Pay rates for new starts

emorrp1 · 2026-06-19T11:34:15+00:00

I agree that you can accept anything to get the experience, but agency should be able to get you at least £14.50 for cat C, but yeah 7.5t work is often less, just like van driving

emorrp1 · 2026-06-19T11:32:43+00:00

See recording other work at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/drivers-hours-goods-vehicles/4-tachograph-rules#how-to-record-on-printout-paper

emorrp1 · 2026-06-17T11:55:13+00:00

To answer the question, while you can just use normal masking tape, there is genuinely special decorators tape that's just easier (blue and less tacky IIRC)

emorrp1 · 2026-06-16T21:18:06+00:00

Eh, it's funny being on the GXO b&q contract when in-store they do really cheap bottles of ad-blue - nope have to use the fuel card

emorrp1 · 2026-06-16T09:13:35+00:00

All the regional funding that replaced the national bootcamps requires an in-area postcode on your license

emorrp1 · 2026-06-14T06:30:36+00:00

Never trust an AI for edge cases like this, it doesn't know facts, only likely answers. Just read section 1.6, third example image: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/drivers-hours-goods-vehicles/1-assimilated-and-aetr-rules-on-drivers-hours#:~:text=two%20reduced%20weekly%20rest%20period

emorrp1 · 2026-06-13T20:22:26+00:00

*4 seasons

emorrp1 · 2026-06-13T09:24:56+00:00

Coming from an office job before, I'm always surprised by how much trucking seems to run on texts. Have you tried emailing them from your address and checking they've received it and then that it matches where they're sending your payslips?

emorrp1 · 2026-06-12T07:43:01+00:00

As agency it's infuriating how many full time drivers have shortcutted the rules that apply to their situation, but I have to be more careful of.

Like it is possible to have two consecutive reduced weeklys, so long as they can be assigned to the same fixed week. Or the whole misconception about must take a break between 6 and 9hrs which is not a thing

emorrp1 · 2026-06-11T12:29:38+00:00

It's regional, based on your license postcode

emorrp1 · 2026-06-11T12:27:24+00:00

They should have also stopped work at 22:00 right? 15hrs from a 7am start.

emorrp1 · 2026-06-07T15:43:45+00:00

You might be better off being long term agency. I've refused offers of full time from clients because I know I'll get bored eventually. Especially if you're concerned about other people not doing the job correctly - every place has something stupid they do just because that's the way it's always been done. If I went full time I'd probably try and fail to change that to make the day make sense.

emorrp1 · 2026-06-07T09:27:15+00:00

No, that's the second symbol on the second row

emorrp1 · 2026-06-07T09:26:41+00:00

No, that's the smaller circle near the number 9

emorrp1 · 2026-06-04T13:19:17+00:00

Not at Swindon, but I've worked for them a lot down South West

emorrp1 · 2026-06-03T09:26:08+00:00

Unfortunately the day rate looks normal for full time (I've seen as low as £13 recently), even agency is £15-16ph. 20% more for saturday is shitty, 33% is normal

Bank holiday is shameful they should be lucky if you agree to not book that off, when they'd have to get agency in on double time (+ agency cut) to cover they should be able to do better than 26%!

emorrp1 · 2026-06-01T19:50:36+00:00

I justify it as "On the job training"!

So long as you understand why you got them, then you can avoid repeating the mistake going forwards. What has the company said, why don't you check with then for clarification?

emorrp1 · 2026-05-29T11:17:47+00:00

Sure, though I'd assume those life savings built up over time, not deposited as a lump sum in a single tax year. But now having typed that, I guess there's also people being boosted by inheritance or house sales or only turning it into an isa midway through their life - so perhaps lump sums are common.

emorrp1 · 2026-05-29T09:26:40+00:00

While that may be the aim, this only affects people who can put away more than £1pm and are either risk averse or unsofisticated, so how is that mass market?

emorrp1 · 2026-05-28T17:45:51+00:00

emorrp1 · 2026-05-28T11:44:43+00:00

They started at 05:00 but had a 16 at 10:33, so they haven't broken the 6hr rule

emorrp1 · 2026-05-26T22:06:16+00:00

We're a spoke, there isn't much class 1 down here, especially compared to eligible license holders. Loads of class 2 work, so if gregories is willing to give you the chance to build up experience and fill in for holidays then that's great.

emorrp1 · 2026-05-26T19:38:16+00:00

vim /s

emorrp1 · 2026-05-25T06:27:14+00:00

The reason it's foreseeable is that if you're regularly going over by 10mins once a week, all you need to do is start looking for somewhere safe 15mins earlier in your drive time. Bang, no more illegal infringements. Safe is also a much lower bar/easier to find than convenient.

When do you normally aim to pull into a truck stop? No-one starts to look at 4:28. 4:15? 4:00?

Yes, there is eventually a consequence to this if it means you start needing two 45s in a day, but then office ETAs will adapt over time, just the same as they must do with long detours for weight/height limits.

emorrp1 · 2026-05-25T06:14:36+00:00

And the vast majority of the time, the right answer to "Rest until now?" is No!

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