Cable Forum - Britain outside the EU

https://www.totaljobs.com/salary-che...drivers-salary

... says tge average wage is £32,500

https://uk.indeed.com/cmp/Arla-Foods...%20%C2%A315.21.

Offers ARLA wages: £12.93 per hour which, at 50 weeks/year at 50 hours/week comes to £32,500.

The HMG site gives the rage of salaries, from beginner to experienced (new drivers would be under the "beginners" end of the range.

Looking at the recruitment* website, one would imagine that is the salary level for experienced drivers, which matches the HMG figure.

*recruitment companies - like double-glazing salesmen, but without the ethics, morals, and honesty… ;)

Carth

30-07-2021 16:07

Re: Britain outside the EU

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36088004)

*recruitment companies - like double-glazing salesmen, but without the ethics, morals, and honesty… ;)

100% agree with that statement.

1andrew1

30-07-2021 17:56

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Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36088007)

100% agree with that statement.

I'm afraid that's not permitted on this thread. :D

Carth

30-07-2021 18:04

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36088012)

I'm afraid that's not permitted on this thread. :D

aah, erm, err . . . oh, predictive text, yes, that's it, *stares at keyboard* damn predictive text :D

TheDaddy

30-07-2021 21:43

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Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36087989)

I'm struggling to think where 100,000 drivers have 'disappeared' to in the last 6 months. :shrug:

Did they all retire at the same time?
Have they been pinged by the Covid app?
Have they decided on a career change and gone pea picking?

. . . surely 100,000 out of 600,000 weren't foreign and gone home, leaving all those big wages behind ;)

A lot of European companies pay their drivers by the kilometre, if you're held up at boarders now or there's no one to unload you coz of the pingdemic you're not earning.

TheDaddy

02-08-2021 11:55

Re: Britain outside the EU

Did I hear this right, bozo and Dave Frost didn't understand the effects a border in the Irish Sea would have on trade between N Ireland and the rest of the Union, they can't honestly expect any one to believe this can they?

Sephiroth

02-08-2021 12:01

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Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 36088238)

What is the source of what you heard?

1andrew1

02-08-2021 12:12

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Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 36088238)

many people seem to believe their line that it's not the border in the Irish see, it's the way it's been implemented that is the issue.

TheDaddy

02-08-2021 14:27

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36088240)

What is the source of what you heard?

I believe it was the Irish Times, was a tweet that disappeared before I could click on it and due to dodgy eyeballs couldn't find again scrolling through, was dated today though

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36088245)

many people seem to believe their line that it's not the border in the Irish see, it's the way it's been implemented that is the issue.

They were warned repeatedly what it would mean

1andrew1

02-08-2021 15:51

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Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 36088256)

They were warned repeatedly what it would mean

Agreed.

Sephiroth

02-08-2021 16:12

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I suspect that they knew what was going to happen. They inherited the Withdrawal Agreement from Theresa May, which included the NI Protocol. They thus expected the unrest and dissatisfaction that transpired and anticipated the need and opportunity to renegotiate the NI Protocol. All the foregoing, imo.

Question is, did they think the EU would budge on anything? The EU has suspended their legal action - that's easy and gives us nothing of substance. They'll then say/are saying that they (EU) have given ground now it's for the UK to do so.

In other words, the UK is in as big a pickle now as it was 7 months ago. Of course, I still deprecate the EU's intransigence and unwillingness not to implement the NI Protocol with greater sensibility for peace in NI.

Carth

02-08-2021 16:12

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Can you clarify 'they'?

Is it the EU, the Government, the Irish politicians (north and south), owners of import/export companies, supermarkets, fisherman, sausage makers etc . . or do you mean good old Joe (and Jean) public?

Sephiroth

02-08-2021 16:21

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Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36088267)

Boris & co.

Carth

02-08-2021 16:26

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36088268)

Boris & co.