Possible DPD Strike Looming Due To Wage Cuts?

Diddums said:
That's not just DPD though, that's all of them. It's such a cutthroat industry. The core problem is me. And you. And everyone else on these boards and any other customer of these companies. Everyone wants everything right now and for £lol. So it's a race to the bottom.
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This a million percent, nobody wants to actually pay for a decent delivery service and moans when the service we don’t actually pay for isn’t gold standard, I also class myself in this
 
Ex DPD driver here - but still have 2 vans in there until I pull the plug on them. Terminated my contract recently after just over 8 years with them. The company is full of bullies, far too many managers that haven't got a clue - continuously fob you off - and god forbid you stick up for yourself - they will just push you out. The advertised salary is unachievable unless you like either working your a**e off for 12 hours, or don't like been at home. You spend the equivalent of a week every 4 weeks (which is the pay period) working for free as you don't get paid until you deliver your first parcel - so all the loading in the mornings and unloading when you get back is unpaid. They regularly under pay you, and slap charges on for the vans like sprinkling sugar on your cornflakes.

Someone mentioned about how can it be stressful? Go and try it, see what pressure they put you under all for a parcel. Don't take your work home with you? That's nonsense as well, as you check your portal every night to see a) how much you have earned, plus b) any charges that have been slapped on, you then have to try your best to get back. Their ridiculous policies etc are just that, ridiculous. It is a toxic work environment where they care more about parcels than people. I never had a pay rise when I was there, and just had pay cuts constantly. Half the time, you are actually paying them to work there. All liability is placed on the drivers as they will take responsibility for absolutely nothing, and you are guilty until you prove your innocence. They are an absolutely vile company to work for, and the CEO is absolutely useless and grossly overpaid.

I'm glad all these drivers are standing together as we are all fed up of being walked all over by them.

Anyway, that's my 2 cents worth
 
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It really beggars belief that some people haven’t got the common sense to:

A) Read beyond the headline and do actual research.

B) Remember point A.
 
It's exactly like working for Addison Lee or Uber in the London private hire industry- a race to the bottom. Something I had 25 years experience of working in operations.

£40,000 take home after tax, yea OK. These guys are self employed so to generate a 40k take home after tax it would be a gross profit of around a £1000 a week and in addition to this they would need to earn running costs , maintenance, insurance, servicing , fuel and cost of the van . That I'm guessing would be around £300 a week so another £15600 a year , We're now upto a required turnover of £67,600 a year or £1300 a week .

The pressures earning £1300 a week in the courier industry every week are immense. The above calculations are without factoring in any time off for vehicle maintenance and 4 weeks off a year so add £5200 ( 4 weeks off times £1300) to that annual turnover of £67,600 is £72,800 or divided by 48 weeks a courier needs to earn £1516 a week .

Any self employed DPD drivers turning over £303 a day for a 5 day week every day of the year ? That's what you need to earn £52000 a year to take home 40k!

I would suspect the real figures will be around £25k a year and not £40k. Most people in these driving gig type jobs never average their earnings out .

If the road haulage industry ever got its **** together drivers would be paid a lot more ( that includes cabbies, hgv drivers and couriers) , just looked what the train drivers get paid !

Good luck with the strike guys as it's not a job I would want to do.
 
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Maundie said:
This a million percent, nobody wants to actually pay for a decent delivery service and moans when the service we don’t actually pay for isn’t gold standard, I also class myself in this
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But that cost can be picked up by the retailer. It doesn't need to be passed on to the customer.

Of course it will be, and it is, but it doesn't need to be
 
The delivery driver market is saturated as anyone can do it. People turn up delivering parcels in their own cars and just chuck them in the general area of the house, ensuring they get a picture for "proof". The services have reached the bottom. Delivery drivers have such large quotas that they CBA to spend time ringing or even knocking now. It's just dumped, photo'd and on to the next one.

Its a sad state we are in that people have to tolerate these **** jobs, and by **** I mean no disrespect, rather, I mean they are **** by way of corporate animals placing such demands and conditions on the drivers as part of a profitable business model to compete.
 
Dis86 said:
But that cost can be picked up by the retailer. It doesn't need to be passed on to the customer.

Of course it will be, and it is, but it doesn't need to be
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Retail margins are already squashed as it is with some carrier fees already being subsidised so no, it’s definitely not their responsibility to pick up the bill.
 
shifty_uk said:
Retail margins are already squashed as it is with some carrier fees already being subsidised so no, it’s definitely not their responsibility to pick up the bill.
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Whys it not? Theyre making huge amounts of profit.
 
Dis86 said:
Whys it not? Theyre making huge amounts of profit.
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Not all retailers make huge amounts of profit. I work with retailers everyday, some require serious volume to makes ends meet, especially when you take overheads into consideration. It's often a race to the bottom and you need to stay competitive on shipping which means taking some of the carrier costs yourself.

Saying all retailers make huge amounts of profit is very inaccurate.
 
shifty_uk said:
Not all retailers make huge amounts of profit. I work with retailers everyday, some require serious volume to makes ends meet, especially when you take overheads into consideration. It's often a race to the bottom and you need to stay competitive on shipping which means taking some of the carrier costs yourself.

Saying all retailers make huge amounts of profit is very inaccurate.
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I never said all. If you can't afford it you charge for delivery or build it in to the cost.
 
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