Calm Down ‘Timothy’ 
Karl86:
I wouldn’t want to spoil your time on this site.
Contraflow:
Be under no illusions; you do not spoil my time on this site.
You might not be spoiling each others time but you’re spoiling mine , surely I don’t need to step in and edit your silly arguments !
Back on topic please don’t high jack the post please 
I’d be very selective in recruitment in the first place, preferably by recommendation.
Would pay over the odds for the area and treat with respect, then expect reliability and co-operation professional driving standards and respect for company and customers in return, equipment to be looked after and driven competently, but then if you recruit decent professional lorry drivers in the first place that all comes as part of the package.
I’d hope to supply good vehicles, probably Scania as they seem to be about the most reliable durable and economical of the bunch, though expensive in the first place.
I’d also run another make, or buy the odd other make for comparison real world if i had a valued driver who welcomed the chance to beat the industry standard tool of the trade as it were.
Also doesn’t help the dealer to stay on his toes if he thinks you are a confirmed make junkie.
Overall, quality doesn’t come cheap it never has, that applies equally to equipment and people.
edit. and try to let the drivers do what they want within reason, some want day runs, some want tramping, some can cope with and enjoy city driving or multi drop some can’t, a happy contented workforce is usually a productive one.
Juddian:
a happy contented workforce is usually a productive one.
that alone gets £750 take home, 730 BHP scanias and RESPECT from me! 
MANNERS MAKETH MAN! It’s not hard, honestly! 
three trips round Trafford park, knock off! 
it’s nice to be NICE! 
I’d pay everyone £500 a week take home plus a £1000 no accidents bonus at Christmas.
The drivers that put the graft in and don’t moan will be starting reasonable on Monday and done early on a Friday. The ones that mess me around will be starting early on a Monday and finishing late on a Friday.
If you look after the motor you get a brand new volvo xl 540 with all the toys, and if its just a tool for the job to you, you’ll be in a fleet spec premium circa 2007
OVLOV JAY:
I’d pay everyone £500 a week take home plus a £1000 no accidents bonus at Christmas.The drivers that put the graft in and don’t moan will be starting reasonable on Monday and done early on a Friday. The ones that mess me around will be starting early on a Monday and finishing late on a Friday.
If you look after the motor you get a brand new volvo xl 540 with all the toys, and if its just a tool for the job to you, you’ll be in a fleet spec premium circa 2007
got any jobs?
Contraflow:
Be under no illusions; you do not spoil my time on this site. If anything, I find your ineptitude almost amusing. You see, my sense of humour is far beyond anything you’ll ever be able to comprehend.However, your willingness to bend over and take whatever ■■■■ violation is available to you is counter-productive to other drivers who actually have a sense of worth and don’t wish to sell themselves to the lowest bidder.
Your self-depreciating attidude leaves a foul taste in my mouth and this industry could do without it.
burp 
sorry
I would walk with a limp.
I forgot to say that I wouldn’t pay for parking, would stop any damage from the driver’s wages at grossly inflated cost, and if I ever saw a driver putting stuff in his car at three o’ clock on a Friday afternoon after a week away, I would walk across the yard, bawl him out in public and then make him wash and polish my Rolls-Royce before he went home. 
OVLOV JAY:
I’d pay everyone £500 a week take home plus a £1000 no accidents bonus at Christmas.The drivers that put the graft in and don’t moan will be starting reasonable on Monday and done early on a Friday. The ones that mess me around will be starting early on a Monday and finishing late on a Friday.
If you look after the motor you get a brand new volvo xl 540 with all the toys, and if its just a tool for the job to you, you’ll be in a fleet spec premium circa 2007
Ahh I see…one of those, ‘if your face fits’ firms.
No, one of those ■■■■■■■ need not apply firms