Positions are offered on a 12 week temporary to permanent basis and you will transfer to permanent payroll with Aldi on week 13.
Contracts are full time, working 4 on 2 off, which includes working on weekends.
Contracts are a minimum of 40 hours per week on a shift rota basis.
Well there’s another job ruined. 4 on 2 off is an appalling shift for the social life. Working 2 weekends out of 3. Why not just leave it 4 on 4 off and have done with it.
Could someone enlighten me as to how 4 on 2 off works for the company on an operational basis. I mean, if a driver is doing 4 on who is doing his 2 off. Surely they ain’t got folk doing 2 on 4 off. Why not just 4 on 4 off days and nights ?
4 on 2 off is 3 drivers covering 2 trucks…
Truck 1 Mon driver A, Tues driver A, Weds driver A, Thurs driver A, Fri driver B, Sat driver B, Sun driver A
Truck 2 Mon driver C, Tues driver C, Weds driver B, Thurs driver B, Fri driver C, Sat driver C, Sun driver C
It looks a nightmare but on regular runs it works well,driver A does route 1,driver B covers routes 1 and 2, driver C does route 2
Positions are offered on a 12 week temporary to permanent basis and you will transfer to permanent payroll with Aldi on week 13.
Contracts are full time, working 4 on 2 off, which includes working on weekends.
Contracts are a minimum of 40 hours per week on a shift rota basis.
Well there’s another job ruined. 4 on 2 off is an appalling shift for the social life. Working 2 weekends out of 3. Why not just leave it 4 on 4 off and have done with it.
Could someone enlighten me as to how 4 on 2 off works for the company on an operational basis. I mean, if a driver is doing 4 on who is doing his 2 off. Surely they ain’t got folk doing 2 on 4 off. Why not just 4 on 4 off days and nights ?
4 on 2 off is 3 drivers covering 2 trucks…
Truck 1 Mon driver A, Tues driver A, Weds driver A, Thurs driver A, Fri driver B, Sat driver B, Sun driver A
Truck 2 Mon driver C, Tues driver C, Weds driver B, Thurs driver B, Fri driver C, Sat driver C, Sun driver C
It looks a nightmare but on regular runs it works well,driver A does route 1,driver B covers routes 1 and 2, driver C does route 2
TNT Newsfast used to work 4/2 Driver C covered the two nights Drivers A & B had off,each Driver worked 4 shifts straight,great when it came to holidays booked 4 off and got 8
Positions are offered on a 12 week temporary to permanent basis and you will transfer to permanent payroll with Aldi on week 13.
Contracts are full time, working 4 on 2 off, which includes working on weekends.
Contracts are a minimum of 40 hours per week on a shift rota basis.
Well there’s another job ruined. 4 on 2 off is an appalling shift for the social life. Working 2 weekends out of 3. Why not just leave it 4 on 4 off and have done with it.
Could someone enlighten me as to how 4 on 2 off works for the company on an operational basis. I mean, if a driver is doing 4 on who is doing his 2 off. Surely they ain’t got folk doing 2 on 4 off. Why not just 4 on 4 off days and nights ?
4 on 2 off is 3 drivers covering 2 trucks…
Truck 1 Mon driver A, Tues driver A, Weds driver A, Thurs driver A, Fri driver B, Sat driver B, Sun driver A
Truck 2 Mon driver C, Tues driver C, Weds driver B, Thurs driver B, Fri driver C, Sat driver C, Sun driver C
It looks a nightmare but on regular runs it works well,driver A does route 1,driver B covers routes 1 and 2, driver C does route 2
TNT Newsfast used to work 4/2 Driver C covered the two nights Drivers A & B had off,each Driver worked 4 shifts straight,great when it came to holidays booked 4 off and got 8
That was after the contract change, it was 4 on 4 off before that, but they rewrote the contract and the union did not a thing about it, possibly payback for the previous strike breaking antics around Wapping…those not willing to work an extra 2 days a week for bugger all (nearly all the night drivers) took a decent redundancy package and buggered off, my mate the only one at the depot who stayed regretted doing so.
I was interested in Aldi until I read about this shift pattern. The new Bolton depot not that far from me.
I was prepared to sacrifice some weekends for a ‘market leading’ package of pay & terms, but 4 on 2 off is a dreadful shift pattern. God only knows what the start times will be for the newbies, i’m sure somebody on another thread mentioned 12pm - 12am Think i’d rather cop the few extra hours and stay where I am on 6/7am Monday - Friday.
rob22888:
I was interested in Aldi until I read about this shift pattern. The new Bolton depot not that far from me.
I was prepared to sacrifice some weekends for a ‘market leading’ package of pay & terms, but 4 on 2 off is a dreadful shift pattern. God only knows what the start times will be for the newbies, i’m sure somebody on another thread mentioned 12pm - 12am Think i’d rather cop the few extra hours and stay where I am on 6/7am Monday - Friday.
4-2 is not that bad,especially holiday time book 4 off get 8
Unless you go and find out and ask questions your not going to get the correct info, the job might be what you want,can`t make a decision on rest room gossip or opinions of friends of a friend who has a mate.
rob22888:
I was interested in Aldi until I read about this shift pattern. The new Bolton depot not that far from me.
I was prepared to sacrifice some weekends for a ‘market leading’ package of pay & terms, but 4 on 2 off is a dreadful shift pattern. God only knows what the start times will be for the newbies, i’m sure somebody on another thread mentioned 12pm - 12am Think i’d rather cop the few extra hours and stay where I am on 6/7am Monday - Friday.
4-2 is not that bad,especially holiday time book 4 off get 8
Unless you go and find out and ask questions your not going to get the correct info, the job might be what you want,can`t make a decision on rest room gossip or opinions of friends of a friend who has a mate.
I have applied and if I get invited down I will go and check it out, can’t say i’m as enthusiastic about it as I once was though!
lolipop:
4-2 is not that bad,especially holiday time book 4 off get 8
Unless you go and find out and ask questions your not going to get the correct info, the job might be what you want,can`t make a decision on rest room gossip or opinions of friends of a friend who has a mate.
Am I missing something? When I went to school 4 + 2 = 6
Positions are offered on a 12 week temporary to permanent basis and you will transfer to permanent payroll with Aldi on week 13.
Contracts are full time, working 4 on 2 off, which includes working on weekends.
Contracts are a minimum of 40 hours per week on a shift rota basis.
Well there’s another job ruined. 4 on 2 off is an appalling shift for the social life. Working 2 weekends out of 3. Why not just leave it 4 on 4 off and have done with it.
Could someone enlighten me as to how 4 on 2 off works for the company on an operational basis. I mean, if a driver is doing 4 on who is doing his 2 off. Surely they ain’t got folk doing 2 on 4 off. Why not just 4 on 4 off days and nights ?
3 Drivers each work 4 shifts with 2 motors - Driver 3 covers 2 days off Driver 1 and 2 days off Driver 2-
Driver 1 and 2 are never off at the same time 1 has his 2 days off and the 2 then has his days off and Driver 3 covers the gap
Driver 1-2 have only drive 1 motor on their 4 shifts where as Driver 3 will drive both 2 shifts on 1 and 2 shifts on the other on the other
Simple
lolipop:
4-2 is not that bad,especially holiday time book 4 off get 8
Unless you go and find out and ask questions your not going to get the correct info, the job might be what you want,can`t make a decision on rest room gossip or opinions of friends of a friend who has a mate.
Am I missing something? When I went to school 4 + 2 = 6
Yes the 2 rest days before the 4 holiday days 2 rest days after = 8 is that not correct
Had an interview at their Bathgate Distribution depot earlier this year. Application process was similar to what NASA puts would be astronauts through. They were looking for 5 drivers and had 10 of us there. 8 men & 2 women, They held a block interview where we were told about the job and any questions for them. Everybody put a bit into this except one rather butch woman who repeated like a parrot ‘likewise’ to everyone’s comments. I reckon had any one said they had a dose of the clap she would have said ‘likewise’
We were then took into an office individually for a one to one interview and when it was my turn he concentrated on my good and long work record with my present employer with questions like ’ why you want to leave? are you sure your doing the right thing? will you not need to do 2 weeks notice when we need you next week? I sat there thinking I am just here to make the numbers up here!!!
We were also told in the block interview if we don’t start you it doesn’t mean we don’t want you ( well what does it mean? ) resubmit your cv in a month or two! ( so what would have changed in my cv in a month? It was been the same for 15yrs except for my age going up annually.
I never even got a courtesy phone call from them. The two women were started, an ex RAF guy with no haulage experience and 2 other guys
Oh and when I tried to submit my cv again I was told cant apply for the same payscale for 12 months
Make your own mind up about that
The new Bolton depot not that far from me.
Think i’d rather cop the few extra hours and stay where I am on 6/7am Monday - Friday.
