Slackbladder:
£7.20ph is pish, & what happened to time & half Saturday’s double time Sunday’s? I don’t care how many “extras” you get that pay scale is very poor.
+1
daz1972:
Decided against taking the job, £7.20ph is a joke i now need to forget about driving as a living spent enough time/money already jumping through hoops cpc etc can not believe there are people out there driving for what is just over min wage.
Well done mate, You listen to ■■■■ lickers on this site. Don’t forget to wipe your brown nose!
No point giving up now youve come this far? You either need to accept crap pay in return for experience, or get lucky somehow. Ive got around 5 - 10 contacts from working in the yard at work of places thatl take me on as a new driver on not too shabby pay for a newbie. Where you from?
georgy:
No point giving up now youve come this far? You either need to accept crap pay in return for experience, or get lucky somehow. Ive got around 5 - 10 contacts from working in the yard at work of places thatl take me on as a new driver on not too shabby pay for a newbie. Where you from?
Half baked [zb]wits need to realise this job does’nt pay £10+ per hour every job. Idiots come on here thinking as they’ve got a “C or C+E” licence, that makes them above Min wage rates wage.
Thankfully, idiots like this give us self employed guys a really good living.
macci:
georgy:
No point giving up now youve come this far? You either need to accept crap pay in return for experience, or get lucky somehow. Ive got around 5 - 10 contacts from working in the yard at work of places thatl take me on as a new driver on not too shabby pay for a newbie. Where you from?Half baked ferk wits need to realise this job does’nt pay £10+ per hour every job. Idiots come on here thinking as they’ve got a “C or C+E” licence, that makes them above Min wage rates wage.
Thankfully, idiots like this give us self employed guys a really good living.
Not necessarily “idiots” misguided maybe but a bit rich calling a guy an idiot 
Glad you took my advice seriously
daz1972:
Decided against taking the job, £7.20ph is a joke i now need to forget about driving as a living spent enough time/money already jumping through hoops cpc etc can not believe there are people out there driving for what is just over min wage.
But you are forgetting that you can work for 84 hours a week to bring your wages up to what most earn for 35 hours.
macci:
georgy:
No point giving up now youve come this far? You either need to accept crap pay in return for experience, or get lucky somehow. Ive got around 5 - 10 contacts from working in the yard at work of places thatl take me on as a new driver on not too shabby pay for a newbie. Where you from?Half baked ferk wits need to realise this job does’nt pay £10+ per hour every job. Idiots come on here thinking as they’ve got a “C or C+E” licence, that makes them above Min wage rates wage.
Thankfully, idiots like this give us self employed guys a really good living.
Glad I have been of some help then!
georgy:
No point giving up now youve come this far? You either need to accept crap pay in return for experience, or get lucky somehow. Ive got around 5 - 10 contacts from working in the yard at work of places thatl take me on as a new driver on not too shabby pay for a newbie. Where you from?
Barnsley, South Yorkshire.
happysack:
Glad you took my advice seriously
Great full for your advice, however I would need to increase my working hours significantly on that pay rate just to have a decent standard of living, I took your advice and contacted the depot to try and get info relating to ave pay etc, and up until yesterday when i contacted them to turn down the job offer I had received no information from them.
Ok no problem
macci:
georgy:
No point giving up now youve come this far? You either need to accept crap pay in return for experience, or get lucky somehow. Ive got around 5 - 10 contacts from working in the yard at work of places thatl take me on as a new driver on not too shabby pay for a newbie. Where you from?Half baked ferk wits need to realise this job does’nt pay £10+ per hour every job. Idiots come on here thinking as they’ve got a “C or C+E” licence, that makes them above Min wage rates wage.
Thankfully, idiots like this give us self employed guys a really good living.
Please don’t call me an idiot you don’t know me I don’t know you, I merely posted on here to get peoples opinions and advice. Thankyou.
As your from Barnsley there is I assume more than Stobarts in the area, and certainly some that pay more money. If you want to do a job that isnt run of the mill, doesnt entail sitting a rdcs or being treated like ■■■ everywhere you go why not try for bulk powder tank work, theres Gibsons, Damac,Seafields all within an hour of you.
Do not assume that everyone is on mega money because they are not, despite what you read on here.Jobs paying 10quid or more an hour are rare and never advertised,youve got to remember that youve paid 2.5k+ to get a licence for what is classed by the government as an unskilled job so is going to pay unskilled money.Also all employers know that it is a vocation that you choose to do, so can keep the pay rates down.
daz1972:
happysack:
Glad you took my advice seriouslyGreat full for your advice, however I would need to increase my working hours significantly on that pay rate just to have a decent standard of living, I took your advice and contacted the depot to try and get info relating to ave pay etc, and up until yesterday when i contacted them to turn down the job offer I had received no information from them.
jason74:
This is what i was sent by stobarts two weeks ago, as i had an assessment/interview at the rugby depot.
hope it helps you mate. 350 mile commute each week is the only thing that put me off going.Eddie Stobart Driver Rates of Pay 2014
Driver Category Period Hourly Rate (Up to 12 months service)—Hourly Rate (After 12 months service)
Day rate Monday — Friday 06:00-18:00 £7.20 £7.75
Day rate Saturday £9.50 £10.10
Day rate Sunday £10.50 £11.12
Night rate Monday — Friday 18:00-06:00 £8.10 £8.67
Night rate Saturday £11.00 £11.63Additional Payments
Category Entitlement Rate
Meal Allowance All drivers — Tax free £15.00 per shift
Night out Allowance Tramper drivers — Tax free £22.50 per night outDrivers Average Earnings
Based on 55 hours per week (up to 12 months service hourly rate) including tax free meal allowance
Shift Pattern Annual Salary (up to 12 months service) Annual Salary (After 12 months service)
Monday — Friday Days £24,492 £26,065
Monday — Friday Nights £27,066 £28,696
Monday — Friday Day Tramper £29,172 £30,745
Monday — Friday Night Tramper £31,746 £33,376
Thursday — Monday Day Tramper £32,375 £34,016
Wasn’t that enough info?
Hazelhead (between Flouch and Holmefirth, where Wavin are) have got R Plevin set up there now, they’re delivering recycled wood to the new powerstation in Sheffield (near Meadowhall), pay’s not too shabby there and the work is easy - ish.
dowahdiddyman:
an unskilled job so is going to pay unskilled money
Some driving jobs require much more skill than others and why is two years experience almost mandatory in job ads if its unskilled?
I did`nt have 2 years experience,when I first started 
commonrail:
I did`nt have 2 years experience,when I first started
Neither did I! But plenty of companies quoted that to me! And a lot of them stick to it.
commonrail:
I did`nt have 2 years experience,when I first started
Nobody did!
Huge edit.
Pillock i am, only read the first page and then replied.
Good decision, if that was driving car transporters for that money, then the company will get the damage that goes with it.
jason74:
This is what i was sent by stobarts two weeks ago, as i had an assessment/interview at the rugby depot.
hope it helps you mate. 350 mile commute each week is the only thing that put me off going.Eddie Stobart Driver Rates of Pay 2014
Driver Category Period Hourly Rate (Up to 12 months service)—Hourly Rate (After 12 months service)
Day rate Monday — Friday 06:00-18:00 £7.20 £7.75
Day rate Saturday £9.50 £10.10
Day rate Sunday £10.50 £11.12
Night rate Monday — Friday 18:00-06:00 £8.10 £8.67
Night rate Saturday £11.00 £11.63Additional Payments
Category Entitlement Rate
Meal Allowance All drivers — Tax free £15.00 per shift
Night out Allowance Tramper drivers — Tax free £22.50 per night outDrivers Average Earnings
Based on 55 hours per week (up to 12 months service hourly rate) including tax free meal allowance
Shift Pattern Annual Salary (up to 12 months service) Annual Salary (After 12 months service)
Monday — Friday Days £24,492 £26,065
Monday — Friday Nights £27,066 £28,696
Monday — Friday Day Tramper £29,172 £30,745
Monday — Friday Night Tramper £31,746 £33,376
Thursday — Monday Day Tramper £32,375 £34,016
Do you get extra money over certain hours? By this I mean, whilst at my last job, 40 hours were basic and anything over time and half… Or are they just on those flat rates??