WOW! I bet people are queueing for this!

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS THE UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUM (INTERACTIVE)
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Seen on a local job site…

Driver
Abingdon
Well established logistics company providing contracted services to some of the countries leading businesses.

Currently seeking full time drivers based in the Milton Park, Abingdon area to provide 24/7 delivery services throughout the UK.

Do you consider you are: -
Hardworking and reliable
Flexible in your approach to working hours/shift patterns
Able to work in a timely manner and seek to achieve deadlines
Someone who understands that great customer service is a priority to our business
Able to maintain accurate and clear records/documentation
A safe driver with a full UK driving licence, a minimum of two years driving experience with no more than 6 points on your licence
Someone with a good knowledgeable of the UK road network
Living within thirty minutes of the Milton Park, Abingdon area

Did you answer yes to the above? If so…

Would you: -
Be able to provide delivery services to a high standard?
Be prepared to undergo CRB/vetting checks as per our customer requirements?
Be capable of taking responsibility for your own performance?
Work an average of 35hrs per week (Monday to Saturday)
Be flexible with your hours, working shift patterns commencing between 05:00 and 23:00hrs?

Still answering yes?

We can offer: - £
12,800.00 per annum (minimum)
Uniform
Small vehicle (available for private use - terms to be discussed)
Full training and support

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So you get a small vehicle for private use. There’s an incentive. Can’t see much wrong with this ad to be fair. :wink:

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It would suit a semi-retired person. But U/S for a full time bread earner.

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mds141:
It would suit a semi-retired person. But U/S for a full time bread earner.

Surely a semi-retired person would want an easier life, not 35hrs between 5am and 11pm Mon - Sat? :open_mouth:

Work Fri and Sat on an artic and probably earn the same if not more.

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It’s doesn’t seem to be HGV work. What’s the going rate for a van driver?

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sayersy:
It’s doesn’t seem to be HGV work. What’s the going rate for a van driver?

My missus is on £7 an hour paid straight through, she’s on a zero hour contract and that suits us, she probably does 20-25hrs a week.

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The wages work out to be just over £7 per hour.

Not too shabby for van work when you think about it. I know plenty of morons who drive artics for the same money.

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Shifts starting anytime between 05.00 and 23.00.
I reckon that’s fairly shabby.

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Steve66:
Shifts starting anytime between 05.00 and 23.00.
I reckon that’s fairly shabby.

I think this is on-call courier work. That would explain the variable start times. The 12k is a basic pay, there may be extras for unsociable hours…although I’d expect them to mention it

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Steve66:
Shifts starting anytime between 05.00 and 23.00.
I reckon that’s fairly shabby.

Perhaps it would be better if you read the whole advert rather than looking only at the bottom line.

They require you to start any time between 0500 and 2300. That means that there are 4 shifts per day @ 6 hrs each so you will either work;

0500 to 1100
1100 to 1700
1700 to 2300
2300 to 0500

Now, if after all that you still thinks that this job is shabby, then don’t apply.

HTH

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It also states the lowest salary, not the actual take home.

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I don’t intend to apply.

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Steve66:
I don’t intend to apply.

Not even if they ran ex Thames Materials Scanias? :laughing:

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Must call to Romania or Poland.

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Muckaway:

Steve66:
I don’t intend to apply.

Not even if they ran ex Thames Materials Scanias? :laughing:

I’d be tempted then lol

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Isn’t there a shortage of workers in general on the milton estate - bearing in mind this is deep behind Tory lines and all…

Sure, they’d like to pay everyone among the working classes the minimum they can get away with - but it costs to live in Oxfordshire, no matter who you happen to be or vote for… :bulb:

That “bandstand” security hut job with the fancy quiet electric panda car seems like the cushiest job on the estate tbh… :grimacing:

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Steve66:

Muckaway:

Steve66:
I don’t intend to apply.

Not even if they ran ex Thames Materials Scanias? :laughing:

I’d be tempted then lol

Wonga Wagons :laughing:
And let one driver dish the work out so he gets the late starts/early finishes and all the local work?
Hang on, haven’t we worked somewhere like that before? :wink:

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Muckaway:

Steve66:

Muckaway:

Steve66:
I don’t intend to apply.

Not even if they ran ex Thames Materials Scanias? :laughing:

I’d be tempted then lol

Wonga Wagons :laughing:
And let one driver dish the work out so he gets the late starts/early finishes and all the local work?
Hang on, haven’t we worked somewhere like that before? :wink:

I think we have.
It sounds familiar to me come to think of it :smiley: