Any English drivers left at Stobrats?

had the misfortune to do some traction for stobrats at goole recently. admittedly first time in there, didnt know what to expect but you just crack on best you can. shunters were a bit too busy with other stuff at time so had a couple of questions about the trailers and procedures so decided to ask the local stobrats as surely they’d know right? ■■■■ me, was like trying to get blood out of a ■■■■■■■ stone. spoke to about half a dozen stobrat drivers and none of them could even speak english except basic words and didnt even know what i was asking of them.

had a delivery to a store in barnsley and the guy said the stobrat driver before me was a polish ■■■■ and took 25 mins to reverse on the bay and in the process managed to reverse into a refrigeration unit in the yard, totally destroying it. you could see the damage to it, big hole in the side of it and all the wires hanging out.

according to our gaffers stobrats have offered our company as much work there as we went because they cant get any drivers (!) but we are not locals and around 40 mins drive away. are things really that bad at goole? no-one seemed to know what they were doing there although the girls and old guy on traffic desk seemed right enough.

Goole is fairly well known around here for its migrant population. Mate of mine is a copper and reckons it can be like World War 3 on a friday/Saturday night when the lithuanians meet the poles!

Would be interesting to know what Stobbies are paying on traction to keep them out of the ■■■■ with Tesco, as there seems to be a lot of subbies on there.

Ken.

Quinny:
Would be interesting to know what Stobbies are paying on traction to keep them out of the [zb] with Tesco, as there seems to be a lot of subbies on there.

Ken.

+1

i go to goole , and guess what iam english , plus i can reverse ,

do i get a prize ?

There must be 15 agencies looking for drivers to work there, about once a month you see an ad from a new agency saying that they have won a contract to supply drivers but they never last.

With supply and demand being in favour of drivers and subbies, You can guarantee some idiots will still work for [zb] all.

Apparently immigrants are better workers than the lazy english.

Don’t worry guys, it’ll be full of Romanians and Bulgarians this afternoon, so the problem will be solved.

Ken.

holliefabbabe:
i go to goole , and guess what iam english , plus i can reverse ,

do i get a prize ?

Ah,but can you do the dreaded,BLIND SIDE REVERSE??

So you get work from another firm and knock almost everything about them. Nothing like biting the hand that feeds you.

bestbooties:

holliefabbabe:
i go to goole , and guess what iam english , plus i can reverse ,

do i get a prize ?

Ah,but can you do the dreaded,BLIND SIDE REVERSE??

sure can. but i dont even atempt it without getting a tossco storeman to stand behind the trailer , waving his hands in a bizzar and confusing frantic way . coz the risk assessment says so

If it helps anyone Stobbies are taking on at Coupar Angus £11. for C+E.

alamcculloch:
If it helps anyone Stobbies are taking on at Coupar Angus £11. for C+E.

Agency rates obviously.

Have done lots of work for Stobarts out of Goole, (was there yesterday and Monday) and can count on fingers of one hand the numbers of foreign drivers I’ve come across there. Go in the drivers room at start of my shift (5 am) and its all Brits. So not sure where you get your info from fella :question:

Some people see 2 foreigh but after blame who all company from foreigh.some people see 1ccident with foreigh truck,nd after talk to every one who all foreigh drivers and truck bad.much see and count more wide.

Couldn’t have put it better myself old chap.

Andrejs:
Some people see 2 foreigh but after blame who all company from foreigh.some people see 1ccident with foreigh truck,nd after talk to every one who all foreigh drivers and truck bad.much see and count more wide.

It the same ones you meet in RDC waiting rooms.
They know everything about [zb] all and proud of it.

holliefabbabe:
i go to goole , and guess what iam english , plus i can reverse ,

do i get a prize ?

Sorry you dont …you have been reclassiefied as an ‘ethnic minority’

0a.:
according to our gaffers stobrats have offered our company as much work there as we went because they cant get any drivers (!) but we are not locals and around 40 mins drive away. are things really that bad at goole? no-one seemed to know what they were doing there although the girls and old guy on traffic desk seemed right enough.

Been that way for a while. The money offered to drive at Google is the best in the area because nobody wants to do it. There’s not many HGV drivers in Goole and those in the nearby cities aren’t prepared to travel. When they first started they basically treated people like crap which wasn’t a surprise given who the manager was. The agency adverts on the job centre website and in the papers wanting drivers for Goole got further and further away and the money kept going up. It was less than a year before it was agencies in Leeds and Sheffield and the rate being >£10/hr.

I don’t consider a 40 minute drive too far away. Its what I’ve done most of my working life.