In fairness to my current mob, I’ve been there since 2017 and in that time my pay has gone from £10.25 p/hr to £12 although the last rise was only a few months back, as I said in an earlier post, I was earning £9.75 p/hr in 2007, the wages have practically stood still for well over a decade.So 20 years of service and loyalty to your employer and not a single pay rise, no wonder the experienced truckers are walking out and I don't blame you. Employers and manufacturers I feel should be at least showing respect to the employees who have put in the time and been loyal, should be some kind of yearly payrise or an extra days holiday awarded each year, just something as a thank you for sticking with us and remaining loyal and been a great employee.
If employers don't reward the good staff, the end result is they go elsewhere or they quit.
Went the pet shop at lunch time to grab some food for the fish and all the petrol stations on the route were rammed with some overflowing out on the roads and traffic chaos, thankfully managed to avoid it all apart from an Audi more or less crashing into me as they decided to use turn right only lane to go straight ahead.
I'm sure you can add 2 & 2 when it comes to seeing how folding the company and everyone having to don a different colour polo shirt could tie in with having to dish out 'pay cuts'.Happens all the time. You get different coloured polo shirts and a new livery on the truck. The stuff still needs moving , the jobs don't disappear.
In fairness to my current mob, I’ve been there since 2017 and in that time my pay has gone from £10.25 p/hr to £12 although the last rise was only a few months back, as I said in an earlier post, I was earning £9.75 p/hr in 2007, the wages have practically stood still for well over a decade.
A week, not month - thankfully!!@Scania £550 a month ? thats a disgrace !
you get more in a supermarket !
What area? Our place (red and yellow) is just over £18 an hour but we asking for £22. We are in the Midlands. There is still huge regional variations.
Agreed.
I'm sure you can add 2 & 2 when it comes to seeing how folding the company and everyone having to don a different colour polo shirt could tie in with having to dish out 'pay cuts'.
If the 20% raise isn't sustainable, it'll eventually go, one way or another.
Makes you wonder, if they can suddenly turn round and offer everyone a pay rise then they could have done so before but chose not to.In fairness to my current mob, I’ve been there since 2017 and in that time my pay has gone from £10.25 p/hr to £12 although the last rise was only a few months back, as I said in an earlier post, I was earning £9.75 p/hr in 2007, the wages have practically stood still for well over a decade.
Higher rates are being banded about but it’s often better the devil you know, a few local ones are offering higher rates but no guarantee of the rate being maintained i.e. once the shortage is eased they intend to drop the rates again….
Ultimately, I’ve been driving HGV’s for 23 years now yet am on the same hourly rate as a supermarket shelf stacker. Crazy given I drive a very efficient killing machine, the only way I make a decent wage is by doing 60+ hours every week.
Much as I enjoy the driving part of the job, as soon as my financial circumstances allow I’ll be leaving the industry which is a shame , unfortunately I’m far from alone in this thinking…
Makes you wonder, if they can suddenly turn round and offer everyone a pay rise then they could have done so before but chose not to.
I hear it any time there’s an accident involving a truck. Suddenly they’re professionals who should be better than the average driver but they’re in no way paid as such. Judging by the posts above hauliers have been taking advantage of Eastern European labour and driving down wages. Now they don’t have that option they’re suddenly having to compete for drivers.
We are all going to have pay more. I wouldn't be surprised if inflation was above 10% this year, but what's the alternative?
We are hated if we drive during the day, we are hated if we deliver at night.
I certainly wouldn't choose this industry if I was starting out my working life now.
More likely panic buying than lack of deliveries I suspect. People are stupid.My local petrol station is closed no fuel also Morrison's and Tesco closed there stations no fuel both with 5 miles of me
I also wonder how many were filling up because reasons, but throwing the selfish word around during CV times. A country of hypocrites we all are. I wonder how many of the panic buying people are also brexiters!
£12/hr is shocking for the responsibility of driving HGVs, posties now get more than that!