You won’t get any volunteers for your charity donation as there is nothing in it for them at the end. Whereas Sid did get something for giving up some of his time, a job.
His attitude will make sure that he will never be out of work for long.
The firm imm with gave me 2 weeks training almost then if you leave before a year you pay back a fee for training seemed fair to me it was on tankers so was quiet involved
If I’m really honest and I was out of work and my mortgage needed paying and a company said they would give me a job but I had to do a weeks training for free, I like everyone else would snap there hands off. There s plenty of ways of getting it back further down the line 
Let’s not forget that that Sid said if you are a newly passed driver they like you to do a week or 2 unpaid training. There was no mention of experienced drivers being asked to do unpaid training.
Truckulent:
Synthetic_sid:
i was a chef at the time,so i worked for them on mondays and tuesdays on my days off for like 4 weeks,the lad i trained for class 1 with also works for them,
he was unemployed at the time and he did monday to friday for a week.
it is a full working day i guess but really your just out with a day man who is showing you the ropes,so your not really doing a great deal of “work”
i viewed it as more like free training and was pretty happy to do it tbhWell done Sid…
You just proved to the management you’re the sort of bloke that doesn’t expect to be paid for working…
If there were enough blokes like you, hauliers could get away with having half the workforce on no pay at all…!!
Bollox! The lad has shown he’s interested enough to put him self out for a few days and Preston’s take a bit of a risk setting someone who appears to have no previous experience with the haulage industry like some of us,eg warehousing, mechanics etc , so putting yourself out for a short time can pay dividends as it has for this lad!
gickniff:
Truckulent:
Synthetic_sid:
i was a chef at the time,so i worked for them on mondays and tuesdays on my days off for like 4 weeks,the lad i trained for class 1 with also works for them,
he was unemployed at the time and he did monday to friday for a week.
it is a full working day i guess but really your just out with a day man who is showing you the ropes,so your not really doing a great deal of “work”
i viewed it as more like free training and was pretty happy to do it tbhWell done Sid…
You just proved to the management you’re the sort of bloke that doesn’t expect to be paid for working…
If there were enough blokes like you, hauliers could get away with having half the workforce on no pay at all…!!
Bollox! The lad has shown he’s interested enough to put him self out for a few days and Preston’s take a bit of a risk setting someone who appears to have no previous experience with the haulage industry like some of us,eg warehousing, mechanics etc , so putting yourself out for a short time can pay dividends as it has for this lad!
Yep. A dividend of £6.71/hour.
Fine. If you think working for free is OK. I don’t. Never have, and what’s more wouldn’t work for any company that expected me to. I wouldn’t expect anyone to work for free. Why should they?
No wonder haulage wages are so poor when half the drivers on here think working for free is fine. After all, with a rate of £6.71/hour to look forward to afterwards, what’s not to like?? 
See BJD’s post above to see how it should be done. 
It’ll not be such a good idea if the DWP walked into the yard looking for fiddle workers 
Prehaps he should have just bitched and moaned on here that he couldnt get a job anywhere as he didnt have two years experince and been grateful for the odd shift no one wanted an agencey would palm him off with.
Going out to learn the job for free isnt ideal but he has got him self a proper job. The wages might not be great but seem average for that area. But hed gaining experince and this can be the path to bigger and better things.
Was he working or was he learning?
The driver would have been “working” as I assume its usually a one man job driving and loading
Good on ya mate you got your finger out and followed your dream
And you can post up some cooking recipes as a bonus for the Trampers 
See everyone wins 
"and you can post some recipes for trampers "
Love it Drift , with your experience in catering Sid , you can make a real contribution to the truck net diet. That is unless you are so ■■■■■■ off by the furore caused by your innocent post.
Come back Sid and give us a recipe for pot noodles au gratin or summat.
Jim
Truckulent:
gickniff:
Truckulent:
Synthetic_sid:
i was a chef at the time,so i worked for them on mondays and tuesdays on my days off for like 4 weeks,the lad i trained for class 1 with also works for them,
he was unemployed at the time and he did monday to friday for a week.
it is a full working day i guess but really your just out with a day man who is showing you the ropes,so your not really doing a great deal of “work”
i viewed it as more like free training and was pretty happy to do it tbhWell done Sid…
You just proved to the management you’re the sort of bloke that doesn’t expect to be paid for working…
If there were enough blokes like you, hauliers could get away with having half the workforce on no pay at all…!!
Bollox! The lad has shown he’s interested enough to put him self out for a few days and Preston’s take a bit of a risk setting someone who appears to have no previous experience with the haulage industry like some of us,eg warehousing, mechanics etc , so putting yourself out for a short time can pay dividends as it has for this lad!
Yep. A dividend of £6.71/hour.
Fine. If you think working for free is OK. I don’t. Never have, and what’s more wouldn’t work for any company that expected me to. I wouldn’t expect anyone to work for free. Why should they?
No wonder haulage wages are so poor when half the drivers on here think working for free is fine. After all, with a rate of £6.71/hour to look forward to afterwards, what’s not to like??
See BJD’s post above to see how it should be done.
now are you just really trying to be silly? or are you that silly? whilst not mega $$ sid clearly stated it is £7.25 for the first 45 hours
6.71 sounds better for the wouldnt get out of bed for less than a grand a week club.
I heard with inflation plus cost living, that it had gone up to “the eleven hundred a week club”
F-reds
F-reds:
I heard with inflation plus cost living, that it had gone up to “the eleven hundred a week club”F-reds
stevieboy308:
Truckulent:
gickniff:
Truckulent:
Synthetic_sid:
i was a chef at the time,so i worked for them on mondays and tuesdays on my days off for like 4 weeks,the lad i trained for class 1 with also works for them,
he was unemployed at the time and he did monday to friday for a week.
it is a full working day i guess but really your just out with a day man who is showing you the ropes,so your not really doing a great deal of “work”
i viewed it as more like free training and was pretty happy to do it tbhWell done Sid…
You just proved to the management you’re the sort of bloke that doesn’t expect to be paid for working…
If there were enough blokes like you, hauliers could get away with having half the workforce on no pay at all…!!
Bollox! The lad has shown he’s interested enough to put him self out for a few days and Preston’s take a bit of a risk setting someone who appears to have no previous experience with the haulage industry like some of us,eg warehousing, mechanics etc , so putting yourself out for a short time can pay dividends as it has for this lad!
Yep. A dividend of £6.71/hour.
Fine. If you think working for free is OK. I don’t. Never have, and what’s more wouldn’t work for any company that expected me to. I wouldn’t expect anyone to work for free. Why should they?
No wonder haulage wages are so poor when half the drivers on here think working for free is fine. After all, with a rate of £6.71/hour to look forward to afterwards, what’s not to like??
See BJD’s post above to see how it should be done.
now are you just really trying to be silly? or are you that silly? whilst not mega $$ sid clearly stated it is £7.25 for the first 45 hours
Not mega money? I’ve a 18 year old nephew that earns more than that!
My apologies - I’m sure the extra 54p an hour would make all the difference another £20-£30 a week fabulous…
This isn’t about the pay (although it’s ■■■■). It’s about not working for free and you’re missing the point. But I suspect you always will so I won’t waste my time saying it again!
With regard to a grand a week. Yes it can be done. Not every week perhaps but especially in the run up to Xmas, it would be fairly easy to make that if you put a full week in. Not on £7.25 per hour you wouldn’t of course.
(cue all the disbelief and derision 'cos peeps can’t believe anyone can earn more than £7/hour )
Truckulent:
stevieboy308:
Truckulent:
gickniff:
Truckulent:
Synthetic_sid:
i was a chef at the time,so i worked for them on mondays and tuesdays on my days off for like 4 weeks,the lad i trained for class 1 with also works for them,
he was unemployed at the time and he did monday to friday for a week.
it is a full working day i guess but really your just out with a day man who is showing you the ropes,so your not really doing a great deal of “work”
i viewed it as more like free training and was pretty happy to do it tbhWell done Sid…
You just proved to the management you’re the sort of bloke that doesn’t expect to be paid for working…
If there were enough blokes like you, hauliers could get away with having half the workforce on no pay at all…!!
Bollox! The lad has shown he’s interested enough to put him self out for a few days and Preston’s take a bit of a risk setting someone who appears to have no previous experience with the haulage industry like some of us,eg warehousing, mechanics etc , so putting yourself out for a short time can pay dividends as it has for this lad!
Yep. A dividend of £6.71/hour.
Fine. If you think working for free is OK. I don’t. Never have, and what’s more wouldn’t work for any company that expected me to. I wouldn’t expect anyone to work for free. Why should they?
No wonder haulage wages are so poor when half the drivers on here think working for free is fine. After all, with a rate of £6.71/hour to look forward to afterwards, what’s not to like??
See BJD’s post above to see how it should be done.
now are you just really trying to be silly? or are you that silly? whilst not mega $$ sid clearly stated it is £7.25 for the first 45 hours
Not mega money? I’ve a 18 year old nephew that earns more than that!
My apologies - I’m sure the extra 54p an hour would make all the difference another £20-£30 a week fabulous…
This isn’t about the pay (although it’s [zb]). It’s about not working for free and you’re missing the point. But I suspect you always will so I won’t waste my time saying it again!
With regard to a grand a week. Yes it can be done. Not every week perhaps but especially in the run up to Xmas, it would be fairly easy to make that if you put a full week in. Not on £7.25 per hour you wouldn’t of course.
(cue all the disbelief and derision 'cos peeps can’t believe anyone can earn more than £7/hour
if you want to take the ■■■■ out of the money, then at least take the ■■■■ out of the right amount, to take the ■■■■ like you did when you’d been told the current rates, makes you look silly
it’s irrelevant what your nephew earns, or your great uncle fred for that matter but what did he have for his tea? i’m looking for ideas for something new tomorrow night
dude, seriously i’m not missing your point i just don’t agree with it, as i think you’re twisting what went on here a bit. i’m not saying all training should be unpaid, i’m not saying people should work for free. but for a newby with no track record, who might be struggling to get a start, i think it’ll do them more good than harm. they could always pay a training company to learn the skills, but why would you when you can get it for free with a foot in the door to boot? plenty of people doing far more fancy jobs than piloting a truck, have done unpaid work placements.
don’t you worry fella, i’ve had my fair share of grand+ weeks
Good on you for being open and honest and good luck wiv your driving career
As for those that are slating him for working for free I’d say look at the bigger picture and the bloke needed experience and training which is what he got as I c it
He wasn’t asked to take a truck out on his own all week work max hours and not get paid
So if you was an employer would you pay a days wage to a fully qualified driver who was working and then a days wage to a newbie sat next to him gaining Experiance I don’t think you would
Because the bloke agreed to undertake the training free of charge he’s now secured a full time job with that company so really he didn’t do it for free did he because he’s now getting a regular wage from the firm
my cousin used St Johns ambulance as a way of getting into being a paramedic? that was free?
i also have a friend that gave his time up for being a special constable to get a better chance to join the police force?
my son 19 earns twice more then me!
my wife also earns twice more then me for saving lives!
but a ■■■■ site less then your 1000 per wk for driving…
tbh it doesnt really matter all the above and the op have got off their arse and got themselves into a job that they want, and did what they thought was right, and congrats should go to them all…
monarch of the highway:
Good on you for being open and honest and good luck wiv your driving career
As for those that are slating him for working for free I’d say look at the bigger picture and the bloke needed experience and training which is what he got as I c it
He wasn’t asked to take a truck out on his own all week work max hours and not get paid
So if you was an employer would you pay a days wage to a fully qualified driver who was working and then a days wage to a newbie sat next to him gaining Experiance I don’t think you would
Because the bloke agreed to undertake the training free of charge he’s now secured a full time job with that company so really he didn’t do it for free did he because he’s now getting a regular wage from the firm
No, I’d pay him a fee for doing it. Not as much as the main driver, but still pay him… Or, as I’ve pointed out umpteen times, I’d have a contract that ensured he stayed with me a while before he could leave. It really isn’t that difficult to grasp!
This thread shows just what a long way some truck drivers need to go before any respect will be shown to them by a lot of employers. Christ, most drivers don’t even respect themselves.
Well fellas as they say, you can’t educate pork…
Good luck to the OP, I hope he enjoys his job. I’m sure the firm will find countless ways to exploit him again in the future. 
I think we have found tnuks bore of the year 2014