I was in the same situation, working for tesco. Com on a ■■■■ wage under ■■■■ management. £1240 all init cost me, I passed first time though luckily.
I’ve earned my 4 weekly wage in 2 weeks working on the bins.
My advice, or at least how I did it was to throw the cost of the test etc. on your overdraft, get it passed and just apply for every job going while still employed. Update your cv mentioning how you take pride and care of your. Com van, employers love that ■■■■.
Because I was still employed, I was selective with the jobs I applied for but settled for one working weekends which was no concern as I worked weekends for tesco anyway and I’m home everynight. I wish I’d done it earlier to be honest. Good luck.
Nobody has really answered the guy when he asked if it’s a good job.
The answer is it can be. It can also be bad much like anything and depends who you work for. Some people say not to do it if you’re not born into it but wanting to earn more money to me is as valid reason as any for getting into it.
As a new pass your options will be limited as there’s still an experience barrier but there are firms out there that pay good money to new class two drivers such as Brakes, Co-op etc but you’ll be lumping cages/handball although normally they pay about 30k a year location depending.
Driving lorries is a good job…some better than others…even in a driving job you love you will still have some difficult and bad days, and we all throw the head up now and again lol but when it all comes down to it in my opinion a bad day in a lorry is still a better day than a good day in an office, supermarket, factory or building site. Speaking from experience lol
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AndyJay:
So I’m 26 and work at Tesco earning around 14-15k a year. It has been my only “proper” job so I am rather scared of leaving in the fear of going to something that I don’t like. I am wanting to get out of there as it is a dead-end job & living payslip to payslip with about £1100 every 4 weeks…
Sometimes in life you have to take a chance, or you’ll never end up moving until forced by circumstances out of your control, I used to work in a warehouse, there were people there who’d been there since leaving school, it was a hell of a shock for them when the place was bought by another company and redundancies followed.
In this day and age a job in the same company or even doing the same thing from leaving school to retirement will almost be unheard of, most people will have to change companies and even occupations several times.
AndyJay:
I have spoken to a guy who said drivers with no experience can get around 20k, going up to max of around 38k for experienced artics. He has said that a lot of people have done these courses and it has changed their lives. I have never thought “Oh I’d like to be a lorry driver”, however I have always had the interest of driving one and I do enjoy driving? I have a bit of a speech impediment so my vocal skills aren’t great, and I am also a rather skinny and non-built guy.I am hoping for some genuine replies from experienced and inexperienced drivers, with stories and good/bad parts about the job? Any form of advice or information is huuuuuuugely appreciated, as this is both a scary and massive step in my life/career.
I suppose those figures aren’t unrealistic, but often its the hours you have to do to make top money, making £38k on £10 an hour and £25 night out, I’ll let you work out how many hours that needs.
Speech impediments, I’ve met plenty a driver who can hardly string a coherent sentence together, most of the words are [zb] this and [zb] that, so I wouldn’t overly worry about it.
Have you looked around or considered any other type of work, 26 years old might be time to look at your options?
I think the jobs what you make it and a bit of luck to land with good employers on in a specialist sector, there are plenty of really crap jobs out there, poor wages, bad bosses, etc, however getting my licence wasn’t a bad move for me.
Wasn’t Peter Smythe offering interest free credit to cover training costs? IMO that would be a option worth considering.
123smith:
Wasn’t Peter Smythe offering interest free credit to cover training costs? IMO that would be a option worth considering.
There was a 0% no credit check interest free option up to a maximum credit of £1000. However that offer has now been withdrawn.