I do a better job than the prime minister ffs.
Isn’t the PM on around £130k a year?
I doubt it’s 20% tax on £71k…
I know a tesco worker who gets £7.60hr works only 20 hours part time but I think in some stores you can get more hours ? Not as easy though as sitting on your arse all day is it
I know of a company that pays this £500-£700 week take home for varied hours. I have been to an interview there and they said if i get my class 1 they will put me next in line on there list. I also know there’s apparently 300 on the waiting list to get in, weather this is true or not I have no idea 
and whether they keep there word or not is another story as you can tell I very much doubt it and believe this is all a pack of lies. But am I just a non believer ? Why would you skip a so called list of 300 people just because your mates with someone who worked there years. BS ? Maybe so
On another note this is a interesting thread there’s alot of different pay on the scales
Turned over £73k( incl VAT) in my 2011/2012 year. Just done my accounts for the 2012/2013 year & I’m dissappointed to report that I’m £5k down, only turning over £68117.
Still, it’s not bad for standing on forecourts drinking coffee & watching the tottie.
Oh, and the 40mph on single carriageways & 50mph on dual carriageways is not to max out my hours, it’s the law.
take home pay isnt the important one.
gross income = wage before tax, NI etc
nett income = wage after tax, NI etc
disposable income = wage after tax, NI, bills, food, rent etc etc etc.
i keep my costs down to maximise disposable income rather than nett. gross is a nice figure to look at but what really matters is how much you have left after spending everything you need to spend on living and working. its your pocket money that you count at the end of the week and thats the figure we are all really watching for our own personal reasons
keebs26uk:
But am I just a non believer ? Why would you skip a so called list of 300 people just because your mates with someone who worked there years. BS ? Maybe so
I have no idea with the company you describe.
This waiting list stuff is rather silly, for out of those 300 there might be a good percentage who are not up to the mark.
Recommendation.
Its a good system for a company, if they have good drivers who realise they have good jobs they will do their best to ensure that job keeps going as long as is humanely possible, that means working well themselves, and recommending only those who they themselves would employ.
The sensibly run company know their good drivers and chances are if those trusted drivers recommend someone then thats 50% of the recruitment process over…obviously interview etc will follow its not just a walk in.
Its not an old pals act though sometimes family and old pals are involved, i wouldn’t recommend someone who wasn’t an asset, i want my company to prosper.
Sons/brothers are often recruited, theres a good chance you’re getting a younger/other version with similar traits.
A sight better for the company than sifting through the chaff, with all the pitfalls involved these days.
Its not in the interests of the good company or their appreciative staff to employ the chaff, maybe you’ve been recommended as someone worth employing.
This waiting list crap is just that (Crap).
They may have a list of those that have made enquires over the years, But people arn’t waiting for a job, They simply made an enquiry.
I’ve seen the whole thing in action. You ring up and enquire about a job. Big man bigs himself up with “Nothing yet pal, I’ve got a list as long as my arm of drivers wanting to work for me” He takes your number anyway.
Two weeks later someone leaves. The first person he rings is the last one that rang him. Why? Because the most likely person to start straight away isn’t the guy that rang him several months ago.
scanny77:
take home pay isnt the important one.
gross income = wage before tax, NI etc
nett income = wage after tax, NI etc
disposable income = wage after tax, NI, bills, food, rent etc etc etc.
I go with this, doesn’t matter what you earn as you could easily spend it, better to have money left over after bills than talk about your £700 take home when at the end of payday you have £5 to last the week!
Although that said if there is a job out there for that I’m willing to try and live on it…
Juddian:
keebs26uk:
But am I just a non believer ? Why would you skip a so called list of 300 people just because your mates with someone who worked there years. BS ? Maybe soI have no idea with the company you describe.
This waiting list stuff is rather silly, for out of those 300 there might be a good percentage who are not up to the mark.
Recommendation.
Its a good system for a company, if they have good drivers who realise they have good jobs
they will do their best to ensure that job keeps going as long as is humanely possible, that means working well themselves, and recommending only those who they themselves would employ.
Totaly agree a word in the ear of the right person from the right person can work wonders
The sensibly run company know their good drivers and chances are if those trusted drivers recommend someone then thats 50% of the recruitment process over…obviously interview etc will follow its not just a walk in.Its not an old pals act though sometimes family and old pals are involved, i wouldn’t recommend someone who wasn’t an asset, i want my company to prosper.
Sons/brothers are often recruited, theres a good chance you’re getting a younger/other version with similar traits.
A sight better for the company than sifting through the chaff, with all the pitfalls involved these days.
Its not in the interests of the good company or their appreciative staff to employ the chaff, maybe you’ve been recommended as someone worth employing.
scanny77:
take home pay isnt the important one.
gross income = wage before tax, NI etc
nett income = wage after tax, NI etc
disposable income = wage after tax, NI, bills, food, rent etc etc etc.i keep my costs down to maximise disposable income rather than nett. gross is a nice figure to look at but what really matters is how much you have left after spending everything you need to spend on living and working. its your pocket money that you count at the end of the week and thats the figure we are all really watching for our own personal reasons
Exactly, there is a couple over the road from me who pull in over £100k a year, no kids, but they are skint because they are dripped upto the eyeballs, I pull a quarter to a fifth of what they do and am far far more flush.
eddie snax:
Constantine:
eddie snax:
Juddian:
What you are told in the pub, here, by the propective gaffer by word of mouth all means bugger all, …its whats in writing on the pay agreement is what counts. etc, etc…Probably the most truthful paragraph in this whole thread
Are we seriously going to believe this ■■■■■■■■ that a shelf stacker earns more in their part time 20 hour week than most lorry drivers do or are we acually talking about Tesco lorry drivers?
If we are talking shelf stackers you truly are in cuckoo land about their hourly rates! Etc Etc
C
With what you’ve posted here, I’d have thought you’d be in agreement with the above quote, and I totaly concur with what you’ve posted here.
There is alot off BS being written about wages in this thread, I’m not going to say some are lying about their earnings, but they are being nieve about the potential earnings available in other sectors of the economy
Sorry Eddie, 
I didn’t make my post clear I forgot to separate the one important qoute in to say that this was just plain ■■■■■■■■ unless it was for the lorry driving! See below and then it will make sense why I ranted.
Obviously I have forgotten how to wite a readable post on this subject My intelligence is waning! 
Should have broken yours and Juddian’s quotes and said that is the reality of today’s economy. I was using yours and Juddian quotes to say totally agree with what you was saying . Also the unfortunate truth is that people have got their eyes closed and fingers in their ears believing that all other sectors of the economy are on 6 figure annual salaries from the Office Junior/Photocopier to the Managing Director in whatever sector you look at 
And then said thetastytrucker’s shelf stacking was just fiction. “You could earn more at tescos mate” if he was just talking about shelf stacking only! Thetastytrucker most probably don’t believe it but heard it spouted so many times that one could begin to wonder whether it is true, even in Aldi, it ain’t! And they are one of the best payers in their sector for what they do, but boy do they work their shop staff and hard and have you ever noticed, how few people are actually working there. And they don’t hide out the back either! No room for slackers, that’s for sure and you’ve got to be a jack of all trades. 
You can see on here that there are a few drivers who are on good money and know it. They don’t try to mess the job around and ■■■■ it up for themselves. Now that is very intelligent doing the best for the company and taking the rewards accordingly, which they are rightfully entitled too! 
And I say good luck to them, if they are putting the effort in, then I wish them all the best in their continued success.
Finally
B1 GGK:
Exactly, there is a couple over the road from me who pull in over £100k a year, no kids, but they are skint because they are dripped upto the eyeballs, I pull a quarter to a fifth of what they do and am far far more flush.
These are the ones you see day in, day out, in terms of Winseers earlier posting on page 2, saying that everyone driving round in a nicer car than him must be better off than him! These types of people are the most stressed, and literally just one pay check from the bailiffs turning up at the door (They are most probably waiting round the corner every month ) and being made homeless at any time…are they the ones to really be aspiring too■■?
C
xfmatt:
I know people round me who take home £450-£500 per week for 60-65 hours and 4 nights out which includes night out money.
I took £460 last week for 51 hours with less than 40 booked for the WTD due to lazing around on bays. Easiest money I’ve ever earned 
Just come across this from Truck & Driver March 1986, makes interesting reading 27 years on!
