early and gave the mortgage paid off by 50 latest but hopefully sooner.
So overall if you ignore the day to day stuff its been great for me. Maybe I’ve been lucky in where I live its generally well paid and I’ve not been afraid to move jobs for more money/better work, but I do know that I’m near the top of the earnings tree, certainly locally, in a stable job with a cracking pension, working for a company that is unionised and makes billions of pounds of profit each year.
Now would I tell my lad to go for it? My old man said to me to get my licences because I’ll never be out of work, he was right! I’d tell my lad what the job can entail, that it’s not all sweetness and roses, but also that its not all bad and its entirely possible to live a life and fulfil your needs and desires in this industry and to just be willing to give something a go even though it might not work out, because if it doesn’t there’s somewhere else just around the corner where you can have a go at something else.