We’ve got a planner/office boy that does similar things. I was checking my tyres one day and I became aware of a presence behind me. It was him! I said “what you doin?”
“oh” he said, “I’ve got to make sure you’re doing your daily checks properly”.
I went in to him a couple of nights ago and told him I need another lorry (he’d given me a 4x2). He asked why, so I told him I had a whole axle and a couple of wheels missing. “ok” he said, “ring it through to fleet and defect it, I’ll give you another lorry”. I just walked off rolling my eyes.
ezydriver:
I went in to him a couple of nights ago and told him I need another lorry (he’d given me a 4x2). He asked why, so I told him I had a whole axle and a couple of wheels missing. “ok” he said, “ring it through to fleet and defect it, I’ll give you another lorry”. I just walked off rolling my eyes.
You should have said, ive lost their number is it possible you could do it for me please, he’d be thinking twice then before stepping out the office ever again…
What is going on with Hgv driving at the moment? Long hours poor pay poor T&cs. We all need to make a stand as one and not drive until everything improves has no one heard about April 3rd?
mshenderson:
What is going on with Hgv driving at the moment? Long hours poor pay poor T&cs. We all need to make a stand as one and not drive until everything improves has no one heard about April 3rd?
Trouble is not everybody is MUG enough to work for peanuts with poor terms and conditions. So why should I strike and lose my well paid number so the idiots who do work for peanuts get more??
I worked hard to get were I am now and as sure as ■■■■ stinks I aint throwing that away!
‘Well write out a defect and I can authorise it’. So I write out a defect note the usual, date time mileage and the words ‘headlight bulb not working’. You’d think that would be enough wouldn’t you?
‘Which headlight bulb?’ he say’s
‘The one that doesn’t work, I’m confident the fitter will be able to work out which one it is’
mshenderson:
What is going on with Hgv driving at the moment? Long hours poor pay poor T&cs. We all need to make a stand as one and not drive until everything improves has no one heard about April 3rd?
Trouble is not everybody is MUG enough to work for peanuts with poor terms and conditions. So why should I strike and lose my well paid number so the idiots who do work for peanuts get more??
I worked hard to get were I am now and as sure as [zb] stinks I aint throwing that away!
I’m alright Jack When you ’ worked hard ’ to get where you are now, did you ever do a crap job for crap pay? How about giving a crap about your fellow drivers? If we stuck together and got rid of the crap payers, then you could still have your super duper job.
And be pleased for our fellow truckers knowing that they don’t have to get shafted.
mshenderson:
What is going on with Hgv driving at the moment? Long hours poor pay poor T&cs. We all need to make a stand as one and not drive until everything improves has no one heard about April 3rd?
Blame the drivers, to scared to say do anything in case they get the sack! in my experience standing up for your self will either change the way management treat you or will want you out the door sharpish, last job went the first way with the new owners and stayed for another year, treated me with respect but carried on treating the others like scum, and in nearly 29 years i’ve only worked at 6 different companies and the longest iv’e been out of work between companies is 2 weeks by choice.
Only been banned off a site once, that was friday just gone because the goods in staff took pleasure in treating drivers like ■■■■, well I dont like being treated like ■■■■, i’m always polite and treat their staff with respect even if they don’t deserve it (that tends to wind them up) when I go on a site and dont expect anything less in return.
mshenderson:
What is going on with Hgv driving at the moment? Long hours poor pay poor T&cs. We all need to make a stand as one and not drive until everything improves has no one heard about April 3rd?
Trouble is not everybody is MUG enough to work for peanuts with poor terms and conditions. So why should I strike and lose my well paid number so the idiots who do work for peanuts get more??
I worked hard to get were I am now and as sure as [zb] stinks I aint throwing that away!
I’m alright Jack When you ’ worked hard ’ to get where you are now, did you ever do a crap job for crap pay? How about giving a crap about your fellow drivers? If we stuck together and got rid of the crap payers, then you could still have your super duper job.
And be pleased for our fellow truckers knowing that they don’t have to get shafted.
It is way to late to get all drivers to stick together, you have trouble getting a dozen drivers to stick together!
I did stick up for my fellow staff members once to stop new management from cutting our wages, cost the company approx £30000 a year, they didn’t seem to appreciate it, and nor did the staff.
I Look after number 1 and 2 now.
‘Well write out a defect and I can authorise it’. So I write out a defect note the usual, date time mileage and the words ‘headlight bulb not working’. You’d think that would be enough wouldn’t you?
‘Which headlight bulb?’ he say’s
‘The one that doesn’t work, I’m confident the fitter will be able to work out which one it is’
I think you have an inflated confidence about the ability of the average fitter!
mshenderson:
What is going on with Hgv driving at the moment? Long hours poor pay poor T&cs. We all need to make a stand as one and not drive until everything improves has no one heard about April 3rd?
Trouble is not everybody is MUG enough to work for peanuts with poor terms and conditions. So why should I strike and lose my well paid number so the idiots who do work for peanuts get more??
I worked hard to get were I am now and as sure as [zb] stinks I aint throwing that away!
I’m alright Jack When you ’ worked hard ’ to get where you are now, did you ever do a crap job for crap pay? How about giving a crap about your fellow drivers? If we stuck together and got rid of the crap payers, then you could still have your super duper job.
And be pleased for our fellow truckers knowing that they don’t have to get shafted.
No I was never stupid enough to work for peanuts.
Back in the day I did it the hard way…started out driving a van for a local haulier. Then one day he asked me to jump in the Roadrunner to take a pallet of rice up to Carlisle that got missed off the artic.
Happy that I got there without damage to vehicle and load and without taking the ■■■■ he then threw more work at me at a good rate of pay until the day he said I was good enough to move up in the world.
Since then I grafted, did as I was told and was paid accordingly.
Im on the downward hill of life now that the mortgage is paid up and I work for a local haulier that pays £12.80 p/h with time and half after 40 hours. Home every night. I worked hard to get this cushy job and yes you are right…I AM OK JACK! And it will stay ok jack as long as I see the muppets that laughingly call themselves drivers (That have to come on TN to get directions to Portsmouth ) trying to get ME to lose my job so they can get more!!!
We have all worked hard to improve our job Yorkie, and I am not sure that anyone want’s you to lose your job so that they can have it
The point is that not everyone who has a crappy paid job is a mug. Some drivers live in a part of the country that have few LGV driving opportunities, and if it means working for a crap wage to look after your loved ones, or going on the dole, then it’s a no brainer.
I agree with you that working for crap money should be discouraged, but unless drivers grow a pair real soon and start standing up for themselves, more and more haulage companies will only have to match the lowest/nearest rivals wages, and then ALL LGV wages will continue to weaken.
The well paying truck driving jobs are getting harder and harder to find
eagerbeaver:
I’m alright Jack When you ’ worked hard ’ to get where you are now, did you ever do a crap job for crap pay? How about giving a crap about your fellow drivers? If we stuck together and got rid of the crap payers, then you could still have your super duper job.
And be pleased for our fellow truckers knowing that they don’t have to get shafted.
How many people on here actually work for peanuts? I’m not talking about the new starters trying to reach the magical two years experience, bridge bashers or card pullers (who voluntarily make a long day even longer).
I’ll admit, I’ve sweated blood on minimum wage for a crap employer. But once I got the experience, I moved on and now have a cushy number. If a newbie like myself can find one, why are old hands working for crap?
Let’s not forget, it’s not just driving jobs where pay and conditions have stagnated, it’s all across the board.
eagerbeaver:
We have all worked hard to improve our job Yorkie, and I am not sure that anyone want’s you to lose your job so that they can have it
The point is that not everyone who has a crappy paid job is a mug. Some drivers live in a part of the country that have few LGV driving opportunities, and if it means working for a crap wage to look after your loved ones, or going on the dole, then it’s a no brainer.
I agree with you that working for crap money should be discouraged, but unless drivers grow a pair real soon and start standing up for themselves, more and more haulage companies will only have to match the lowest/nearest rivals wages, and then ALL LGV wages will continue to weaken.
The well paying truck driving jobs are getting harder and harder to find
At one point in my life I took a job with a Haulier that payed extremely well (To this day I have not seen or heard of a job that came close to paying that) Trouble was he was 1 and half hour drive from my home (ie not local). Didn’t matter to me I chased the big bucks and made some nice money out of it.
The point im making is there is good work out there but you might have to think outside the box to get that work and god forbid you might even have to graft to get that money!
eagerbeaver:
If you lived in an area where the nearest haulage yard was 30 miles away Cavey, and they paid £8 per hour, would you take this job or go on the dole?
The trick in an ideal world is to send these knobs out of business, or force them to put their wages up.
But if you sent them out of business, where would the next nearest yard be? You could be shooting yourself in the foot! In answers to your question, I’d just look for other work.
But, how many people (not newbies and useless) are I that position?
eagerbeaver:
If you lived in an area where the nearest haulage yard was 30 miles away Cavey, and they paid £8 per hour, would you take this job or go on the dole?
The trick in an ideal world is to send these knobs out of business, or force them to put their wages up.
But if you sent them out of business, where would the next nearest yard be? You could be shooting yourself in the foot! In answers to your question, I’d just look for other work.
But, how many people (not newbies and useless) are I that position?
In time another haulage company could possibly start up in the area, and be aware that the last lot went bust because they could not get drivers for £7.75 per hour (see Currie’s thread). Alternatively Yorkie’s point could be followed, and a longer journey to work could (or may HAVE to be) made in order to earn a wage.
Sometimes in life the stick has to be used. This requires people with spines and determination though, which is becoming a rare combination in my experience mate
Working on the agency for Sainsbugs years ago and we (day drivers) had to fuel up every morning before we went out the yard, because the night drivers never used to fuel. Lazy ***** always had excuses, but that works both ways
I’m next in the queue and the driver at the pump (a young lady) was just about to fuel up when this fatty came out of the office ranting at her about how long it was taking to diesel up, looked like he was about to have a heart attack, the double burger chinned beaut.
She stopped what she was doing, climbed in the cab for her bag and pulled the tacho and chucked the keys at him and said " diesel it yourself you fat tw*t and shove your ■■■■■■ job up your lard arse " I fell in love with her.
Fatty didn’t have a clue how to drive a wagon and shouted at me to move it and got told to do one, so he wobbled of back to the office and got the spare driver to move it and subsequently deliver the load.
If only we had the guts of the young lass, these office jobsworths would soon stfu with their inane nonsense.
eagerbeaver:
If you lived in an area where the nearest haulage yard was 30 miles away Cavey, and they paid £8 per hour, would you take this job or go on the dole?
The trick in an ideal world is to send these knobs out of business, or force them to put their wages up.
But if you sent them out of business, where would the next nearest yard be? You could be shooting yourself in the foot! In answers to your question, I’d just look for other work.
But, how many people (not newbies and useless) are I that position?
In time another haulage company could possibly start up in the area, and be aware that the last lot went bust because they could not get drivers for £7.75 per hour (see Currie’s thread). Alternatively Yorkie’s point could be followed, and a longer journey to work could (or may HAVE to be) made in order to earn a wage.
Sometimes in life the stick has to be used. This requires people with spines and determination though, which is becoming a rare combination in my experience mate
But your situation is hypothetical. How many people on here (and I’m not talking newbies) actually work for £8 per hour? And why?
I’ve seen the job adverts with that sort of pay and laughed, but when the ink was still wet on my licence, I would have taken it. Likewise, one of our ex drivers is working for a well know, poor paying local outfit. It’s the only job he could get!
I know these jobs exist, but why would someone who is capable of doing better, take one?
I fell in love with her. 