Awesome news. Received a phone call from tuffnells. Night trunk wagon and drag, Ipswich to London. Start tonight. I really should fit in a snooze but I’m far too excited. This week I’ll be out with another driver to see what they do and then my turn next week.
I’m buzzing even more than when I passed the tests. I guess getting the job is the actual test.
Congratulations mate hope it works out good for ya.
great news mate, 
keep us posted.cheers,carl
Are you mad? Don’t do it, I can’t believe you are going to work for no…
Oh, hang on, wrong thread. 
From a more office-based forum, but relevant here I think…
Why pay your young staff? Just put ‘intern’ before their job title
Published: December 8, 2010
Posted in: Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Media and journalism, Uncategorized, Unpaid internships
NO JOKE — AD FOR ‘INTERN RECEPTIONIST’ IS SPOTTEDAre you a loaded employer who wants more staff — but is too tight-fisted to pay their wages?
Never fear! In 2010 you CAN get something for nothing!
Simply follow Graduate Fog‘s 5-step guide to screwing over your intern:
Advertise your unpaid internship as a real job. Post the ad for your vacancy exactly as normal — just remember to write the word ‘Intern’ in front of the job title. That way, hundreds of eager young workers will volunteer to do it for free! If you don’t have the stomach to do this yourself, ask an agency to do your dirty work for you. Don’t lose any sleep, there’s no legal comeback — HMRC aren’t interested and the Department of Business have said there’s no money to prosecute employers who do this.
Big up the cool factor. If your company does anything even vaguely ‘creative’ (however tenuous) or political, you’ve hit the jackpot. Just stress in your ad that you’ll ‘provide excellent training’ and that this is a ‘fantastic opportunity to gain experience and contacts in a competitive industry’ and watch the applications roll in. Big websites like Gorkana, Journalism.co.uk, w4mp and MusicJobs will be happy to post your ad. You could also try the university careers services, many of whom are happy to promote these placements, despite pledges from AGCAS that uni careers staff would help to stamp out unpaid internships, not add to the problem. Many of them have secretly switched sides, whilst still insisting to students that they’re working in their best interests.
Savour that ‘Simon Cowell’ feeling. As the applications flood in, remember to shout ‘MWAH-ha-ha!’ and rub your hands in glee at the vast number of desperate graduates fighting to get a toe-hold on the first rung of their career in your sought-after industry — and thank your lucky stars that you got in when you did. As you do this, reach down and pull the ladder up a little further.
Save your crappiest jobs for your intern. No role is too mundane to qualify as ‘experience’ for this ‘lucky’ young person — in fact, junior admin jobs involving taxi-booking, tea-making, Excel spreadsheets and data entry are the norm. Don’t worry that your intern might not be getting anything out of their time with you — they’ll be grateful just to be in your presence, ‘soaking up’ this golden opportunity.
Consider hiring a ‘super-intern’. Want someone experienced for a job that’s actually quite pivotal within your company? That’s no problem either. Just specify your wish list of skills. Don’t worry, you won’t have to pay any more for an experienced worker. Gone are the days when ‘responsibility’ was something that meant you paid a BIGGER salary. In 2010, the more responsibility involved in a role, the LESS you have to pay that person. (NB This ONLY applies to junior staff members — never fear, your pay packet is safe). Remember, you are GIVING your intern experience and responsibility. Why on earth should you pay THEM? If anything, they should be paying YOU.
Still, Saxo has landed on his feet and good luck to him, I am sure Tufnells will be fairer towards him than the average chancing haulier.
good one sax
have a great first night
Jennie x
Well that was a good night. Unfortunately I can’t drive on the main roads yet as I don’t have a digi tacho. But they took m e on with this in mind and gave me the form when I turned up.
Last night and tonight are about learning the job. Demounting the body and swapping the drawbar trailers. Quite interesting. I got to drive around the Newark industrial estate so I could get a chance to get used to automatic. This one was an Ishift volvo thing. and then reverse under the box. I had a bit of a fright when we when to mount the body as the body lift comes up and centres the box, but it jolts when it does that. I nearly ran!
Seems like it’s going to be a good job though. I’ll get me own trunk route and off I go. Share the truck with a day driver but otherwise it’s mine.
It feels so good landing the job but I do have a feeling it is partly down to who you know. Since my uncle is night manager and I am under 25, but if I ever need to move on, when I’m asked what experience I have I actually have something to say.
iys not what you know its who you know,just prove to them theyve made the right decision…good luck an keep us informed
Best off luck in the new job lad
Well thanks guys.
I sent off my digi tacho application but until one arrives I cant drive any of the vehicles. I still got to learn how to wo stuff though.
This shift I got to demount the box, then mount the other and connect the trailer. Quite easy and I’ll take it steady so I don’t hit any legs. My only real worry is the reverse. The trailers have a steer axle too. So quite tricky.
I’ve been handed my contract so I’ve got some reading to do… but first of all I’m going to bed.
Congrats on the job Sax, glad your first shift went well. Keep us posted on how things go.
Congrats on the job 
Should be hearing about my apprenticeship this week, Going to be speaking with the careers woman today to get intouch with the college providing it and arrange things for me
What’s the apprenticeship in?
its doing drivers mate work with carlsberg, but it’s not looking good as travel arrangments i thought i would have i don’t so it’s looking rather narrow at the minute and the travel is only temp until i can get my license as well. 
But if i don’t get it, I’ll be applying for apprenticeships of similar kind, even if it leaves me in some warehouse working, its better than nothing
Congrats on the new job
Got my digi card today so I can finally start driving. Can’t wait to get to know the A12 like the back of my hand.
The Saxmachine:
Got my digi card today so I can finally start driving. Can’t wait to get to know the A12 like the back of my hand.
You will soon get board with it 
The Saxmachine:
Got my digi card today so I can finally start driving. Can’t wait to get to know the A12 like the back of my hand.
It’s dark.
The A12 isn’t so bad, it’s the M25 southbound between Dartford and the M4 which I find the hardest.
Well I’ve been let loose this week and I’m enjoying it despite the hiccups. Start at Ipswich. Drop one is a trailer change at Belvedere. Drop 2 I change both box and trailer at Chiswick. My return trailer is empty. Back to drop 1 to change the box, although this means taking the trailer off to do it. Then back to Ipswich.
Monday I learnt what happens if you don’t connect the drag at the right angle. So there were a couple of scratches added to the trailer getting it off the bay, but they were mostly done by the guy who was sent out with me to make sure I would be ok.
I then got to my second stop and the box I’m supposed to take is elsewhere so I have to wait two hours whilst another is made ready.
Tuesday went absolutely fine apart from thick fog and all the useless people that put on their fog lights in more the 100M visibility. Wednesday night was more interesting. I got to my first drop at Belvedere and where I get my trailer, there were still two trucks parked opposite. I could have wiggles the truck on but I would never have gotten the drag out, so I waited 15 minutes whilst they found the right keys and moved everything. That delay meant that some one else beat me to the bay and I had my break whilst I waited. By the time I got my box loaded and out I was running an hour behind. I then received a call if after going back to Belvedere if I could also go to West Horndon to pick up a trailer for Ipswich. on my way I take a wrong turn and go up a restricted road. missed the 7.5T limit and became very conscious of the engine noise at 4AM whilst I inch between parked cars. Any way, I get there, trailer out on the road ready. I hitch up, connect everything, the indicator on my VBG is in so off I go, a quick look in the mirror to check the trailer is following, but NO! I see the lights go out and then it starts to wander across the road a couple of feet. Snapped my air lines and ABS cable. Every one I’ve told says they’ve done the same thing but it’s still embarrassing.
Last night was more to plan. a couple of hold ups but nothing major. The wind was interesting. All around the south of the M25 I could feel it buffeting the truck. It’s good for keeping you awake.
One more night to go this week and then I can sleep for the weekend. I wonder what will happen tonight!
The truck is a DAF 85, 410 Prime Mover. The engine sounds monstrous when accelerating with that whoosh of the turbo. Sounds even better in the Dartford tunnel.
Well done mate and goodluck with the job 
still trying to catch my break, it will come though, just gotta keep looking