Royal Mail, Chelmsford

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS THE UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUM (INTERACTIVE)
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Just wondered if it’s worth applying or not, the starting wage is £12 per hour. Whereas I’m stuck on 9.25 an hour and I’ve got a wedding next July to pay for! But my employer paid for my license so I’d have to pay them off, :cry:

I’m not keen on nights out and I currently do the day shift, normally 7 til 7-ish

Any opinions I’d appreciate cheers :wink:

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Would you owe gazillions to your current employer?
From afar, driving (class 1) for The Royal Mail looks like a cushy number.
If you don’t fancy nights out then make sure you don’t have to do 'em.

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The RM are advertising driving jobs? That’s a new one.

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Is the advert via an agency? Bear in mind they’ll be employing now for the Xmas pressure so it might only be for 6 weeks worth of work.

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I was due to start with royal mail a couple of years ago but they could not offer me days at Swindon so went elsewhere,it sounds like agency but if you get in there it’s well worth it as they have to pay the same as their employed drivers after a period of 3 months (I think it’s 3 months)may well be 2 ,but if you get in there you are laughing,from what I have heard some of their drivers are on £40,000 + per annum,give it a go

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Dan Bear 87:
Just wondered if it’s worth applying or not, the starting wage is £12 per hour. Whereas I’m stuck on 9.25 an hour and I’ve got a wedding next July to pay for! But my employer paid for my license so I’d have to pay them off, :cry:

I’m not keen on nights out and I currently do the day shift, normally 7 til 7-ish

Any opinions I’d appreciate cheers :wink:

As m1cks has said, it’s most probably via agency to cover Christmas pressure, so be careful.

truckman020:
I was due to start with royal mail a couple of years ago but they could not offer me days at Swindon so went elsewhere,it sounds like agency but if you get in there it’s well worth it as they have to pay the same as their employed drivers after a period of 3 months (I think it’s 3 months)may well be 2 ,but if you get in there you are laughing,from what I have heard some of their drivers are on £40,000 + per annum,give it a go

Was this through agency? If there are driving jobs available, they go internally first. If there are any vacancies left after that, they will be given to the existing agency lads and lasses.
To get a decent set on earlies you would need over 30 years service.

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sweepster:

Dan Bear 87:
Just wondered if it’s worth applying or not, the starting wage is £12 per hour. Whereas I’m stuck on 9.25 an hour and I’ve got a wedding next July to pay for! But my employer paid for my license so I’d have to pay them off, :cry:

I’m not keen on nights out and I currently do the day shift, normally 7 til 7-ish

Any opinions I’d appreciate cheers :wink:

As m1cks has said, it’s most probably via agency to cover Christmas pressure, so be careful.

truckman020:
I was due to start with royal mail a couple of years ago but they could not offer me days at Swindon so went elsewhere,it sounds like agency but if you get in there it’s well worth it as they have to pay the same as their employed drivers after a period of 3 months (I think it’s 3 months)may well be 2 ,but if you get in there you are laughing,from what I have heard some of their drivers are on £40,000 + per annum,give it a go

Was this through agency? If there are driving jobs available, they go internally first. If there are any vacancies left after that, they will be given to the existing agency lads and lasses.
To get a decent set on earlies you would need over 30 years service.

yes, it was through pertemps,i know of some drivers who became permanent and are doing very nicely on days,as I said I had a chance but didn’t want nights,i prefer days which pertemps could not give me,shame really

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Dan Bear 87:
Just wondered if it’s worth applying or not, the starting wage is £12 per hour. Whereas I’m stuck on 9.25 an hour and I’ve got a wedding next July to pay for! But my employer paid for my license so I’d have to pay them off, :cry:

I’m not keen on nights out and I currently do the day shift, normally 7 til 7-ish

Any opinions I’d appreciate cheers :wink:

You’ll have to learn to drive flat out everywhere you go don’t forget.

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truckman020:

sweepster:

Dan Bear 87:
Just wondered if it’s worth applying or not, the starting wage is £12 per hour. Whereas I’m stuck on 9.25 an hour and I’ve got a wedding next July to pay for! But my employer paid for my license so I’d have to pay them off, :cry:

I’m not keen on nights out and I currently do the day shift, normally 7 til 7-ish

Any opinions I’d appreciate cheers :wink:

As m1cks has said, it’s most probably via agency to cover Christmas pressure, so be careful.

truckman020:
I was due to start with royal mail a couple of years ago but they could not offer me days at Swindon so went elsewhere,it sounds like agency but if you get in there it’s well worth it as they have to pay the same as their employed drivers after a period of 3 months (I think it’s 3 months)may well be 2 ,but if you get in there you are laughing,from what I have heard some of their drivers are on £40,000 + per annum,give it a go

Was this through agency? If there are driving jobs available, they go internally first. If there are any vacancies left after that, they will be given to the existing agency lads and lasses.
To get a decent set on earlies you would need over 30 years service.

yes, it was through pertemps,i know of some drivers who became permanent and are doing very nicely on days,as I said I had a chance but didn’t want nights,i prefer days which pertemps could not give me,shame really

That surprises me as the duties are picked on seniority and earlies get grabbed by the senior men first. An agency driver would start with no seniority, they must have been very lucky.
At our place you need at least 30 years to get an early set.

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bald bloke:

Dan Bear 87:
Just wondered if it’s worth applying or not, the starting wage is £12 per hour. Whereas I’m stuck on 9.25 an hour and I’ve got a wedding next July to pay for! But my employer paid for my license so I’d have to pay them off, :cry:

I’m not keen on nights out and I currently do the day shift, normally 7 til 7-ish

Any opinions I’d appreciate cheers :wink:

You’ll have to learn to drive flat out everywhere you go don’t forget.

Not everyone drives like that. If you’re going down to PRDC (mostly pulling into services) or up to SDC or Glasgow it can be tight. I drive at 86 mostly and leave the extra 2 km’s for overtaking.