Smurfit Kappa are advertising for trampers. Didn’t realise they had trampers but anyhow does anyone know what sort of pay there on
I was offered a job at their Witney depot, they were offering £9.50ph up to 8 hours then £10.50 after 8. Had to turn them down as it was less than I was on agency, and you are expected to run in Saturday mornings rather than Friday night. I heard they had around 6 positions to fill, interviewed about 12 drivers but only one took the job. The work is easy, open the curtains, get loaded with paper, close curtains. Easy so long as you dont want to go home.
Did this job a few years ago when the now defunct MRS Distribution had the contract.
Easiest job I ever had and if it wasn’t for the ■■■■ of a traffic manager at Witney I’d probably would still be there.
He’s now long gone so I have been told.
Their transport is done by a Scottish contractor I believe so you won’t be on for Smurfit Kappa directly.
Drops ranged from 1 to a max of 7.
It’s an all DAF fleet now I think.
You won’t get dirty or break out into a sweat.
Easy work but you’ll be anywhere and everywhere.
rpmmatt:
I was offered a job at their Witney depot, they were offering £9.50ph up to 8 hours then £10.50 after 8. Had to turn them down as it was less than I was on agency, and you are expected to run in Saturday mornings rather than Friday night. I heard they had around 6 positions to fill, interviewed about 12 drivers but only one took the job. The work is easy, open the curtains, get loaded with paper, close curtains. Easy so long as you dont want to go home.
Don’t forget you have to strap the load, sometimes easier said than done.
Which factory is the job running from?
waddy640:
rpmmatt:
I was offered a job at their Witney depot, they were offering £9.50ph up to 8 hours then £10.50 after 8. Had to turn them down as it was less than I was on agency, and you are expected to run in Saturday mornings rather than Friday night. I heard they had around 6 positions to fill, interviewed about 12 drivers but only one took the job. The work is easy, open the curtains, get loaded with paper, close curtains. Easy so long as you dont want to go home.Don’t forget you have to strap the load, sometimes easier said than done.
I’ve lifted loads out of smurfit kappa and if the trailer hadn’t got internal straps I wouldn’t bother doing anything. The pallets are very light, it’s only cardboard on them.
I have delivered to there site in Mold, and was made to wear a flattering red hair net…and I have a shaved head…why when its only cardboard and I never got near the building 
I though it was a joke until the guy came out for his flt with one on
disgo:
Which factory is the job running from?
Ad suggests its out of Norwich - theyve got two manufacturing units here.
I only stopped working for Smurfitt Kappa last week after my second stint working for them at their Chelmsford depot, work is really easy, you are guaranteed 50 hrs pay even if you only work 40 or less, Norwich is run by Smurfitt kappa and drivers are employed by them, some other depots drivers are employed by AME logistics in Renfrewshire, acting like an agency they have been supplying Smurfitt for many years, it’s a book balancing exercise. Jack Richards have started to run some of the transport at Mold & March.
Norwich run sheet board, easy work and after a few weeks you would have probably been to all the customers, each depot has a different pay structure, but as I said really easy work for class 1.
jay0:
waddy640:
rpmmatt:
I was offered a job at their Witney depot, they were offering £9.50ph up to 8 hours then £10.50 after 8. Had to turn them down as it was less than I was on agency, and you are expected to run in Saturday mornings rather than Friday night. I heard they had around 6 positions to fill, interviewed about 12 drivers but only one took the job. The work is easy, open the curtains, get loaded with paper, close curtains. Easy so long as you dont want to go home.Don’t forget you have to strap the load, sometimes easier said than done.
I’ve lifted loads out of smurfit kappa and if the trailer hadn’t got internal straps I wouldn’t bother doing anything. The pallets are very light, it’s only cardboard on them.
The pallets may be light but you wouldn’t strap them?
VOSA would have a field day with you if you got a tug and they find that your load isn’t secured.
jay0:
waddy640:
rpmmatt:
I was offered a job at their Witney depot, they were offering £9.50ph up to 8 hours then £10.50 after 8. Had to turn them down as it was less than I was on agency, and you are expected to run in Saturday mornings rather than Friday night. I heard they had around 6 positions to fill, interviewed about 12 drivers but only one took the job. The work is easy, open the curtains, get loaded with paper, close curtains. Easy so long as you dont want to go home.Don’t forget you have to strap the load, sometimes easier said than done.
I’ve lifted loads out of smurfit kappa and if the trailer hadn’t got internal straps I wouldn’t bother doing anything. The pallets are very light, it’s only cardboard on them.
When you might have fifty plus pallets loaded to the ceiling you would be very foolish not to strap them. I have seen a driver unstrap the curtains and a pallet of cardboard fall out. Luckily the curtains stopped it hitting him.
Steve66:
jay0:
waddy640:
rpmmatt:
I was offered a job at their Witney depot, they were offering £9.50ph up to 8 hours then £10.50 after 8. Had to turn them down as it was less than I was on agency, and you are expected to run in Saturday mornings rather than Friday night. I heard they had around 6 positions to fill, interviewed about 12 drivers but only one took the job. The work is easy, open the curtains, get loaded with paper, close curtains. Easy so long as you dont want to go home.Don’t forget you have to strap the load, sometimes easier said than done.
I’ve lifted loads out of smurfit kappa and if the trailer hadn’t got internal straps I wouldn’t bother doing anything. The pallets are very light, it’s only cardboard on them.
The pallets may be light but you wouldn’t strap them?
VOSA would have a field day with you if you got a tug and they find that your load isn’t secured.
I know they would but if I strapped every pallet down the way them knob ends want you to I’d never get anywhere.
waddy640:
jay0:
waddy640:
rpmmatt:
I was offered a job at their Witney depot, they were offering £9.50ph up to 8 hours then £10.50 after 8. Had to turn them down as it was less than I was on agency, and you are expected to run in Saturday mornings rather than Friday night. I heard they had around 6 positions to fill, interviewed about 12 drivers but only one took the job. The work is easy, open the curtains, get loaded with paper, close curtains. Easy so long as you dont want to go home.Don’t forget you have to strap the load, sometimes easier said than done.
I’ve lifted loads out of smurfit kappa and if the trailer hadn’t got internal straps I wouldn’t bother doing anything. The pallets are very light, it’s only cardboard on them.
When you might have fifty plus pallets loaded to the ceiling you would be very foolish not to strap them. I have seen a driver unstrap the curtains and a pallet of cardboard fall out. Luckily the curtains stopped it hitting him.
If more people had common sense we wouldn’t need all of this h&S ■■■■■■■■.
jay0:
Steve66:
jay0:
waddy640:
rpmmatt:
I was offered a job at their Witney depot, they were offering £9.50ph up to 8 hours then £10.50 after 8. Had to turn them down as it was less than I was on agency, and you are expected to run in Saturday mornings rather than Friday night. I heard they had around 6 positions to fill, interviewed about 12 drivers but only one took the job. The work is easy, open the curtains, get loaded with paper, close curtains. Easy so long as you dont want to go home.Don’t forget you have to strap the load, sometimes easier said than done.
I’ve lifted loads out of smurfit kappa and if the trailer hadn’t got internal straps I wouldn’t bother doing anything. The pallets are very light, it’s only cardboard on them.
The pallets may be light but you wouldn’t strap them?
VOSA would have a field day with you if you got a tug and they find that your load isn’t secured.I know they would but if I strapped every pallet down the way them knob ends want you to I’d never get anywhere.
I think it’s best if you give up driving you sound like a liability.
I opened the back door of a trailer and nearly had a pallet on top of me thanks to someone with your attitude.
Weather it’s cardboard or bricks it still has to be secure, you can still shoot a load of cardboard easily, take the time to strap it secure it saves a lot of hassle and doesn’t take much time up, plus your getting paid, why rush and then worry down the road if your loads gonna get there in one peice or the boys at vosa are gonna tug you, not worth it
The awkward bit is when the run you’ve got is say, 7 hours round trip and you’re expected to do two of them that shift.
That gives you an hour to strap and unstrap the load twice in that shift.
Even if you’re paid by the hour as opposed to salaried, that’s not good.
Bailed waste paper involves climbing up the scaffold-sized stepladder so you can strap across the top. Some yards might have you harnessed up, tied to the centre pole on the trailer to climb across the top.
Personally, despite all these apparent safety aspects, I think attempting to do all this “by the book” in less time than appropriate amounts to a rather unsafe form of corner cutting if one doesn’t strap “to finish the job today” rather than be stuck with unwanted nights out, etc.
Tramping therefore might be the way to go with this kind of work. 