I’m going for an interview tomorrow & I’m pondering how to answer the question about my reasons for wanting to leave my present job , I’ve been here for just over 3.5 years & some of you may have seen my previous posts regarding my then branch manager who then became the “area manager” , basically he’s an [zb] , the time has come to get out & I will be the 5th driver to leave since Easter , do I be honest & say he made it a difficult & miserable place to work or lie & say I feel like a change …?
No, in my opinion. Although your not, He may just think you could be trouble. Just tell you fancy a fresh start doing other work.
Honesty is usually the best policy, but you should talk up the positives of the company that you are wanting to join, not focus on the negatives of the company you want to leave.
New employers never like to hear new recruits bad mouthing ex-employers.Fresh start or fancy a change is your best bet.It sends out a good message that your enthusiastic and keeps the interviewer hearing the positives about you.Best of luck with the interview.
I just tell them I feel the need for a new challenge and the old job didn’t give me that …
Reminds me me when i left my last job.
Was very honest. Told the interviewer i wanted more stable hours.
And got the job.
Thing it my boss didn’t know i was looking else where and as i was on a week off the 1st he knew was when he got a call for a reference!
I was filling in forms at the new spot when he called me and asked me “if i was thinking of leaving”
he did give me a glowing reference.
Yes make the reason something that the new job gives you that the old job didn’t, positive not negative reasons for the change.
ie, don’t want nights out any more/shorter more family friendly hours/better terms and conditions.
Never once been asked why i want to leave my current employer…
Tell them your present employer is a right [zb] and you’ve heard that they might be slightly better.
Tell them you got caught stealing at the last place but you have heard the security here is apparently a lot more lax 
Just tell him it’s better money.
JLS Driver SOS:
Tell them you got caught stealing at the last place but you have heard the security here is apparently a lot more lax
ha ha 
yeah do this and let us know how you get on 
Top Ten Reasons for leaving a full time job, past and present:
(1) Overtime dried up - Huge pay cut.
(2) The cushy duty you had disappeared, to be replaced by one that had start/finish times all over the place, and even dropped shift allowance for finishing just outside thresholds that qualified. - Huge pay cut, harder job, more inconvienience.
(3) The exit package was not going to stay on the table long. Take it now, or lose the opportunity to leave with a pay off.
(4) Staying at your current job might involve a transfer to a new depot further away from where you live. No permanent mileage expenses for full timers! But leave, and go back on agency…? 
(5) You’ve found somewhere nicer and cheaper to live, with a job that affords the new lifestyle. (the least likely reason anyone will quit these days I’d imagine!)
(6) T&Cs are being eroded year after year, and pay is already on mark-time, or even falling. Not keeping up with inflation, and a lot of people have got big mortgages to pay off still in my age bracket…
(7) You are on the verge of being sacked anyway!
(8) You don’t get on with the remaining staff anymore.
(9) Agency work in your locale is plentiful enough to keep you busy.
(10) You are confident enough in your abilities that you’ll not be “out of work” long if you leave before actually finding another job…
(1) Overtime dried up - Huge pay cut.
Don’t say that
(2) The cushy duty you had disappeared, to be replaced by one that had start/finish times all over the place, and even dropped shift allowance for finishing just outside thresholds that qualified. - Huge pay cut, harder job, more inconvienience.
Don’t say that
(3) The exit package was not going to stay on the table long. Take it now, or lose the opportunity to leave with a pay off.
Don’t say that
(4) Staying at your current job might involve a transfer to a new depot further away from where you live. No permanent mileage expenses for full timers! But leave, and go back on agency…?
Reasonable
(5) You’ve found somewhere nicer and cheaper to live, with a job that affords the new lifestyle. (the least likely reason anyone will quit these days I’d imagine!)
Don’t say that
(6) T&Cs are being eroded year after year, and pay is already on mark-time, or even falling. Not keeping up with inflation, and a lot of people have got big mortgages to pay off still in my age bracket…
Don’t say that
(7) You are on the verge of being sacked anyway!
Don’t say that
(8) You don’t get on with the remaining staff anymore.
Don’t say that
(9) Agency work in your locale is plentiful enough to keep you busy.
Don’t say that
(10) You are confident enough in your abilities that you’ll not be “out of work” long if you leave before actually finding another job
Don’t say that
Some positive points:
You do not want to say anything that makes the TM think that this situation could happen in his company and that you might become his probably a few months down the line. So if you say anything about you not getting on with management or other staff says YOU are trouble! Saying anything about the job changing and a cushy number could immediately disqualify you for the new post as he may think “I have to take this guy on and give him a good lorry and a route and job he likes otherwise he will walk”.
Good reasons and remaining positive that may impress him are:
“I have heard good things about this firm and your reputation is good”
“I have wanted to come to this firm for a long time and I am now in a position to make the move”
“I want a change as my present job is no longer challenging enough and I like to be kept busy”
“I need to cut down on mileage, love the job I am doing at present and the boss will be sad to see me go as we have always got on but it is no longer economically viable to go all that way”.
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Interview went well I thought , & so did driving assessment , fed a line about how its a family run firm with nobody to take the reigns so they are holding back on expanding & slowly down sizing the company, it worked … should no soon if its me their interested in, it will be harder work somedays & a doddle others, a bit more pay & job & knock , early starts will be hard at first but I’ve done it before & if I’m home by 1pm its not too bad, best bit is no knobber causing grief …
Just shake your head and say with a deep feeling of sorrow in your voice " bell ends"
They only let me drive six days a week and the maximum driving is only 10 hours a day, I go to work to work, not sit with my thumb up my arse, four hours kip is enough for any man. When do i start?
limeyphil:
They only let me drive six days a week and the maximum driving is only 10 hours a day, I go to work to work, not sit with my thumb up my arse, four hours kip is enough for any man. When do i start?
The OAP’s of southport are kept fed and watered due to this mans undying dedication to the job!
I take my hat off to you young man it’s a shame there ain’t more like you in this industry nowadays!!
Keep up the good work!!
But alas my gran told me the other day her suet pudding and mince was not up to standard as it was a bit cold so I think you need to have a word with the cook who warms it up to slam it in the microwave for an extra minute there’s a good egg!!
Good reasons and remaining positive that may impress him are:
“I have heard good things about this firm and your reputation is good”
“I have wanted to come to this firm for a long time and I am now in a position to make the move”
“I want a change as my present job is no longer challenging enough and I like to be kept busy”
“I need to cut down on mileage, love the job I am doing at present and the boss will be sad to see me go as we have always got on but it is no longer economically viable to go all that way”.
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My trouble is, I was always a ■■■■-poor liar. Getting through interviews in one piece for moi usually means keeping my mouth shut, and standing in line with a bunch of other candidates, and staying out of sight: That way, my paperwork does the talking for me, since that’s the part of me they notice first, without me being wheeled in on a soapbox, and instantly becoming the centre of attention in the grating wrong way… 
limeyphil:
They only let me drive six days a week and the maximum driving is only 10 hours a day, I go to work to work, not sit with my thumb up my arse, four hours kip is enough for any man. When do i start?
…especially if you can get those four hours as paid POA. 