There isn’t a shortage of LGV drivers, there’s a shortage of people with LGV licenses that want to do it. After 32 years I’ve seen it all, except decent wages, decent hours, services and a decent attitude towards drivers. We’ve been treated like second class citizens for years and now it’s coming back to bite everyone’s arses. They might once and for all realised the importance of lorry drivers and we might finally get rewarded with a decent wage and not having to work 70hrs a week to get it. 🤞🏻
Train drivers £60,000 + pa . Hardest part is not to fall asleep ! That's why they have a dead man's handle . HGV is a PROFESSIONAL job with a lot of responsibility and hassle . Thanks lads , power to your elbows , keep it lit .
@@ems4580 You mean cheap foreign labour has left after Brexit , that's right . There's loads of class 1 drivers out there they need coaxing back into the job by better wages , hours and conditions , that have been eroded over the years .
@@SISU889 the race to the bottom has been going on for a long time, third party companies like Stobarts, Wincanton, DHL, XPO, etc have kept the wages low for years giving shareholders more money and creaming the rest for themselves and let’s not forget the fraud of self employment where ot allowed agencies and some companies to pay the wage we should get but less holiday pay, employer NI contributions, service…. They’ve filled the gap driver wise with warehouse to wheels, ex convicts, long term unemployed, ex soldiers and foreign workers who in my opinion are good grafters. Covid was the final nail in the tyre 😂 but Brexit will be our down fall, other countries are turning their backs on us with regards our supply chain……we don’t make what we need as it was sold off by the Torys years ago for greed. We need a national wage for HGV drivers and a better training service to improve the calibre of new drivers and even drivers with years experience. I’m glad it’s now in the public eye as the powers that be think anyone can do it……
lol, I've decided to come off the Road and be a Yard shunter. So I'm going to be one of those tossers in a Terberg that shouts at you "Oi Droiver, 5mph in the yard" and then roars off at 20mph !!
So true or while your trying to get on a bay and they drive as close as they can and make it as hard as possible to make your cut while they stare at you wondering why you can't get on the bay
I have quit driving after 10years and working now from home as javascript developer and I have never been happier. Spending as much time with my daughter as I like it is amazing.
I quit after 3 years and got a council job 5 on 6 off with night shifts. Abput 5k a year better earnings and a proper pension. Waiting for my letter from Boris begging me to come back. Hahaha. Nah.
I hear ya! I quit after 8 years CE. Dont miss it in the slightest, which is a shame as i loved it at first. I dont miss 60-70 hours a week, and like yourself now get to see my 4yr old daughter everyday. Got my letter from dvla last week encouraging me to return?? 1. Boris's name is not on the letter lol. 2.Shall we say its not temptingly worded? Lol. Only drivers who have lived the life will ever understand the sacrifice.
@@NewInBritain it was very hard. Working long hours and then learning in spear time. I knew very little about programming so I have learned everything from scratch. It took me 3years to get the job and it is still hard but it is getting easier every day.
Fkn hermes.. I'll never ever use hermes again.. sent £150 worth of guitar equipment through them, it never reached the buyer.. no one knows where it is now.. (except the delivery driver that had it last) 🤬
The problem is quite simple, the company tries it on saying we'll only pay 8hrs instead of the 9 you worked (taking liberties basically) then they see how drivers react. If the driver says 'ok' I'll do it, the company just think, 'hey we took the piss and got away with it, so let's continue doing that'. As long as drivers let them take the piss, they will. Simple.
ah yes Warrington.... i did work at that exact hermes,thankfully not anymore...inside the warehouse...maybe its nice for you as a truck driver,but to work loading and unloading the trailers and sorting is extremly horrible,it should be ilegal that type of labour,the managers are also inhumane. i higly not recoment anyone work at hermess
Best quote in this "just a todge out" Glad to hear you don't look down on us class 2 guys. Great video again fella but what about this crap on the news about the driver shortage? Friday morning on news telling folks not to panic buy fuel, result, people panic buy fuel so petrol stations run out due to excessive demand. Same thing at start of pandemic as there was no food shortage until some bright spark says no need to panic buy food, result people panic buy so there was a food shortage. I have not seen a single site that has stopped or even slowed down due to any form of shortages. It's great that videos such as yours inspire a lot of folks to consider getting into lorry driving and well done to you for that but we need more firms to step up and take a chance and back the many youngsters to get them trained for free on apprenticeships or whatever, only then will we see an improvement in tackling the driver shortage. Stay happy Deady and by the way you looked well and fresh faced at the start of this one.
I have seen all of your video without forwarding any part. It was so interesting that I was keen to watch more..I like the way you have set up all your cameras specially the wing camera.In future show us your cameras as well please..You are too good specially in reversing. BTW I myself is Class 2 driver. I appreciate the way you have done your job perfectly. I am sure there is a hard work in it but you did not throw a light on it. Next time show us how hard this job is because people think it's very easy job!! Subscribed already and take care while driving this big beast.
Hermes Warrington -You forgot to mention the insane shitty shifts they try give you -The rude office staff -The fact they don’t care about you or your life. - massive que 15 mins to get in and out Hermes due to the Mi5 security - terrible job.
Salaries have changed, on the south coast Hermes screaming for class 1 and 2 drivers, even newbies, advertising £18 to £27 overtime for a 40 hour week, about £36k a year is the norm for class 2. Driver are now in control, the shortage is bad, I’m an Uber driver and there short 20k drivers but they haven’t upped the fares so there’s not been a rush to join up lol
They don't get paid if they don't deliver your package, Either make sure you're in to answer the door or make sure there's a decent place to put your package, I worked as a driver for three weeks before I had enough, Why would you order something and not be at home? stupid.
I love your enthusiasm mate, gotta admit I only drive a long wheel base sprinter but when I squeeze into a spot and swing it in just right I just sit and think oh yeah he's still got it
Hemel Hempstead Hermes, went in there spent 1hr signing some papers, listen to what they expect of driver, got into the vehicle processed it all and left, would never spend a minute working for hermes as a "Warehouse OP Truck Driver"
@@annette9839 I went as HGV class 2, they wanted me to work warehouse work and HGV work in one: finding, identifying and loading the pallets at main depo, then the same process in revers on a drop at a local hermes point, unloading 12-16 pallets one by one on a tail lift 32 times up and down + the pallets I am meant to collect. No thank you, I don't mind loading and unloading but that was pushing the limit. HGV class 1 might me OK, but won't try. Recently got a text from Hermes £18.86/hr HGV 2, £21-23/hr for HGV 1, they are hunting for drivers as non want to work for them.
Hermes is a shocking place to work. I worked in parcel shop where we collected from shops. Every day was late finish, and funnily enough we never got paid for any overtime we did. Every driver got the exact same wage even with 40+ hours over time each month, we all got the basic flat rate and that's only half of it...
Driver shortage lol can’t even get a medical from dvla to renew my licence !!! Experienced driver sat at home wanting to work yet can’t get thru to dvla on the phone !
@@Jjules-zo5fr can’t get a treadmill test ordered and booked by dvla , there’s a guy on here who’s been waiting since feb ! I’m not bothering as she said it won’t be before Christmas but couldn’t or wouldn’t give me a timescale?
I worked for Hermes for 1 year and it was the worst year of my life. Doing 100s of parcels a day delivering them all day long doing 12 hours a day and getting payed less than minimum wage. And you say Hermes is a good company haha
That steering wheel would piss me off big time. I would have refused to take it. Maybe it has had a new steering rack put on, but is it aligned correctly?
Great vlog Deady, watching it on the big screen, with a wine in hand enjoying the show. I’m Soon to be a qualified class 1 driver, Currently shopping around for companies to apply for once passed at the end of October, a massive help as always, thanks mate !!
Lochalsh prawns 😝 Milan Rome 🤣 Napoli truck stop Manchester United v Milan locked in 👍 Armed Guards MP3 shotguns. return home fruit and veg covenant garden .
Hiya mate just started watching your videos I find them fantastic to watch and you sound like a genuine down to earth guy. I'm not a truck driver or a fanatic truck spotter or anything but I've always been interested in watching truck programmes I came across your channel by accident after typing in truck documentaries as I like Eddie Stobart one they did and I thought I'd have a look to see if there were any others out there I like playing the Euro truck sim I seen you had a go at also lol. but I never knew this was a thing but glad I came across it. Anyways just want to say thanks for the videos as I said they are great to keep them coming to a fan from Scotland 👍
drivers get paid well couriers get paid shit 40p a parcel up to £1 a parcel i worked for them for 25 year from when they were speedlink then parcelnet then hermes, speedlink were the only one that looked after there couriers
@@daveclayton9338 I do class 2 on nights, it's the easiest work I have ever done, load the lorry at hub take it to another hub unload then drive back normally takes about 20 mins each end and do 2 or 3 runs a night . Just over £13 an hour. I'm In the South West tho .
Completely agree about filling when lanes close. Pisses me off when people block it Cus they think I am cutting in but really they are just so ignorant of how to drive
the transport office at rugby is much nicer, quite a few nice ladies i must say, i am from rugby, went to Warrington few weeks ago, asked transport if anything to go back to rugby, yes they said take RETURNS back, the manifest said 'rugby' i asked them is this going to NRC or RUGBY SUPERHUB as returns go back to NRC i said, 'if it says rugby then it means rugby, if it going to NRC it will say NRC' was the response. ok, i bow down to your superior knowledge of transport, get to rugby depot, wait 25 minutes in the queue, get to gatehouse, what do you know Returns go to NRC which is only down the road but still wasted 25 minutes in the queue, rugby gatehouse said its always happens from warrington, so lads if you get RETURNS dont take it to superhub, and warrington transport, all RETURNS go to NRC!
The yard shunters at your place park them trailers really tight, is the park brake for them trailers at the headboard or do you have to get on your hands and knee's to get to the rear :D
I don't usually do this, but I'm coming out of retirement to fight deady live at the bolton markets 2nd October make sure you are all there in attendance, tickets are £8.00 all funds raised go to extra driver training for deady, let the best man win but this is certainly no contest for me, I'm quicker and sharper ruthless on the attack and can really pressure deady into dangerous positions , see you all on the 2nd October.
You work for hermes? Can you please tell me why all my parcels are either A, never delivered within the week that it should be delivered or B. my parcel gets 'lost' and been delivered to someone completelu different XD joking obv
I am actually surprised Hermes has drivers, nothing ever arrives so I assumed Hermes was just a big parcel eating monster. Joking aside, I know that it is not at your stage Hermes is awful. It's the delivery drivers in cars that let the system down and I believe the terribly run hubs.
You cant couple like that.. You have to check the trailer break first.. Sure in the yard like that your chances are over 90 percent that break will be on, but you cant couple like that anyway..
lol hermes. Terrible company. I've ordered dozens of packages from them, they ALWAYS arrive either smashed, missing something or both. Assuming they arrive that is, some don't. Not saying it's the HGV driver's fault, it's often the fault of the company. They don't pay Delivery van drivers enough, nor give them enough breaks. As a result, they aren't happy and want to get the job done quickly to go home, so end up throwing packages in to their van, throwing them over garden fences or slamming them through letterboxes quickly - causing the breakages. I'd assume it's the same in the warehouses, leading to mistakes = packages not being sent out = not receiving them.
@@fakechannel7751 So basically you have only been with one woman your whole life? 😂😂 And when you say you've 'had her since she was 18'. So you are with her 24/7? How do you know she hasn't been seeing other fellas behind your back?
Cool deady. I live not far from the assos in barnsley notice the wind turbine is damaged. They'll never fix it and in 20 years time it'll be a landmark and barnsley tourism will be booming.
i have given up licence after 22 years because of being told by firms like this that i am too old at 57. clean licence i pay the cpc myself. this guy doesn't know what driving is !!! give him 35 cages to handball somewhere he wouldn't last 5 minutes!!! the staff help you get it done in a hour cup of tea to start and finish!!! does he ever stop moaning !!!!
Depends what you want out of a job. I left the industry just before all this latest shite going on. Wage in my area was no better than £10 per hour agency could get you £12. I was doing hazardous goods for £9.80 an hour working 60+ hours a week no nights out. It worked for me because I wanted to drive trucks and I worked so mich i didnt have time to spend my money. So i could put a deposit down on a house No work life balance at all. It was honestly the best and worst job at the same time. I miss it but wont go back to it for any wage. If you have the itch to drive trucks then go for it but if you dont have passion for it itll burn you out quick. As a mechamic you have job security and know your hours. You grind away at that and specialise in specific fields you can earn a nice wage. I wouldnt leave a mechanics job for trucking but if you have the itch you gotta drive if you wanna.
All this recent fuel chaos blaming the drivers shortage I so hope it’ll turn out in favor of the lads who want to work but can’t be arsed hence been taking a piss out off and rather driving a van instead of a lorry. Fingers crossed lads, things will change
@@annette9839 I'm not a lorry driver. I work in IT. I went self employed for more money. Basically it was a waste of time. The government taxes you to high heaven. Then there are more deduction from the wage packet. The UK government don't like it when people make money trying to improve their own lives.
Tbh very disappointed after my interview at Hermes...they lie me twice before even starting the job... Nightshift job becomes backshift job and they offered 1 pound less per hour coz of that ....
Worked for bonddelivary and for 2 years worst company I have ever worked for and hermes is the same company different name so I say it would be the same....
Hey deady, Just out of curiosity. Are you ex military? I did 10 years, and now thinking about going for my HGV. Been wanting to do it for 10 years. Looks like now is the time to get going with it.
Give over Adrian it's easiest best paid job I have ever done 🤠🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 700 quid a week in the bank for days tell me where I'll get doing something else, could be stuck in a factory or a building site sack that
@@WilliamMathieson I'm in North West pal company near me im on 18ph, for 10 hour shifts, he's a typical moaner mate got nowt better to do because he's never had another job other than trucking prob and most probably hates his wife
