DRIVER SHORTAGE..I WONDER WHY. Become a HGV driver.... Want to come and be a professional lorry driver? Actually, no - the only time you will be treated as a professional driver btw is if you are in court. Everyone else looks down on you. You will work 75 hours plus a week, its not much to ask is it? Drive a truck which you will have paid thousands for a license to earn minimum wage, less than that of a tesco shelf stacker. Under qualified people know your job better than you, despite never having sat their puty little ass in a truck in all of their days. 0200am starts. It could be 2000 the next day, and 1600 the day after that, six days a week. Dont plan anything in your personal life, as its all a secret as to where you will be. If you do plan something be prepared to be disappointed. Get moaned at by some people in offices because you have brought them something THEIR company ordered. Get moaned at by some warehouse people because they are paid wages to unload what you bring. Its their job but its your fault. Accept the fact that its the only job in the world where police and other agencies want to come into your office all the time, checking your work, others give you fines for sitting at your desk doing your work. Pay up to £150 a week of your own money to park your truck up and wait till you get it back from your company, which you will probably have to chase up, in the meantime pay some more out as your pay day is the end of the week. Dont go home for a week at a time. Some dont go home for weeks on end. Why would you want to go home anyway? Your just a driver. Accept that as a loyal member of our company you will be paid less the someone who we hire in from an agency that we dont know, doesnt know the job and probably doesnt care about the job. He will also leave your cab absolutely sparkling filthy! Opportunity to sleep in luxury places like under a noisy running fridge with dirty or no showers, dirty or no toilets. Last but not least, be a security guard in the 9 hours you have off, making sure no one attempts to break in or damage your truck or load. Oh, I almost forgot. Do your best and turn up early to be told that you will have to come back later. Turn up late to be told that your load has been refused, but its all your fault because you were stuck in traffic. Turn up smack bang on time and be told that actually youre going to have to wait 2 hours because your load isnt ready or the desk jockey hasnt printed your paperwork yet. Come be a professional truck driver, its great fun!
Posted on: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 20:21:36 +0000
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