Thinking about applying for Stobart at Appleton. I like general haulage and am not bothered about long hours. Ive heard planners can nag but not too fussed about that either.
Does anyone know the current day rate? I know its not amazing but with the food allowance and other bonuses im sure its not meant to work out that bad. It was £7 odd back in 2010. Does anyone know if it has gone up?
Cheers
Mon - fri 0600 to 1800 £7.95
Mon - fri 1800 to 0600 £8.90
Sat £10.20
Sun £11.25
Meal allowance £15 a day
Driver standard bonus £5 day
Night out £22.50
If you don’t moan at your planner all the time like some drivers then they’ll just leave you alone, I don’t talk to mine until I get back the yard at the end of the week most weeks.
I saw that they were paying £9.50 Monday-Friday at sherburn, are the rates different for different depots?
budgie69:
I saw that they were paying £9.50 Monday-Friday at sherburn, are the rates different for different depots?
It is once you’ve taken into account the meal allowance and bonus. It’s a 55 hour contract.
Alright I might think twice about applying for it then cheers
budgie69:
Alright I might think twice about applying for it then cheers
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Is rugby truckstopThe same? What do you mean by 55h contract? when i go over dont they pay you no more?
Yeh I was wondering what the 55hr contract is
budgie69. Are you in Warrington mate?
I’m not mate, I’m looking at the sherburn depot
I can’t even understand how stobart justifies paying it’s drivers such low wages? Maybe I’m missing something? Are there other perks to working for them? (Apart from the very stylish green uniform 
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Eight quid a ■■■■■■■ hour,you can get £7.80 a hour driving for Tesco doing home delivery work ffs
I went to the Widnes depot the other month. What I earn now on 42.5 hours was more or less the same as what they was offering with 55 hours.
Something like £8.43 p/h
I think for starting off they would be grand, but because I’m earning a decent crust where i am and home every night , I wasn’t willing to leave just to get the opportunity to drive a new Scania
Was that working direct for stobarts or via an agency
budgie69:
Was that working direct for stobarts or via an agency
Why is it you want to work for Stobarts anyway? Do the wages not put you straight off the idea? I work class 1s for a supermarket and the day rates are nearly £13/hr!
Under £8/hr for class 1 work is an actual joke, I wonder how they even have their wagons on the road with those rates.
Trucker8oy:
Is rugby truckstopThe same? What do you mean by 55h contract? when i go over dont they pay you no more?
Means you are contracted to 55 hours of work every week, I suspect you’ll get paid 55hrs whether you work that many or not, with overtime if you do more.
Jimmyy:
Under £8/hr for class 1 work is an actual joke, I wonder how they even have their wagons on the road with those rates.
Because like at Tesco Goole, the majority of the drivers are agency on up to £5/hr more. Stobarts agency bills must be eye watering.
PHIL89:
Mon - fri 0600 to 1800 £7.95
Mon - fri 1800 to 0600 £8.90
Sat £10.20
Sun £11.25
Meal allowance £15 a day
Driver standard bonus £5 day
Night out £22.50If you don’t moan at your planner all the time like some drivers then they’ll just leave you alone, I don’t talk to mine until I get back the yard at the end of the week most weeks.
I thought the fuel bonus of £5 per day had gone ,replaced with a extra 45 p on your hourly rate ,or was our rep telling us fibs 
Jimmyy:
budgie69:
Was that working direct for stobarts or via an agencyWhy is it you want to work for Stobarts anyway? Do the wages not put you straight off the idea? I work class 1s for a supermarket and the day rates are nearly £13/hr!
Under £8/hr for class 1 work is an actual joke, I wonder how they even have their wagons on the road with those rates.
But we don’t all live near a supermarket dc ,and even if we did I personally wouldn’t want to do that type of work ,it’s just not me ,I hate it .£13 p.h or not .
Today I got offered my latest 2 options ,mon-fr ,days ,supermarket work or mon- fri ,nights,tramping ,flats ,I chose nights,tramping ,flats ,none of those 3 things appeal to me really ,but at least I won’t be spending hours staring at supermarket gates and going loopier by the second .
It was mentioned on here somewhere that a tramper takes away 600+. all the big players pay similar wages its just like i say its all about Ts+Cs