Anyone worked/works for Mainland Group in Northampton? Usual info if poss please.
degsy4wheels:
Anyone worked/works for Mainland Group in Northampton? Usual info if poss please.
I’m quite sure Knights Of Old bought them over a year ago.
Mainland are in Pallex and knights are/were Palletforce I think. That’s all I know about them.
degsy4wheels:
Anyone worked/works for Mainland Group in Northampton? Usual info if poss please.
I did some 7.5 tonne work for Mainland as an agency driver, though admittedly now just over a year ago. Their kit was good, but they seemed to want everyone to max their hours as much as possible. I did some days where the deliveries were done in five or six hours, but they then told me to park up and wait for them to call me with a ‘near’ collection. Some days I sat in the truck for 3 or 4 hours, only be be told to come back in, or (more usually), go and do a ‘local’ pick-up, often an hour or two hours driving away, before going back to base.
They had a strict procedure for off-loading too, you get a number and wait your turn.
Their de-brief routine was often a further 30-45 minutes waiting in the corridor outside the traffic office, as they only allowed 1 driver in the office at a time (except for a favoured few who seemed able to come and go as they pleased).
Having said that, they seemed to have plenty of work at that time, though I did hear that a lot of the drivers were unhappy with the way the planners made them work.
I don’t know if they have changed as I am no longer agency.