happysack:
not mine but someone who works from same depot. I must apologise but i dunt know his hours etc…
Yeah? He obviously doesn’t want to admit that’s per month!!! 
To the OP, good luck, nothing ventured nothing gained. Worst case scenario, you get your six months experience and move on.
No it’s not about that iv been driving rigids for a long time so it’s about taking the step up and trying my hand at something different and seeing where it takes me…
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robroy:
Berty:
now I gotta put up with my ■■■■■ boss for a few days who isn’t happy I’m moving onOr maybe he values you (more than Stobarts EVER will
) so he would rather you stay.
Have you thought about using this to your advantageI know you want to go Class 1 mate, but believe me driving a [zb] artic aint the be all and end all it maybe is cracked up to be.
Given the choice of working a rigid for a good co I know, and one who values me with all the benefits that situation brings
OR working a top of range ( or whatever) unit for [zb] Stobarts, or anybody else for that matter, it’s a no brainer I reckon.
I’ve never understood some bosses mentality who seem to take handing your notice in personally. I’ve worked in places where if you hand your notice in them and the office stop talking to you!
switchlogic:
robroy:
Berty:
now I gotta put up with my ■■■■■ boss for a few days who isn’t happy I’m moving onOr maybe he values you (more than Stobarts EVER will
Have you thought about using this to your advantageI know you want to go Class 1 mate, but believe me driving a [zb] artic aint the be all and end all it maybe is cracked up to be.
Given the choice of working a rigid for a good co I know, and one who values me with all the benefits that situation brings
OR working a top of range ( or whatever) unit for [zb] Stobarts, or anybody else for that matter, it’s a no brainer I reckon.I’ve never understood some bosses mentality who seem to take handing your notice in personally. I’ve worked in places where if you hand your notice in them and the office stop talking to you!
I think sometimes with other employees, it can be jealousy that you’re moving on and they’re not, or with the long termed who think the world revolves around the company they think you’re some kind of traitor, going to work for the “opposition”.
Never had to much bad reaction from bosses, except wanting me to do my full notice period, which when it’s a month can be painful.
So finished my induction yesterday along with some Cpc training as usual most of it is stuff you already know but refreshed me on stuff I’d forgot about so well worth it… I start Monday and they are putting me with someone for the first week as my manager was telling me this he had an exchange words with a dhl shunted driver and I can’t help but feel there is a bit of tension at my new work place but I’ll wait and see I suppose
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I’ve worked for Stobarts, like any job it has it’s pros and cons:
Pros:
They have decent kit, and you’ll most likely drop-onto a 15 or 16 plate Volvo or Scania. The oldest you’ll come across are 10-plate Mercedes rigids, but they’re only on supermarket deliveries. The work is generally easy, with little handball (with the exception of supermarket deliveries), and clean. Tramping can be a good gig with Stobarts, plenty of long-runs, and varied work, so it’s never really boring. Personally, I didn’t find the money that bad, it works-out about £9.50 days, £10.50 nights, but that’s pushed-up by the £15 per day meal allowance, so there are a lot worse employers.
Cons:
If you’re on days, you’ll cab-hop like mad, which can be frustrating. Trampers get their own truck, but it WILL go out on your days-off, so never leave anything in, and expect a few hundred kilometres on your odo when you start your next shift. I found the job culture and morale to be quite bad, drivers ignore each other, and the planners are at their wit’s end after years of having to deal with incompetent, foreign agency drivers. You’ll find ESL has a massive agency presence, and the planners give the agency drivers the best vehicles, and the easiest, cushy runs, to honour the agency’s promises to the driver. The captive, employed drivers tended to get the older, bashed up vehicles, and difficult runs. A lot of the time, agency drivers got priority, such as when I started, they wouldn’t let me do Monday to Friday, because they “didn’t have enough work”, but The Logistics People were offering their agency drivers full-time Monday to Friday contracts at my depot, so in that case, the agency had priority over an Eddie Stobart driver. You’ll have to do an extra shift per month too, so you’ll have to cope with a 6-day week once a month.
In general, they aren’t the best firm to work for, but the kit’s good, the work is easy and clean, and the massive shortage of drivers they have means your job is secure. Many people use them for experience, and then move onto other firms that demand experience. A few lads I knew moved from Stobarts to Maritime, but if you enjoy it, you enjoy it!
Good luck, and you’ll be fine! 
robroy:
Love the way you feel the need to explain yourself about working for Stobbies
Winseer. 4th photo down of the stobart units. We know they run “bent” but that is proper bent. Looks like the hall of mirrors at a funfair. A right bunch of bananas. Do they have these in the hall of fame with the other units at HQ for all the business waller visitors to admire whilst they glide past supping costa coffees?
James the cat:
Winseer. 4th photo down of the stobart units. We know they run “bent” but that is proper bent. Looks like the hall of mirrors at a funfair. A right bunch of bananas. Do they have these in the hall of fame with the other units at HQ for all the business waller visitors to admire whilst they glide past supping costa coffees?
No mate, those were the units that the Beaver went through before dispensing with his services!
He heard that the agency drivers did the most damage, and accepted the challenge…
Evil8Beezle:
James the cat:
Winseer. 4th photo down of the stobart units. We know they run “bent” but that is proper bent. Looks like the hall of mirrors at a funfair. A right bunch of bananas. Do they have these in the hall of fame with the other units at HQ for all the business waller visitors to admire whilst they glide past supping costa coffees?
No mate, those were the units that the Beaver went through before dispensing with his services!
He heard that the agency did the most damage, and accepted the challenge…
I recall he did tell them he’s not a shunter…and he proved his point with this little collection of stobart top trumps
So… These top trump cards would have stats as follows:
I guess this one must have had an agency manager in this week… 
Evil8Beezle:
James the cat:
Winseer. 4th photo down of the stobart units. We know they run “bent” but that is proper bent. Looks like the hall of mirrors at a funfair. A right bunch of bananas. Do they have these in the hall of fame with the other units at HQ for all the business waller visitors to admire whilst they glide past supping costa coffees?
No mate, those were the units that the Beaver went through before dispensing with his services!
He heard that the agency drivers did the most damage, and accepted the challenge…
I always thought stobarts lorries were like the buffers you get at the bowling alley. They fill the roadside ditches so when other drivers start to drift (falling asleep, checking Facebook etc.), they bounce off them and stay on the road!
They wouldn’t let me drive a Volvo after modifying these three.
Winseer:
So… These top trump cards would have stats as follows:0
I guess this one must have had an agency manager in this week…
Quality
James the cat:
Winseer:
So… These top trump cards would have stats as follows:0
I guess this one must have had an agency manager in this week…
Quality
Next question for everyone is “What does the A1 card look like?”
Send me your pic, and I’ll see if I can oblige.
happysack:
Oh and by the way desypete, i would actually love to meet you. I’d enjoy kicking you in the testicles, you tiresome bore.
of course you would sadsack
i should add that i hope you wouldn’t get blood on your nice green shirt.
on the subject of green shirt morons, i am sure the lad will try the job out and find out for himself how good the job is ?
i mean no one seems to last long at that firm, hence there are so many jobs going there and there now willing to take on new guys and train them etc, as they just can not hang on to anyone decent in the game, they do seem to go through drivers quicker than a dose of diarrhoea.
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I worked for Stobarts from 1990 till 1996.I was 23 when i started there, although i’d been driving trucks from my 18th birthday. They were the first company to give me a full time job on class 1. People knocked them back then as well , but they gave me a chance to get experience. They were the first company where i could drive Nationwide ( I’d only driven as far north as Manchester & as far south as London in a truck before i started). My first International trips were also for Stobarts.
Get some experience & if you don’t like the job after a while then move on…
Here’s a question for Storbartophiles…
Do they ever actually sack people there, or just wait for everyone to leave for more money eventually? 
(Serious question actually)
Good headline ‘Moving on’. I’m sure you will.
Honestly !