Had a look at a few sites today and I have to admit that I'm shocked at the advertised rates. For Class1 they go as low as £7.50ph, averaging £9.00ph. Who is pocketing the remainder or have the rates really come down that much in this recession. I would tend to believe that the agency is slashing what it pays to the driver and are calling drivers offering these low rates to see who will actually go and work for them. Surely driving a vehicle weighing up to 44T is worth more than £7.50ph.
PS - Had a chat with another local agency and when asked about pay rates I was informed that 'our Class1 drivers are on £10ph', so the question of pittance pay by other agency's is still valid. Surely they are not helping themselves by offering such low rates of pay. Theoretically speaking if you offer low pay the quality of the worker might/will suffer.
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