I was wondering whether which is better
whichever pays the most 
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as above.
unless your an OD , get it in writing 
If its European dont forget the trip is not over till the last drop is tipped
According to the radio news today the average salary in this country is now £34k, this may be helpful at interview stage.
BillyHunt:
According to the radio news today the average salary in this country is now £34k, this may be helpful at interview stage.
£26500 according to the ONS (that’s average earnings for full-time workers, as at April 2012).
Thanks for replies, I have always been a salaried Just wondering what the advantages is for trip money
In reality it doesn’t matter how you’re paid, so long as you divide the gross pay by the hours worked to get a mean average hourly rate, then factor in the percentage of unsocial weekend and bank hol hours which are either paid at premium rate or included, that’s all you need for comparison…obviously excluding ex’s and night out money, which are not pay.
Juddian:
In reality it doesn’t matter how you’re paid, so long as you divide the gross pay by the hours worked to get a mean average hourly rate, then factor in the percentage of unsocial weekend and bank hol hours which are either paid at premium rate or included, that’s all you need for comparison…obviously excluding ex’s and night out money, which are not pay.
Why do you need to calculate an average hourly rate? Either the job pays you enough every month or it doesn’t.
I use to do Europe on trip money, you lose out all the time, forever chasing, then you get week-ended,stick with the salary.
Weekended on a sunny beach in Europe.Why would the boss a pay a driver for doing nothing ?
I know you are guarding his truck for free.
Lloret del Mar or Cascais/Estoril ,muck in and join in with the locals for night clubbing or the “club”.
Roymondo:
Juddian:
In reality it doesn’t matter how you’re paid, so long as you divide the gross pay by the hours worked to get a mean average hourly rate, then factor in the percentage of unsocial weekend and bank hol hours which are either paid at premium rate or included, that’s all you need for comparison…obviously excluding ex’s and night out money, which are not pay.Why do you need to calculate an average hourly rate? Either the job pays you enough every month or it doesn’t.
Well, we’re all different, but i have an hourly figure in my head of pay i don’t like to fall below, and an hourly figure is as good for comparison purposes as any i can think of.
I’ve worked on jobs that have had hellish complicated pay schemes, Walon2 transporter agreement for example would take an hour to explain, and the only way to make any sense of how you were doing was to divide the pay by the hours worked.
I see too many posts here where people quote a figure, but no mention of the hours involved to earn that, no mention either of the premium hours involved, nights weekends or bank hols, a take home pay of £600 doesn’t mean a thing, it’s fine if you’ve worked 44 hours, one weekend shift and spent every night in your own bed, not so rosy when you’ve done 75 hours incl Sat or Sun or both and include 4 or 5 nights out pay.
Any other suggestions how to compare jobs?
That’s true enough, you see loads of jobs advertised with an annual salary these days, no mention of what you have to do for it. When I see them I always divide it up to see what the hourly rate is.
Its hard to say unless you have details. Im guessing its euro work say its 600 to do milan i have no idea if thats good or bad by the way. If its one load one tip one reload and one tip its not to bad.
If its four or five drops and colections each end its not so good.
you need to look at the job as a whole
just looking at hourly rate or only looking at the weekly/monthly/annual pay doesn’t tell you enough
how many hours you do is a factor but if it’s £15 an hour and each hour is torture then it’s not as good as it looks
I suppose some people don’t care though and they’ll do whatever it takes to get the most money
It is all about balance. A good work/life ratio, enough money, and a job that, at the very least, you don’t actually dislike. If you get a job you like, that pays good money for reasonable average hours, that’s a bonus.
You might have read my Sawyers Transport post in the “Driver vacancy” forum 
I’m on trip money with them,
reason being I’m not looking to do “max” hours and go 3trips per week Sun to Sat and 2trips the next Sun to Thur which is the way you can opt to run on salary.
I like to have it more flexible and choose (within reason) how “hard” I want to run and have yet,
since start of July to do “3trips” in same driving week.
Its working well so far IE:
Last week I started Mon 2200 and opted to “get turned”@ Holyhead boat Thur morn and finished Sat 1400 and 50.5hrs total “on duty” time.
£578home thats £11.44hr AFTER tax for nice clean fridge work in a max 2yr old VolvoFH460 or MAN XXL480 
Early days yet though.
Trip money = gaffer’s work-around for circumventing national minimum wage.
What they like for drivers with no c+e experience
Left hand down!:
Trip money = gaffer’s work-around for circumventing national minimum wage.
“Why do you need to calculate an average hourly rate? Either the job pays you enough every month or it doesn’t.” for the above reason!!!
NO matter what wages your getting. You should divide by your hours worked and that is your hourly rate. If its less then Min wage its againsted the LAW. FULL STOP.