As of the start of the week I don’t have a job 
Boss doing a new business venture which don’t include me and another driver,
I’m getting replaced by a bloke who 3 times older then me 
And the other driver they are selling his truck as its not needed…
My question is why get rid of a young driver to be replaced with a older one 
which me and the other drivers can’t work out why they done it
Sorry to hear about your job loss. Sounds to me like the older driver is the gaffas mate or simply working to top up his pension so can work cheaper. I’d be pretty miffed about being replaced with an older guy if you hadn’t done anything wrong?
How long have you been there? your job is still there and depending on your time of service they cannot just get rid of you.
Perhaps they need someone with more experience, Or whats the bigger picture? the last time I heard a similar story , the guy had had three bumps in as many weeks, Just saying !!! 
maga:
Sorry to hear about your job loss. Sounds to me like the older driver is the gaffas mate or simply working to top up his pension so can work cheaper. I’d be pretty miffed about being replaced with an older guy if you hadn’t done anything wrong?
Trust me, I’m a pensioner , still doing 3 days a week, and the way the government treats OAP’s we cant afford to work “cheaper”
Ther’s no such thing as “cash in hand” any more,and because I am on pension I pay 40% tax. 
Not don’t much bad only to put my point cross re loading stuff on the trailer and use so and so to lift in “doing it to save the company the repair bill”, well I did have a little moan at the boss son who ment to been escorting me but he shot off like a ■■■■ which I rang HQ and told the boss and he said he have a work with him but it was all cool after that.
The other driver they going who is 30ish years old
Been there for about weeks as I moved from fridge to heavy haulage as it was better money, prob should of stayed on the fridge work
Not hit anything that I know of if you hit somethink with a low loader you would know you’ve hit it
Wrong side of the boss’s son, say no more, I had the same thing years ago, and I didn’t last long at the job.
Boss son a ■■■■■■■ clown a few people have said what a ■■■■ he is and should be left in the office and not to be on the road as a ■■■■■■ driver
Sorry to hear that .If its any help Jack Richards have some jobs available.
rocky 7:
Trust me, I’m a pensioner , still doing 3 days a week, and the way the government treats OAP’s we cant afford to work “cheaper”
Ther’s no such thing as “cash in hand” any more,and because I am on pension I pay 40% tax.
If you are paying 40% on a significant portion of your income, you are already on well over £45k a year, so any comment about “can’t afford to work cheaper” can be taken with a similarly generous pinch of salt 
kavs44:
Sorry to hear that .If its any help Jack Richards have some jobs available.
Cheers mate thinking about getting back in to building work/sparky work home every night weekends off will have to to see
Thanks again mate 
Roymondo:
rocky 7:
Trust me, I’m a pensioner , still doing 3 days a week, and the way the government treats OAP’s we cant afford to work “cheaper”
Ther’s no such thing as “cash in hand” any more,and because I am on pension I pay 40% tax., so any comment about “can’t afford to work cheaper” can be taken with a similarly generous pinch of salt
And nor should he work cheaper, unless he’s running a one man charity…
We don’t know the full circumstances here, but some companies prefer older drivers for a variety of reasons, and as in Rocky’s position are in no hurry to get rid when they reach normal retirement age, the younger ones to bring on being very carefully chosen.
Legend_Scania:
My question is why get rid of a young driver to be replaced with a older one
Experience and skill. Heavy haulage is one where experience and skill seriously outweighs youth and enthusiasm. Chances are he has a new contract that he can’t risk being buggered up because the driver hasn’t the experience to deal with what they might face.
I tell everyone that the driving from A to B part of being a lorry driver is the easiest part of the job because it is. What happens at A and B is what separates the wheat from the chaff.
Good old Conor he knows it all again, what a wealth of experience.
Conor:
Legend_Scania:
My question is why get rid of a young driver to be replaced with a older oneExperience and skill. Heavy haulage is one where experience and skill seriously outweighs youth and enthusiasm. Chances are he has a new contract that he can’t risk being buggered up because the driver hasn’t the experience to deal with what they might face.
I tell everyone that the driving from A to B part of being a lorry driver is the easiest part of the job because it is. What happens at A and B is what separates the wheat from the chaff.
The above is true and it also maybe true that they just don’t want to fork out on redundancy pay
Sorry to read of your situation im sure you will find something better whether its driving or something different. Good luck and don’t let the knobs grind ya down
Roymondo:
rocky 7:
Trust me, I’m a pensioner , still doing 3 days a week, and the way the government treats OAP’s we cant afford to work “cheaper”
Ther’s no such thing as “cash in hand” any more,and because I am on pension I pay 40% tax.If you are paying 40% on a significant portion of your income, you are already on well over £45k a year, so any comment about “can’t afford to work cheaper” can be taken with a similarly generous pinch of salt
I think they work your tax code on “potential” earnings and not “actual” earnings if you are drawing your pension, When I carried on working at 65 I was working full time for a few years, and when I cut down to three days I worked it out I had been working the extra 2 days for about £25 aday,after Tax,so I do charity work now on my days off.
rocky 7:
I think they work your tax code on “potential” earnings and not “actual” earnings if you are drawing your pension, When I carried on working at 65 I was working full time for a few years, and when I cut down to three days I worked it out I had been working the extra 2 days for about £25 aday,after Tax,so I do charity work now on my days off.
I don’t understand. What do you mean by “potential earnings”?
Your tax code has nothing to do with how much you earn (or might earn) - it specifies what you are allowed to earn tax-free.
In addition, if you are past State retirement age, you won’t be paying National Insurance.
I have a pension income as well as my wages. The pension income is taxed at 20% on the full amount, while my tax code is applied to my wage income and I pay tax at 20% on the remainder.
Roymondo:
rocky 7:
I think they work your tax code on “potential” earnings and not “actual” earnings if you are drawing your pension, When I carried on working at 65 I was working full time for a few years, and when I cut down to three days I worked it out I had been working the extra 2 days for about £25 aday,after Tax,so I do charity work now on my days off.I don’t understand. What do you mean by “potential earnings”?
Your tax code has nothing to do with how much you earn (or might earn) - it specifies what you are allowed to earn tax-free.
In addition, if you are past State retirement age, you won’t be paying National Insurance.
I have a pension income as well as my wages. The pension income is taxed at 20% on the full amount, while my tax code is applied to my wage income and I pay tax at 20% on the remainder.
Like most people on here I just repeat what I have been told by the "Professionals"so its probably a load of bull, All I know ,If I only work 3 days a week I pay less tax over all.
tango boy:
Sorry to read of your situation im sure you will find something better whether its driving or something different. Good luck and don’t let the knobs grind ya down
Cheers mate