At what point is enough, enough

[Deleted User 234324]

So throughout the pandemic I've been working, often doing 60-70+ hours a week because well it's better than being stuck at home, specially during lockdowns.

That entire time we were never rewarded by our employer or even given so much as a thankyou.

Fast forward to now, summer 2021 and my employers are struggling to keep staff, with barely 1 in 5 new recruits lasting more than a few months, and yet even though we have made the reasons why very clear (mainly pay) they have all but flat out refused, stating they don't have the budget for it.

3 weeks ago we suddenly started getting lots of new people turning up unaware that the new guys were all agency workers, and we were the ones tasked with training them up, little did we know at the time but these agency guys were being paid anything up to £9/hour more than us, factoring in agency fees I wouldn't be at all surprised if it was costing the company upwards of £30+ an hour for agency drivers, specially on a bank holiday or Sunday.

I have since queried this with management but as I suspected they really don't seem to care. So maybe it's time to tell them to take a hike, 10+ years of service and they can't even be reasonable.

 

[Thekwango]

what have you been writing? is it worth a read?

 

[Kenai]

Trying to pick through the horrible auto-correct nonsense in there, i'm guessing you haven't actually been 'writing' for 70 hours a week but instead driving, based on later comments in the post.

First you say you were doing long hours because it was better than being at home - if so, why would expect your employer to particularly reward this behaviour? You were doing it through your own choice to alleviate your own boredom, not because they asked you to?

It seems like you've been mugging yourself off by working hours no one was asking you to and then wondering why you're not being rewarded for it.

If the market is that much better elsewhere that new starts were leaving so quickly for something better, then yes, it's probably worth you considering that too if you're not happy anymore.

When you compare to agency rates though, don't forget that whilst headline figures might appear high, the business also doesn't need to cover overheads like expenses, sick pay, holiday pay, training, pension contributions etc. so from their perspective, it may actually be cost neutral or maybe even cheaper.

 

[[FnG]magnolia]

we were trestles with training them up, little dude we know

 

[Mason-]

I'm usually not a grammar nazi as long as I can get the gist of what's going on I don't mind, but you can please edit your OP. It's hard to follow what's going on, the first 3 or so sentences don't make much sense.

 

[Finners]

If the turn over of staff is that high then you on what to do and it's in your last paragraph.

 

[dave28]

As far as i can tell from your post you are a driver. Companies are screaming out for drivers so if your not happy then maybe look elsewhere.

 

[bayo000]

Hope you didn't write this while you were driving.

 

[adolf hamster]

So throughout the pandemic I've been writing, often doing 60-70+ hours a week

whatever you've been doing for 70 hours a week over lockdown, pretty sure it's not writing......

Will gatt forward to now

we were trestles with training them up, little dude we know

being paid anything up to £9/hour more than is

I since queried this with management but as I disorderly they really don't seem to care.

 

[Puzzled]

Some of us have enjoyed working on our discography during lockdown actually, jeez

 

[Raymond Lin]

Are you writing this while driving OP?

 

[McBain]

Not happy? Do something about it and change jobs.

Take the plunge, get out of your comfort zone in the hope of finding a better work/life balance. It'd be a hell of a lot more rewarding than complaining about your job on here.

 

[Dave85]

Normally I can figure out a post and don't mind strange wording or things that don't quite make sense but that has lost me. if you are indeed a driver is now not the best time ever? You can basically jump ship and from what I read pick and choose shifts and get large bonuses.

 

[Lopéz]

Imagine, writing discographies for 70 hours a week, and all because of theockdowns.

Awful

 

[plasmahal]

What's the question???

 

[mrbazmondo]

Did you used to work as a police man on 'Allo 'Allo!?

Seriously though, if you're working 70 hours a week, you may as well just get a 2nd job and double your pay. Or leave and go work as a contractor.

 

[Sho]

Eh?

 

[Angilion]

Imagine, writing discographies for 70 hours a week, and all because of theockdowns.

Awful

It might be awful. Maybe a theockdown is some kind of particularly harsh theocracy. Who knows? Maybe the OP is like the modern version of a medieval monk labouring in the scriptorium of a particularly harsh monastery run by a despotic abbot. Working 70 hours a week writing discographies wouldn't be any better than working 70 hours a week writing copies of religious stuff or any other writing the church wanted to preserve.


As for the OP, I doubt if there's ever been a better time for a qualified and experienced goods driver to find another job if they don't like the pay and conditions at the job they already have.

 

[Jean-F]

As far as i can tell from your post you are a driver. Companies are screaming out for drivers so if your not happy then maybe look elsewhere.

I had an HGV Class1 licence from circa 1970, maybe 1975, and still had it when I was driving a Black Cab, but as I never renewed it I’d no doubt need to undergo a medical if I wanted to drive 44 tonners again.
Thinking I might take advantage of the dearth of truckers now, I toyed with looking into it to supplement my pension, even though driving bores me to tears now.
I think I’d pass a medical, I’ve got eyes like a hawk, and the only thing wrong with me is Type 2 Diabetes, which is controlled by diet, no medication, and I’m not overweight.
I’m sure that I could still pick up and drop a trailer, it’s like riding a bike, but at 81 I don’t fancy handling any cargo, so I think I’ll swerve the idea of shifting 16 gears again, and go back to nursing vodka tonics and reading a book.

 

[dave28]

I had an HGV Class1 licence from circa 1970, maybe 1975, and still had it when I was driving a Black Cab, but as I never renewed it I’d no doubt need to undergo a medical if I wanted to drive 44 tonners again.
Thinking I might take advantage of the dearth of truckers now, I toyed with looking into it to supplement my pension, even though driving bores me to tears now.
I think I’d pass a medical, I’ve got eyes like a hawk, and the only thing wrong with me is Type 2 Diabetes, which is controlled by diet, no medication, and I’m not overweight.
I’m sure that I could still pick up and drop a trailer, it’s like riding a bike, but at 81 I don’t fancy handling any cargo, so I think I’ll swerve the idea of shifting 16 gears again, and go back to nursing vodka tonics and reading a book.

i hear some firms are offering £30 and hour and tesco are giving £1000 to new drivers but i dont know if its true, that is what people keep telling me