26-08-2015, 06:14 PM
(26-08-2015, 04:18 PM)JJ0063 Wrote:(26-08-2015, 03:59 PM)procta Wrote: I am going to be a delivery driver for a local company in sunderland, a bit like parcel force. I rang up today and asked about it, the lass took my details, and told me, I would be self employed. After thinking about it further, I have the customer service experience and I have been on the road for 10 years, So why not put the two together, for practically double what I was doing.
Just be prepared for rediculously long days (13hrs+)
Also make sure they supply the van/insurance/gear you need.
I was offered £18k salary, brand new Merc van, all the training & gear (that's on the books too, not self employed) but by the time you worked the hourly rate out it was scraping on minimum wage.
Also being self employed just remember you've got no sick pay, no holiday pay, no pension scheme - I looked into this a couple of years ago and it just wasn't worth it - they make it sound better than it is.
I will be asking a few questions, about a few things. I do have my private pension that work setup for me, that I can take with me. I was paying less than £4 a month into it, so hopefully i can pay more into it tbh.
(26-08-2015, 05:04 PM)Poodle Wrote: Courier work is a bloody hard way to make money mate, go careful. There's a lot of websites out there selling it because they know it's shit work, but also know people will be drawn in by the "self-employed" bit. Having done both, i'd have stuck with retail given the choice again.
Sadly poodle, the job i was doing is going, from 7 days a week to 3 days, Also they will be thinning the staff off the department too. As they don't need stock control team anymore, and sadly they have done away with a department that made a fare few quid at xmas! We have had about 30 people leave from 2014 to now! and some of them have been in the company for 10 years plus! not one person has been replaced out! There is more people leaving too, as the company has become horrific to work for and the stability isn't there now, looking at what is happening with the company. Every manager who got out last year, have said to every one get out, as there is more to come!
