Well, as you may remember, I work for Wincantons pulling for Morrisons. I’ve been there 11 months. I thought working at the new RDC at Burton Latimer would be a ‘good thing’. This would, I thought, mean lower petrol costs (5 miles to work rather than 20) and so more money in my pocket.
Anyway, to cut to the chase, I got a rejection letter without even an interview. This was because there were ‘more applicants more closely matched to our requirements’.
Talking to the lads at work, the money isn’t as good anyway, somuchso that some, who live in the kettering and surrounding areas, if they don’t get on nights then they aren’t going to go because the drop in wages will be significantly more than the drop in petrol money. Nights drivers reckon it’ll cost them £30 to £50 a week in wages to work on Morrisons wages rather than Wincantons.
We don’t know whats going to happen to our depot at Swan Valley, its been said that the contract to Wincantons still has 4 years to run, but the rumours seem to say that its only going to be trace work after Christmas. Oh well, I guess the best thing to do is to just keep going to work until they tell us otherwise!
Don’t be surprised if there are more ads for drivers for Morrisons at Burt Lat in the local papers soon…