Considering you still had to work and have naff all in the way of qualifications what else would you do for a living besides driving ?
I’m still young enough that I could try and change career paths. Having two young kids and a mortgage whilst doing these kinds of hours for a pittance don’t seem fulfilling.
I know there’s not a lot out there for unqualified people but surely there must be a decent work/life/wage balance elsewhere.
depending on where you are based,do what my brothers did, as I should have done,the railways,my eldest bruv is on the underground as a train operator on £52,000 per annum for about 7 hrs a day,my younger bruv is at St pancras station on £42,000 per annum,although he does around 12 hrs per day,like a hgv driver they started low and worked up to what they are on now,but wherever you are the average wage for a train operator is around £40,000 per year approx,i was told you start with a struggle on around £20,000 for the first year,then after training you are on what I stated,[again from what I was told]but does not hurt to check it out on the websites for these train companies,guess which mug became a hgv driver
I am studying to become a psychotherapist and hoping to begin full time education in september
London Underground have just run a big recruitment drive for night drivers,
£22,000 for working 2 nights a week (Friday&saturday)
I’d go into printing, and make Tshirt s to sell to stupid people.
With union jacks on saying we don’t need immigration but I would have to put disclaimer on back stating " I know this country was built on immigrants & also know we have asked immigrants to come here and do jobs we would not and still do. But I choose to ignore fact/history or reason as I am stupid"
Need to be a big Tshirt! I would sell a load of them on here!
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gazza1970:
London Underground have just run a big recruitment drive for night drivers,
£22,000 for working 2 nights a week (Friday&saturday)
That works out at just sort of £212 a shift, if my maths is right
(22000/(2*52))
Edit my maths would be right if i knew how many weeks in a year there was LOL
EDIT updated math, 52weeks not 56
I’d be a window cleaner
Car dealing.
Nothing shifty like three halves welded together, gearbox full of sawdust etc. Just good quality, low mileage German/Jaguar/Ford stuff with some manufacturers warranty still on it.
JLR track workers get £38k+ OT for 36 hours p/w. The only downside is working a 3 shift pattern.
If you have a job offline in rectification where its possible to work all the overtime available (think lorry driver hours) its possible to earn closer to £70k
Nothing shifty like three halves welded together … 
You sure about that? 
Not exactly 3 halves welded together.I remember seeing A35 vans towing trailers ,that were cut down A35 vans just the load part.They did look a bit odd.
alamcculloch:
Not exactly 3 halves welded together.I remember seeing A35 vans towing trailers ,that were cut down A35 vans just the load part.They did look a bit odd.
Whoooosh 
I don’t, I’m a teacher, but one day… one day…
Just renewed my hv switching licence , SMSTS qualification , cscs card and first aid cert.
As I am not allowed to drive a truck I am going to be an HV electrical project manager on a site owned by network rail for the next 25 weeks. Coming out of retirement after near five years to help out a mate is a real culture shock though , however it pays a LOT better then driving…(which I would prefer to do )