Had an interview on Thursday for a full time job. Looks like the job is something decent and company looks OK but there is one slight problem. You've guessed it, the wages, just couldn't believe a hourly rate of £7.77 for days and a £9.27 for nights. There are few other allowances but I just don't get it, we drive 44T wagons, which are not cheap, and the goods are also worth a bit. Why pay us a wage that I used to earn in Sainsburys driving Sprinters, and that was over 3 years ago. Is there such a glut of drivers that companies are just taking the proverbial with wages, surely the responsibility of driving an artic should be fairly compensated.

Having said that even the agency rates have come down, 2 years ago i was getting £9ph for driving Class2 and now the same rate is applied for a Class1, with a slight cut for the smaller class of lorry.