Steve H:
Harry Monk:
Surely, since you will have to lay the drivers off if you surrender your O licence, you could just lay them off anyway and wait for the licence to expire and not renew it?Thats something I hadn’t thought of. Expiry date is April 2019.
It’s my understanding that as a holder of a GVOL I must have acess to at least one vehicle in circulation. I’m guessing a “Hire” vehicle would suffice should I need access to a vehicle??
With regards to the drivers, lets just say we would be parting company so that I could concentrate on my workshop activities.
Verbal Written Final Written Dismissal is all well and good, but I genuinely cannot face another round of recruitment. These issues have become progressively worse over the last 18 months and the standard of applicant coming through the door is now an embarresment. People turn up here for an interview with half their dinner spilt down a t shirt that looks like it last seen the washing machine in 2004, absolutely stinking with an atitude to match. Where has the pride gone?
I am more than fair with driving staff. We pay what i beleive to be a good salary. (our highest earner last year was just shy of £39,000) We provide everything needed to do the job, including clothing boots etc… I dont take half a days annual leave off them when they have to see the dentist or have some other appointment. We have an in house CPC trainer and take care of the requirment FOC. I just can’t see how much else I can do for these people without spoon feeding them dinner of an evening as well!!!
It is a real shame, I love the transport industry, I travelled around europe with my father many years ago in the school holidays in a variety of different motors, including a 1987 112m and a variety of FH Volvo’s. I used to love going back to school and hearing how all the other kids had been to butlins and i’d been in Stockholm with Dad craning computer frames through a 4th floor window because they wouldn’t fit in a lift!!
I’ve met some great people over the years, and worked with some even better people, but the “old school” generation like Ken posting further back in this thread are a breed which are almost extinct.
I know i’m not alone with these issues and they are spread far and wide. Maybe in my old age I am starting to beleive that people are motivated purely by self interest and that every other poor sod can whistle!!
Beetlejuice:
Sack the foolsBest suggestion by far!!!
It frustrates me reading this as it seems you have pretty good operation going.
I think it’s a society thing now. People have no accountability and think there entitled to everything. I’m not going to pretend I’m perfect but if I ever had a ding or a scrape I always payed it out my own pocket as the guy that gave me my start was a one truck owner operator.
As everyone says of coarse the simple action would be to ditch them. But as someone mentioned would it be worth getting local lad that’s keen, train them up to your standard and gain some pride in working for you. Taking care of the lorry and a good advertisement for the business. If people see one or two like this, maybe that will attract a better quality of driver
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