I’ve just been going through my work history for the last 12 months, working for the same agency 2 different clients
The first client I was assigned to I did 14 weeks work, so only the last 2 weeks there qualified for AWR, increase of just 60p per hour, £9.50 up to £10.10
I was then switched to work for a different client, did about 7 weeks at 2nd client, then switched back to the 1st client, but because there was a gap of more than 6 weeks of doing any work for 1st client, my AWR reset back to zero
Went back to 2nd client at the beginning of November, and because no work was available in the last couple of weeks of November and also in first couple of weeks of January, I’ve only just qualified for AWR for client 2, but as I am now on AWR i’ve seen a massive reduction in work offered, from 30-40 hours per week, to zero hours for next week.
2nd client pay is £8.50, rising to £14.09 once on AWR
It seems to have been a long slog to get the 12 weeks in, but now that I’m there, work has dried up
Is this a common scenario, like is the agency going to try to make sure I have a 6 week of no work for client 2, so AWR gets reset, and therefore I’d need to do another 12 weeks to be able to qualify again ?
Are agency profit margins massively reduced when they pay workers on AWR ? which would explain why they’d rather give work to drivers that have not done the 12 week qualifying period
of course because I’d had a long break I was back on the basic £9/hr for 12 weeks before I got back on parity, pretty much all my driving is for the same place and TBH I’d have to think long and hard before doing a shift elsewhere.