HGV Class 1 Driver Wages ?
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RM do pay well if you can get in direct with them but it's dead man's shoes. The vast majority of places doing general are on £10-12 /hr for class 1 as a permie with some exceptions either side. Supermarkets generally pay above average on paper, but weekends and bank holidays are required and many places mess you around with your start times, then you have to sit in the canteen for 4 hours because there are no spare trucks.
Expect £1-2/hr more if doing agency/ltd co. The £1 ones tend to have time 1.5 after 8 hours but the £2+ ones tend to be flat rate right through. Couple of quid more for Sats and same again for Suns. Ball park numbers.
Out in the sticks of ruralshire, you'll be lucky if you get above national minimum wage.
Expect £1-2/hr more if doing agency/ltd co. The £1 ones tend to have time 1.5 after 8 hours but the £2+ ones tend to be flat rate right through. Couple of quid more for Sats and same again for Suns. Ball park numbers.
Out in the sticks of ruralshire, you'll be lucky if you get above national minimum wage.
Lemming Train said:
RM do pay well if you can get in direct with them but it's dead man's shoes. The vast majority of places doing general are on £10-12 /hr for class 1 as a permie with some exceptions either side. Supermarkets generally pay above average on paper, but weekends and bank holidays are required and many places mess you around with your start times, then you have to sit in the canteen for 4 hours because there are no spare trucks.
Expect £1-2/hr more if doing agency/ltd co. The £1 ones tend to have time 1.5 after 8 hours but the £2+ ones tend to be flat rate right through. Couple of quid more for Sats and same again for Suns. Ball park numbers.
Out in the sticks of ruralshire, you'll be lucky if you get above national minimum wage.
I was full time with Royal Mail for 15 years. The agencies now pay parity with RM after twelve weeks employment. Expect £1-2/hr more if doing agency/ltd co. The £1 ones tend to have time 1.5 after 8 hours but the £2+ ones tend to be flat rate right through. Couple of quid more for Sats and same again for Suns. Ball park numbers.
Out in the sticks of ruralshire, you'll be lucky if you get above national minimum wage.
Most of the class 1 vacancies that I see advertised online are offering £12-14 ph or £130-150 per shift . Deep in the west country, Wales and parts of Scotland seem to be somewhat lower .
Ford and Royal Mail were often quoted as among the best paid but those vacancies as direct employment tend to be very very rare these days .
The high wages of 20 to 30 years ago have vanished .
There are still some decently paid jobs out there , often companies moving their own product about , they come up very rarely and are often filled via internal applications.
Significant numbers have moved from class1 and 2 to smaller vehicles for not much less in wages and a lot less stress and expense in maintaining all the qualifications, cards and medical costs .
Ford and Royal Mail were often quoted as among the best paid but those vacancies as direct employment tend to be very very rare these days .
The high wages of 20 to 30 years ago have vanished .
There are still some decently paid jobs out there , often companies moving their own product about , they come up very rarely and are often filled via internal applications.
Significant numbers have moved from class1 and 2 to smaller vehicles for not much less in wages and a lot less stress and expense in maintaining all the qualifications, cards and medical costs .
grumpy52 said:
Most of the class 1 vacancies that I see advertised online are offering £12-14 ph or £130-150 per shift . Deep in the west country, Wales and parts of Scotland seem to be somewhat lower .
Ford and Royal Mail were often quoted as among the best paid but those vacancies as direct employment tend to be very very rare these days .
The high wages of 20 to 30 years ago have vanished .
There are still some decently paid jobs out there , often companies moving their own product about , they come up very rarely and are often filled via internal applications.
Significant numbers have moved from class1 and 2 to smaller vehicles for not much less in wages and a lot less stress and expense in maintaining all the qualifications, cards and medical costs .
That is very true.Ford and Royal Mail were often quoted as among the best paid but those vacancies as direct employment tend to be very very rare these days .
The high wages of 20 to 30 years ago have vanished .
There are still some decently paid jobs out there , often companies moving their own product about , they come up very rarely and are often filled via internal applications.
Significant numbers have moved from class1 and 2 to smaller vehicles for not much less in wages and a lot less stress and expense in maintaining all the qualifications, cards and medical costs .
I went from jack Richards driving class 1,working over 60 hours in 5 days to earning more money driving a 26T crane delivering timber.Usually maxed out at 60 hours,no weekends(ever).
There are good jobs out there but you have to be always on the lookout and not believe the bulls
t to make you stay.My licence has expired recently so I've just sent it in to have the HGV C+E class removed, just not interested even keeping it as a sideline now, Tachocard shredded and just need never bothered ever getting a driver cpc despite having a national cpc for over 30 years.
I don't know why we even have artics on the road now given the lack of interest and younger drivers.
Autonomous vehicles and platooning trials which already ongoing on the motorways will probably fulfil the shortfall for an already unattractive job.
https://www.helmuk.co.uk/faq
I don't know why we even have artics on the road now given the lack of interest and younger drivers.
Autonomous vehicles and platooning trials which already ongoing on the motorways will probably fulfil the shortfall for an already unattractive job.
https://www.helmuk.co.uk/faq
This popped up on one of the truckers groups today
Looking for an ongoing hgv class 1 night trunk driver from
Sittingbourne must have at least 1 years experience rates are as follows
Paye only no ltd
First 13 weeks
£12.42 first 8 hours
£17.17 after 8 hours per day
After 13 weeks
£14.75 first 8 hours
£20.35 after 8 hours
If interested please call 01293571666
No request for info as they won’t be answered
Looking for an ongoing hgv class 1 night trunk driver from
Sittingbourne must have at least 1 years experience rates are as follows
Paye only no ltd
First 13 weeks
£12.42 first 8 hours
£17.17 after 8 hours per day
After 13 weeks
£14.75 first 8 hours
£20.35 after 8 hours
If interested please call 01293571666
No request for info as they won’t be answered
grumpy52 said:
This popped up on one of the truckers groups today
Looking for an ongoing hgv class 1 night trunk driver from
Sittingbourne must have at least 1 years experience rates are as follows
Paye only no ltd
First 13 weeks
£12.42 first 8 hours
£17.17 after 8 hours per day
After 13 weeks
£14.75 first 8 hours
£20.35 after 8 hours
If interested please call 01293571666
No request for info as they won’t be answered
Sounds like an agency phishing to harvest details to me.Looking for an ongoing hgv class 1 night trunk driver from
Sittingbourne must have at least 1 years experience rates are as follows
Paye only no ltd
First 13 weeks
£12.42 first 8 hours
£17.17 after 8 hours per day
After 13 weeks
£14.75 first 8 hours
£20.35 after 8 hours
If interested please call 01293571666
No request for info as they won’t be answered
It depends how desperate they are. Oh and they are trust me. Got a call this morning at 8:30 to go in and do a shift if I can. I said no, then the guy goes 18£ph 12 hours guaranteed.
On my way haha.
Anyway in my area agencies got really desperate. Some will pay the same day if you want just go in and do the job for them
Edit: the company I work for pays 15.8 ph first 12 weeks and 18.60 after that. Job is not even that hard to be fair, just trunks, no handball at all. Birmingham
On my way haha.
Anyway in my area agencies got really desperate. Some will pay the same day if you want just go in and do the job for them
Edit: the company I work for pays 15.8 ph first 12 weeks and 18.60 after that. Job is not even that hard to be fair, just trunks, no handball at all. Birmingham
normalbloke said:
LetsTryAgain said:
£18.60 is decent (ish) money.
Assume that’s agency, not full time?
Not sure, but it seems if you go in on a Sunday it’s reduced to £18!Assume that’s agency, not full time?
If 18.6 is decent ish what is decent?
exelero said:
It is agency indeed but I’m on temp to perm. I’ll try to find out from the perma drivers what the rate is and come back to you.
If 18.6 is decent ish what is decent?
Decent is around that.If 18.6 is decent ish what is decent?
Decent-ish was if it doesn’t include a pension contribution from your employer, holiday pay, sick pay etc etc.
I only get a tenner and hour, after tax, for class 1 driving but it’s my second job so I just get the standard rate, as I’m not on overtime for them.
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