Bking:
But there is always two sides to a story.
Like some bone idle sobs(and we all know a few dont we) who toss it off all day long and as where I work,they sit outside a drop for 2/3 hours do a twenty minute delivery then pull out and “need” a 45 minute break!
Which has absolutely nothing to do with a driver, and if the management is allowing that to happen too often, no one will have a job anyway.
limeyphil:
JLS Driver SOS:
AlexWignall:
Own Account Driver:
if it’s just curtain opening for a forkie I don’t really see why people get so worked up about tipping on breaks - although a lot of this is about drivers thinking driving breaks means them freely disposing of their time or a canteen, they don’t really think it’s a threat to road safety.I’m paid a reasonably decent hourly rate but all breaks are deducted. Why on earth would I be on duty supervising and helping to tip, reload and secure my vehicle for free?
Incredibly, I have colleagues like the OPs driver X, Y and Z who seem determined to contribute to the bosses new Range Rover fund. My productivity is equal to theirs (if not better) and I don’t finish the week moaning and stressed looking like I’ve slept in my clothes for three days.
If you think that running yourself ragged to impress a junior traffic clerk isn’t endangering road safety that’s fine by me.
Just don’t expect me to join in (I’ll be having lunch in Tebay…)
W
I cannot believe companies are not paying drivers for their law enforced breaks, what is the world coming to
Why should anyone get paid for not working?
Your in the truck aren’t you so surely that’s working… you see this is just how ■■■■ Germany got started 
This revolves around both sides, management and drivers, having preconceived ideas about how long a job is going to take - and then assuming that the conclusion is gospel. Reality is different for reasons we all know about. What takes 8 hrs one day may take 7 and a half or 8 and a quarter another. The driver who rolls in the yard every day at half past three is the one who has stuck his head above the parapet, because it is just too good to be true. The job takes as long as it takes.
As for the issue of taking breaks during the day, as far as possible this needs to fit in with the day’s work load, but not above all else. Wildly different eating times will eventually make you ill, so simply eating because one can take a break three hours after starting work and then not stopping for another 4 to 6 hrs just “to get the job done” is not what anyone should be expected to do; especially if all breaks are unpaid.
hitch:
if it done legally it cant be done
no one doing a multi drop run the first time will be as quick as the regular driver
My son did a days assessment work last week for no pay,with a driver who spent his stint driving like a maniac.On returning to base,my son was told he was not quick enough and there was no job for him.!
bestbooties:
My son did a days assessment work last week for no pay,with a driver who spent his stint driving like a maniac.On returning to base,my son was told he was not quick enough and there was no job for him.!
Probably had a lucky escape then, after the day I’ve had today I’m ■■■■■■■ sick of drivers who think they are smarter than the job that they do.
Whatever happened to doing a fair go, and getting a fair go?
After twenty years in transport I can only name two drivers I’d ■■■■■■■ employ and one of them retired five years ago…
W
Well for the third week in four, my hours have exceeded 60. Not very pleased as I’m salaried for 55, save night out money (which is very good).
Carefully scanning job pages…
