IronEddie:
albion:
eagerbeaver:
9 hour days and a free van for £30k. You need your head feeling if you want to pack that in to drive wagons mate!Yes, that is a lot of money for the hours compared to what you will get for trucking. As per Juddian’s thread on the main board, it’s difficult to work out comparative pay scales in haulage, especially for euro, when everyone has a different set up. My lot will be earning 41k +, but thats doing about two thirds euro, one third UK, so they are away.
As for your question about double manning, that is what we do, but there aren’t many firms that do it. And if you did get a start, it would be unlikely that your mate would as well, or certainly there would be several months before he did unless you dropped very lucky. Having said that, two of my drivers were mates and that is exactly what happened, one got a job and a vacancy arose and the second one got recommended. Been here five years and crew together about 75% of the time - and they are still mates.
Totally expected you to say and now they hate each other and have to double man with other people.
OP gazing into my crystal ball if all the rumours about automation are true 4 million worker, 15% of the current workforce replaced by automation over the next decade. Then having a trade might be one of the few secure unautomated industries.
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No, they are still good mates and go on the lash together. Got a married crew that have worked for me for 20 years and they are still happy. I’d have been divorced, but it’s nice to know some can.
Op, if you think you could deal with management after being on the tools, trust me, by the time you get into your 50s, tolerance for corporate BS is pretty much zero.
If you really think you want to and are going into it with your eyes wide open, then do it.