Looking at class 1 via agency following a brief conversation between my wife and an ex-colleague, other than “needing to be flexible” about shifts what does it entail?
Turn up, empty or loaded?
Drive wherever, trailer swap or wait for unloading/ loading?
Likely waiting for bays or straight in?
Likely hours? Need to push or is it comfortably doable?
Any other useful info?
Recently went after RM work through Manpower at Rochester depot.
Agency was advertising RM rates which are about £20 per hour. They told me I wouldn’t get that rate until I had done 12 weeks and were a bit cagey about what rate I would actually get so told em to forget it.
Dead mans shoes, I was tempted until I saw it was agency. If it was genuine work it’d be advertised on RM website @ those rates…!
Pimpdaddy:
Spot on mate! 
Vid:
Looking at class 1 via agency following a brief conversation between my wife and an ex-colleague, other than “needing to be flexible” about shifts what does it entail?Turn up, empty or loaded? Turn up in Time and you will get said what Duty
Drive wherever, trailer swap or wait for unloading/ loading? No wait for Unloading/loading “DIY”
Likely waiting for bays or straight in? few min wait when Busy. Its all timed. So they know when you come
Likely hours? Need to push or is it comfortably doable? 6 to 14 Hour. Day is 10-12 and Night 6-10 Hour
Any other useful info?
Not in on Time and you go Home without Pay. Spare Drivers just seating to wait for late commin of anyone. Duty has to run on Time,just as a Fly
Did some RM night runs a few years ago out of Bristol -
Take empty trailer to hub just outside Coventry
Drop trailer in trailer park
Go to traffic office - get told your run & bay number
Go to relevant bay number & hook up to trailer on bay
Await green light, approx 1.30am - so sleep!!
On green, do your run
Run will be to a regional depot - straight trailer swap
Return to your depot with empty trailer
Simples!
Herongate:
Did some RM night runs a few years ago out of Bristol -Take empty trailer to hub just outside Coventry
Drop trailer in trailer park
Go to traffic office - get told your run & bay number
Go to relevant bay number & hook up to trailer on bay
Await green light, approx 1.30am - so sleep!!
On green, do your run
Run will be to a regional depot - straight trailer swap
Return to your depot with empty trailerSimples!
thats Parcel Force
Immigrant:
Not in on Time and you go Home without Pay.
Wow, that’s zb.
Herongate:
Await green light, approx 1.30am - so sleep!!
Simples!
Sounds good to me[emoji1][emoji42]
I`ve got a very good mate on there full time, he has been with RM since he was 15, now touching 60 
All I can say, in all honesty, no wonder stamps are so expensive 
Its too easy, with actual runs breaking up your day/night shift of eating and sleeping 
wing-nut:
Recently went after RM work through Manpower at Rochester depot.
Agency was advertising RM rates which are about £20 per hour. They told me I wouldn’t get that rate until I had done 12 weeks and were a bit cagey about what rate I would actually get so told em to forget it.
You get whatever the standard agency rate is beforehand.
Trouble is, on week 11-12 you get dropped before the parity pay kicks in.
Even if Royal Mail pay the agency such as Manpower or Pertemps that full meaty rate - they are NOT obliged to pass it onto their drivers - especially “Johnny come latelys” and “subbies”.
I’ve been unable to get parity pay on agency - and I worked there for over 20 years as full time FFS.
Seems the door was firmly shut behind me when I left. 