waynedl:
Truckulent:
Welshmale60:
1 working week with s&kSat induction start 9 until 3 ish
Promised 2 days out a week no more
Monday morning. Given mobile phone, fuel card 52 plate Volvo fh12 ( I honestly thought it was a shunter)
2 local drops Swansea , llantrisant
Loaded for illford they wanted me to have a night out I said no took my 9 and back I came
Start 8am finish 8 pm
Tues
5 am start
Illford tipped
Collected ashford for delivery Southampton
Finishe 8 pm Night out
Wednesday start 8 am
Tipped Southampton
Had tex message load Maidstone now running low on fuel with a as24 card finally find truck stop for fuel enter card low and behold blocked phoned sk told me wait 30 mins 3 hours later another driver turns up with BIG attitude to use his card for fuel
I can’t be bothered to tell you the rest but I ended up out 3 nights that week drove I must say on my own discretion over hours on the Thursday/Friday to get hom pack my bags and get the flock out of s&k
Sat 9 6 hours
Mon. 12 hours No night out
Tues. 15 hours night out
We’d. 15 hours night out
Thursday 15 hours night out
Friday. 6 hours bye bye s&k
2 Severn bridge tolls my expense
Following Friday no pay in bank mmmmmmmmmm
Ring up they say cat find bank detail Application form back page bank details easy
2 hours later phone call money in bank yippee how much
69 hours
3 nights out
2 Severn bridge tolls
£234. Take home I’d rather deliver fish and chips in a noddy van
End off
Soon as I jumped in cab I felt like I already had a night out absolutely discusting
Shocking mate. After tax, you made £3.39/Hr.
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And if that’s including your night out/toll money as well…scandalous. No doubt some [zb] on here will defend them though…
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If that was true, then a trip down to the small claims court would be in order, he has tachograph and timesheet evidence?
Btw, anyone who runs over their time to get home shouldn’t be in this business
Not many drivers would have the balls to…whatever ■■■■ they took from the company/agency…