Shocked in not a good way

NEW AND WANNABE DRIVERS (INTERACTIVE)
1

As above,
I had a bit of time today so I thought id phone up an agency regarding class 2 work while im still working at Tesco.

I contacted an agency and they said pop straight in for an interview.
I had a chat and had to fill in lots of paperwork then I had a theory test. completed that then it came onto the pay.

PAYE or Umbrella.

If you went on Umbrella then you would be on £9.00 per hour.
I didnt want to do Umbrella so I said whats the PAYE and he came back with £7.50 per hour which I stood back abit.
He said thats the class C rate and even if you drive a van you would still be on this pay per hour :open_mouth:

Im a tesco dot com driver and im on £7.77 an hour.

Is this really what class C drivers get?
I was only going to do it on my days off anyway but I think this just makes me want to get my class C+E done quicker.

Im just shocked

2

There are C+E drivers out there who only get paid that much (or less). But by being at work for 13-15 hours a day, pretty much every day the amount they bank is almost reasonable (plus of course they get less opportunity to actually spend it).

3

depends on your location and the agency. you can try another one, they might have different rates

4

Really yeah PAYE… you wanna watch that as I had an agency try to set me up as PAYE through umbrella now work that one out.

I really think the umbrella system should be scrapped and it should be employed or full self employed. None of this BS

5

Sounds like a poor rate, and some agencies can vary by a quid for doing the same contract as another agency.
But as others have said, it depends on your area…

6

sounds like a ■■■■ agency rate to me! Go to another agency most offer around £10 an hour upwards , don’t be put off by this bad agency.