Where’s the connection between Tesco looking for store managers and British truck drivers or those made redundant from other industries in the rush for cheap labour.
But it would be interesting to find out if they’d consider anyone from any different type of previous work environment and would the job offer include a guarantee of matching the wage that the potential employee was earning in their previous employment adjusted for inflation of course.
Although having said that assuming that you’re a redundant driver ‘if’ you did get the job you could propably say goodbye to ever getting a decent job on the road again,because a job CV with a recent history as a supermarket manager won’t cut it when you apply for that truck driving job assuming that there’ll be any truck driving jobs left in the medium to long term.
But all those who think that the dole pays better than even the minimum wage are talking bs.It’s just that those who prefer to stay on the dole (rightly) think why work for the privilege of going bankrupt just the same.
What`s a dispute in Hungary got to do with a 24 hour shop in Aberdeen, I know Tossco are a bunch of ruthless throat cutters, but, they cannot get people to work, and its not just Aberdeen, according to the totem pole [no pun intended].
Go to any of their D.Cs, its all foreign, funny that innit !!! [funny as in strange by the way]
Link ?, its in there somewhere, or have the MODS deleted it, as it does`nt fit in with their agenda ■■?
Nothing funny about it! Tossco went abroad to recruit en masse. Why would they do that? Cheap labour, don’t you get that you trumpet? I’ve got nothing to hide (strange remark?) unless you think I’m connected to this in some way? I’m not. I have however had first hand experience of Tossco’s approach to business and it’s not good.
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They can`t get our own to work, soooooooooo, they go elsewhere, which seems to upset you ■■?
I won`t resort to name calling, its a bit poor IMO, so, lets agree to disagree
Tossco shafted me, some years ago, gave the work to ESL, never been done correctly since [so the customer keeps telling me]
, so, I should have an axe to grind aswell, but, that` s business
What`s a dispute in Hungary got to do with a 24 hour shop in Aberdeen, I know Tossco are a bunch of ruthless throat cutters, but, they cannot get people to work, and its not just Aberdeen, according to the totem pole [no pun intended].
Go to any of their D.Cs, its all foreign, funny that innit !!! [funny as in strange by the way]
Link ?, its in there somewhere, or have the MODS deleted it, as it does`nt fit in with their agenda ■■?
Nothing funny about it! Tossco went abroad to recruit en masse. Why would they do that? Cheap labour, don’t you get that you trumpet? I’ve got nothing to hide (strange remark?) unless you think I’m connected to this in some way? I’m not. I have however had first hand experience of Tossco’s approach to business and it’s not good.
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They can`t get our own to work, soooooooooo, they go elsewhere, which seems to upset you ■■?
I won`t resort to name calling, its a bit poor IMO, so, lets agree to disagree
Tossco shafted me, some years ago, gave the work to ESL, never been done correctly since [so the customer keeps telling me]
, so, I should have an axe to grind aswell, but, that` s business
This is the bit I don’t accept at all. You claim to know Aberdeen well yet speak of it as an oil rich city like the streets were paved with gold. The real boom disappeared long ago and the vast majority of Aberdonians are just scraping a living like the rest of us so I’d say if they were properly advertising these positions they would have had a good response. I doubt they were and Tossco to their shame prefers to do down the honest working people of this country by implying they’re not interested in these jobs. I’d be very interested to know EXACTLY what steps Tossco took to inform the good citizens of the Granite city of these openings!
Edit to add; I’ve just seen Scotties’ post. There is no 24 hr Tesco store in Aberdeen and he should know, he lives there! More anti british worker bull from the Sun!
What`s a dispute in Hungary got to do with a 24 hour shop in Aberdeen, I know Tossco are a bunch of ruthless throat cutters, but, they cannot get people to work, and its not just Aberdeen, according to the totem pole [no pun intended].
Go to any of their D.Cs, its all foreign, funny that innit !!! [funny as in strange by the way]
Link ?, its in there somewhere, or have the MODS deleted it, as it does`nt fit in with their agenda ■■?
Nothing funny about it! Tossco went abroad to recruit en masse. Why would they do that? Cheap labour, don’t you get that you trumpet? I’ve got nothing to hide (strange remark?) unless you think I’m connected to this in some way? I’m not. I have however had first hand experience of Tossco’s approach to business and it’s not good.
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They can`t get our own to work, soooooooooo, they go elsewhere, which seems to upset you ■■?
I won`t resort to name calling, its a bit poor IMO, so, lets agree to disagree
Tossco shafted me, some years ago, gave the work to ESL, never been done correctly since [so the customer keeps telling me]
, so, I should have an axe to grind aswell, but, that` s business
This is the bit I don’t accept at all. You claim to know Aberdeen well yet speak of it as an oil rich city like the streets were paved with gold. The real boom disappeared long ago and the vast majority of Aberdonians are just scraping a living like the rest of us so I’d say if they were properly advertising these positions they would have had a good response. I doubt they were and Tossco to their shame prefers to do down the honest working people of this country by implying they’re not interested in these jobs. I’d be very interested to know EXACTLY what steps Tossco took to inform the good citizens of the Granite city of these openings!
Edit to add; I’ve just seen Scotties’ post. There is no 24 hr Tesco store in Aberdeen and he should know, he lives there! More anti british worker bull from the Sun!
Its a wealthy city, whether you recognise it or not, TBF to the Tossco geezer on Radio 4, he did`nt mention Aberdeen, just a major city in Scotland, I heard about the Aberdeen connection whilst doing a days work @ Fradley, then, low and behold, it gets a mention on verylittlehelps.com
Prehaps its still to be built, as it seems very strange its only got one 24 hour gaff, when loads of smaller cities have loads
What`s a dispute in Hungary got to do with a 24 hour shop in Aberdeen, I know Tossco are a bunch of ruthless throat cutters, but, they cannot get people to work, and its not just Aberdeen, according to the totem pole [no pun intended].
Go to any of their D.Cs, its all foreign, funny that innit !!! [funny as in strange by the way]
Link ?, its in there somewhere, or have the MODS deleted it, as it does`nt fit in with their agenda ■■?
Nothing funny about it! Tossco went abroad to recruit en masse. Why would they do that? Cheap labour, don’t you get that you trumpet? I’ve got nothing to hide (strange remark?) unless you think I’m connected to this in some way? I’m not. I have however had first hand experience of Tossco’s approach to business and it’s not good.
TBF, Tossco pay the going rate, which happens to be a great deal more than they would earn at home…so I`m told
TBF, they don`t mention our Eastern European brothers, its one of our own who has buggered it up, JIGSAW have come in and promised better rates ect, in other words, keeping their members loaded
How long is it going to take until folk relise that our so called easten european brothers are bleading us dry ,it is not racist to stand up as a english man or brit .Its a fact of life we are being shafted left right and center by imported labour .When we are all out of work and the nhs is finishd and there is no cash for dhss payments and our prisons are full ,then perhaps folk will relise its to late and wish thay had done somthing about it when they had the chance …
Let the slaging begin
Nah, When the indiginous population pulls its collective finger out, then, and only then, can we stand proud, and claim our country back…Although its a bit late, we are multi cultured, whether you like it or not
Tesco have had to advertise in Slovakia for workers for their new 24 hour Aberdeen store, as NOT ONE local applied for a job, now, I know Aberdeen is a prosperous city, but, it still has a certain figure that are un-employed, how come NOT ONE of these individuals came forward ■■?
We have far too many tossers here, who sponge off the state, then complain about the “Poles”, on a job I was doing earlier in the week, if it wasnt for the "Poles", there wouldnt have been any loads to carry, or, any trucks to drive [The Poles pick / load and supervise the traffic office] FFS…
I call BS on that unless you can provide an official source. And the Daily Mail isn’t an official source btw.
We also have a lot of people who have no respect for a thread about a very old, well respected Haulage firm going into administration.
A lot of us have fond memories of Derek Linch and are sad to see it go, so can I suggest an this is not the place for an argument about EU drivers or Tesco’s?
bloodoodle:
We also have a lot of people who have no respect for a thread about a very old, well respected Haulage firm going into administration.
A lot of us have fond memories of Derek Linch and are sad to see it go, so can I suggest an this is not the place for an argument about EU drivers or Tesco’s?
Pat
My first thoughts echoed yours, but they are relevant, if the competition from EE wasn’t able to drive rates down to such low levels then DL would still be around, high fuel costs may be to blame, but if it wasn’t for economic migration, rates would reflect the high fuel costs and Brit hauliers wouldn’t be so fragile
To play Devil’s Advocate even more, DL could’ve lowered his fuel costs considerably if he removed all the junk off the roof of his lorries and didn’t run super singles on the front, all the spotlights and crap may look nice but they cost up to 1mpg, maybe that extra mpg could’ve made the firm more competitive
bloodoodle:
We also have a lot of people who have no respect for a thread about a very old, well respected Haulage firm going into administration.
A lot of us have fond memories of Derek Linch and are sad to see it go, so can I suggest an this is not the place for an argument about EU drivers or Tesco’s?
Pat
All part of the wider picture Pat and fair subject for debate. Although the most recent problems revolved around the UK operations into which Derek Linch Haulage had retreated, I am sure that as a fellow former international east Kent haulier, Mr Linch would be the first to offer an opinion as to the impact of EU drivers on our industry.
I certainly do take the point from both of you, but I was thoroughly enjoying a post that wasn’t critical of anyone for once and pretty much echoed my own sadness at seeing them go.
Self indulgent maybe, but I used to run Cyprus tates into their store from Dovers Western docks some 28 yrs ago and I was accepted as a lorry driver, not a female, after looking like a dirty urchin…having handballed them on and then sheeted them up
newmercman:
To play Devil’s Advocate even more, DL could’ve lowered his fuel costs considerably if he removed all the junk off the roof of his lorries and didn’t run super singles on the front, all the spotlights and crap may look nice but they cost up to 1mpg, maybe that extra mpg could’ve made the firm more competitive
I am sure you must be thinking of somebody else. That was just about the most un-blinged fleet on the road.
TBF, they don`t mention our Eastern European brothers, its one of our own who has buggered it up, JIGSAW have come in and promised better rates ect, in other words, keeping their members loaded
How long is it going to take until folk relise that our so called easten european brothers are bleading us dry ,it is not racist to stand up as a english man or brit .Its a fact of life we are being shafted left right and center by imported labour .When we are all out of work and the nhs is finishd and there is no cash for dhss payments and our prisons are full ,then perhaps folk will relise its to late and wish thay had done somthing about it when they had the chance …
Let the slaging begin
Nah, When the indiginous population pulls its collective finger out, then, and only then, can we stand proud, and claim our country back…Although its a bit late, we are multi cultured, whether you like it or not
Tesco have had to advertise in Slovakia for workers for their new 24 hour Aberdeen store, as NOT ONE local applied for a job, now, I know Aberdeen is a prosperous city, but, it still has a certain figure that are un-employed, how come NOT ONE of these individuals came forward ■■?
We have far too many tossers here, who sponge off the state, then complain about the “Poles”, on a job I was doing earlier in the week, if it wasnt for the "Poles", there wouldnt have been any loads to carry, or, any trucks to drive [The Poles pick / load and supervise the traffic office] FFS…
I call BS on that unless you can provide an official source. And the Daily Mail isn’t an official source btw.
Its getting boring now, as stated in earlier posts…
Different attitude around Leicester prehaps, also, one thing about the Leicester situation, how do you know whether every single one of the potential workers was a Brit ■■?
Who gives a flying fig anyway, Im off to bed, up @ 03.00am, Im off to a well known Pole employer, not been there for over 18 months, I wonder where they have all gone ■■?
TBF, they don`t mention our Eastern European brothers, its one of our own who has buggered it up, JIGSAW have come in and promised better rates ect, in other words, keeping their members loaded
How long is it going to take until folk relise that our so called easten european brothers are bleading us dry ,it is not racist to stand up as a english man or brit .Its a fact of life we are being shafted left right and center by imported labour .When we are all out of work and the nhs is finishd and there is no cash for dhss payments and our prisons are full ,then perhaps folk will relise its to late and wish thay had done somthing about it when they had the chance …
Let the slaging begin
Nah, When the indiginous population pulls its collective finger out, then, and only then, can we stand proud, and claim our country back…Although its a bit late, we are multi cultured, whether you like it or not
Tesco have had to advertise in Slovakia for workers for their new 24 hour Aberdeen store, as NOT ONE local applied for a job, now, I know Aberdeen is a prosperous city, but, it still has a certain figure that are un-employed, how come NOT ONE of these individuals came forward ■■?
We have far too many tossers here, who sponge off the state, then complain about the “Poles”, on a job I was doing earlier in the week, if it wasnt for the "Poles", there wouldnt have been any loads to carry, or, any trucks to drive [The Poles pick / load and supervise the traffic office] FFS…
I call BS on that unless you can provide an official source. And the Daily Mail isn’t an official source btw.
Its getting boring now, as stated in earlier posts…
Different attitude around Leicester prehaps, also, one thing about the Leicester situation, how do you know whether every single one of the potential workers was a Brit ■■?
Who gives a flying fig anyway, Im off to bed, up @ 03.00am, Im off to a well known Pole employer, not been there for over 18 months, I wonder where they have all gone ■■?
Maybe, but there’s still no way that no-one that they didn’t receive any local applications. As someone else said, I think you are being rather naive if you truly believe what you claim to have heard. But whatever.
newmercman:
To play Devil’s Advocate even more, DL could’ve lowered his fuel costs considerably if he removed all the junk off the roof of his lorries and didn’t run super singles on the front, all the spotlights and crap may look nice but they cost up to 1mpg, maybe that extra mpg could’ve made the firm more competitive
I am sure you must be thinking of somebody else. That was just about the most un-blinged fleet on the road.
newmercman:
To play Devil’s Advocate even more, DL could’ve lowered his fuel costs considerably if he removed all the junk off the roof of his lorries and didn’t run super singles on the front, all the spotlights and crap may look nice but they cost up to 1mpg, maybe that extra mpg could’ve made the firm more competitive
I am sure you must be thinking of somebody else. That was just about the most un-blinged fleet on the road.
The second one is a Derek Linch truck, the first one is a different fleet altogether, spelt Lynch with a “Y”.
newmercman:
The firm were very active in the fuel protests a few years back, they always had a motor in the demonstrations around parliament and I seem to remember reading in MT or CM some stuff from the man himself, my impression was that he was trying to do things the right way and had the good of the whole industry in his mind when he joined the protests, a shame that he’s closed the doors, but at least he did it in the right way.
Be interesting to know what firms are still in buisness that took part in the protests a few years ago
I’m sure S**bart was’nt one of them
■■■■ shame about Derek Linch, always kept a nice fleet
bloodoodle:
We also have a lot of people who have no respect for a thread about a very old, well respected Haulage firm going into administration.
A lot of us have fond memories of Derek Linch and are sad to see it go, so can I suggest an this is not the place for an argument about EU drivers or Tesco’s?
Pat
My first thoughts echoed yours, but they are relevant, if the competition from EE wasn’t able to drive rates down to such low levels then DL would still be around, high fuel costs may be to blame, but if it wasn’t for economic migration, rates would reflect the high fuel costs and Brit hauliers wouldn’t be so fragile
To play Devil’s Advocate even more, DL could’ve lowered his fuel costs considerably if he removed all the junk off the roof of his lorries and didn’t run super singles on the front, all the spotlights and crap may look nice but they cost up to 1mpg, maybe that extra mpg could’ve made the firm more competitive
Ha ha ha ,PMSL,this coming from the driver of the Ducknosaur,who has the bare faced cheek to take the ■■■■ out of Moyles in his plastic Pete.
I’ll suggest to your boss that the financial benefits of running “modern” trucks could catch on if fuel bonuses were shared with his drivers Can see you in a nice plain Columbia with a towel on your swede.
Yeah your playing Devils Advocate.
bloodoodle:
We also have a lot of people who have no respect for a thread about a very old, well respected Haulage firm going into administration.
A lot of us have fond memories of Derek Linch and are sad to see it go, so can I suggest an this is not the place for an argument about EU drivers or Tesco’s?
Pat
My first thoughts echoed yours, but they are relevant, if the competition from EE wasn’t able to drive rates down to such low levels then DL would still be around, high fuel costs may be to blame, but if it wasn’t for economic migration, rates would reflect the high fuel costs and Brit hauliers wouldn’t be so fragile
To play Devil’s Advocate even more, DL could’ve lowered his fuel costs considerably if he removed all the junk off the roof of his lorries and didn’t run super singles on the front, all the spotlights and crap may look nice but they cost up to 1mpg, maybe that extra mpg could’ve made the firm more competitive
Ha ha ha ,PMSL,this coming from the driver of the Ducknosaur,who has the bare faced cheek to take the ■■■■ out of Moyles in his plastic Pete.
I’ll suggest to your boss that the financial benefits of running “modern” trucks could catch on if fuel bonuses were shared with his drivers Can see you in a nice plain Columbia with a towel on your swede.
Yeah your playing Devils Advocate.
Right now Obama,with the co operation of the Canadian government,is working on his new green transport policy in which all long haul trucks will now be put to work on intermodal local rail freight zb and as they won’t be going far they’ll all be converted to half cab spec and for increased efficiency they’ll all be 44 tonners with 6x2 drivelines and just to make sure that no one tries to keep running on proper work he’s only going to allow road diesel to be sold in Litres and he’s going to raise the price to £1.40 per litre.
have had business and personal dealings with Derek and Del, and the drivers. What a lovely bunch of people to deal with-always! Derek has been so disolusioned with the UK Haulage scene I’m surprised they stayed open as long as they did. What a huge shame. Yes they did have trucks in Stobart colours at one time, and I can’t see why it (the closure) would end Derek’s grasstrack?
