Who on here has a job that involves driving??

What does it involve?? i.e. Skip driver, Taxi driver etc....

What sort of money are you on (just a ball park figure will be ok) and do you get any fringe benefits?

I'm seriously thinking about getting another job as i'm bored as hell in my current place.

I just dunno what to do tho...................

 

My company has just took on a van driver and shes on £14k pa and thats for just local deliveries Mon-Fri 9-5.30. That seemed to be the going rate when I was looking around for someone.

 

I work in the office for a tecnical courier company (i do all the drivers scheduling)

Our drivers all work on a self employed basic (have to pay there own tax/national security, provide there own van and pay fuel etc etc)

They only do low leval IT work (anybody with 1/2 a brain can do it) and full training is given before they start on there own.

For a 5day week they have a guanteed minimum of 600quid, the average engineer earns about 800ish per week for a 5day week. There are several engineers who earn over 1000 a week working a 1/2 day on a saturday aswell.

Even after they pay all there expenses + tax (as there self employed u can claim LOADS back) they earn a bloody good wage for what they do

Where abouts u live???? we have 6 depots around the place, can try and sort u a job if ur local to a depot

 

Just look at ur profile, you live no wherenear any of our depots.

Try and look up a company called tech express, they do low leval IT stuff and pay well

 

roybacer, Cheers mate, that gives me something to go on.............

 

ID BE VERY INTERESTED IN THAT!!! (damn caps lock)
fairly good with IT too so would be great! any idea if there is a place near me!
Crewe, Cheshire...
cheeRS
Phil

 

roybacer

Any jobs like that in the birmingham area?

I currently install handsfree car kits and other in car stuff into pretty much anything that moves.

I either work at Carphone stores or around the midlands.. its good

J

 

Got main depot in Milton Keynes and slightly smaller depots in Bristal, Manchester, Wakefeild, Aldershot (where i work ), Glasgow and one in Belfast

 

Look for all similar companies aswell

Business post
City link
Tech Express

all pay good money (good ish)

Also just look for local courier companys, payes usally quite good if you get lucky and find a 1/2 decent company, and if you agree to be on call sometimes etc etc you usally get a van you can use out of work hours aswell

 

i'm going for train driver - 28k basic + perk of the job like overtime, free rail travel etc etc

onl 18k basic at the moment as a train guard/conductor - live with parents too

 

52kpa for a semi skilled it engineer LOL

 

All they do is basic IT stuff, eg

When you order your pc from argos you get a free home install, we do the installs

Contracts for on site warrenty's doing basic stuff, cd drive exchanges, HDD exchanges etc etc

All the IT for Abbey bank

We do all the tills for Tesco, Superdrug, and then basic scanners for Safeway, Asda and Burtons

Also do the new chip and pin pads for quite a few high street stores

We also offer a wide IT service, so do installs for small offices etc etc installing and networking pc's

52k is good, but they have to do about 1200miles per week on average, and start at 7am, usally finish about 2pm -> 5pm

 

I used to deliver office supplies and install office furniture for 2 years, then i moved to city link doing multi drop as it was more money. Im currently looking for a good driving job aswell

 

Graceland, I applied to be a train driver last night local company called 'one' so wont be in competition with you any advice? things to say that they like etc??

 

i could do with a driving job... ne1 no of any in sussex

 

I used to drive for securicor c.i.t (cash in transit) loadsa money..............i mean in the back of the armour van & not my wages

 

but thats the same thing isnt it??

they must have been pretty stupid to employ you to do that first day on job, you drove straight from the pick up to your garage,

 

i drive for brake brothers(brakes)
on 18k a year ,about £350 a week plus bonus's
only work between 35-40hrs a week so it suits me

 

I work for Coca Cola in East Kilbride filling up the vending machines.
Wage is £17600 pa with monthly/ quarterly bonus and overtime.
Work around 40 hours per week, dont have to buy ginger at lunchtime and get slightly cheaper stuff from the staff shop

 

 

So do I lol
Personally think its shit and looking for another job as we speak.

 

That wage for those hours is piss poor. No wonder you're looking elsewhere Benn Good luck big boy

 

Worked for a compant in Warrington that got bought out by Brakes, the perks went soon after, and so did I.

Private Hire taxi driver now. My own boss, my own hours, have earned over £1k in a week but did a fair few hours for it,
Depends on what you want in life as to hour many hours you put in with the taxi's.

 

Fitter for Autoglass, but probably spend more time in the van plodding around north london than I do out of it fitting glass

Why can't i have a nice automatic van

 

The latest company to be taken over by Brakes is Peters, all my customers are complaining saying they were bad before but even worse now

My wages are 290 take home, 360 take home if i do a saturday.
Have to drive round peckaham, vauxhall, and camberwell all day

 

benn gets less though

 

mate you deserve a raise just for going there...

 

 

ya safe if ya driving mate , its when ya stop and ya wheels get nicked at the traffic light ya gotta worry

 

for the 7 people who have PM'ed me

ECHO ltd - Milton Keynes
Unit 30, High Park Road
Mill Park
Wolverton Mill East
Wolverton
Milton Keynes
MK12 5TT
Telephone: +44 (0)1908 441700

Thats the contact number for head office, give them a call, just ask if there are any jobs going as a tecnical courier (im 99% certain there are), if you want a different depot then they can put you in touch,

 

Anyone in the southeast got any jobs??

I'll even model laydee clothes

 

for a class 2 driving job in scotland its ok unless you own your own business of some sort
sorry but i didnt catch what ur job is?

 

Thats about right for class 2 in manchester as well

simon