I'm a HGV Driver and I'm Sharing My REAL Wages

[@RJM536]

Never seen this channel and no idea why this is in my feed, but what a brave and honest video to post, the world needs more of this.

[@AshleyHaleUK]

Thanks for watching, much appreciated 👍

[@616swifty]

He is only showing net take home for class where as the license I have is class 2 is less but you'll find more jobs that you'll be home at night and that's major pay off between rigids and artics. This where could do with going more indepth with 2 classes and types of work expected

[@afzalshaikhshahmahammad]

... ditto! - dropped in my 'feed' and I thoght: why not?

[@AshleyHaleUK]

I can only show what I earn I did find a very old payslip from my class 2 days.

[@oddities-whatnot]

@@616swifty I often wanted to do tipper work as I got sick of curtain siders, tail lifts and heavy pallets that you cant hardly move.

[@MrLandyman123]

Awesome to see you're honesty and I've never seen your channel before. I've done 26 years hgv and had hundreds of people through the years tell me they won't work for that, but I tell ya what, I've had the best life seen all of Europe and have loved every minute of it. I've never regretted a day of work and hope it carries on. If ya don't like it, don't do it, simple.

[@helenlloyd6564]

@@MrLandyman123 Yes agree 100%. Much better than sitting at a desk or standing at a machine pumping out things day in day out, clock watching. Waiting for the end of day a boring day. Trucking gets you out and about, each day being different. Though doing the maximum 3 x 15's + 2 x13's it was surprising how quick the day slips by. Yes I did enjoy you see how the other half live each day was a different town or city. I have now semi-retired doing 2 nights trunking a week.

[@FootballPerspectiva]

@@helenlloyd6564rather be bored than tired

[@craiguttley5192]

well said mate . its an adventure !

[@freespeech4023]

Best comment , no barb wire around the truck 😂

[@darkcloud9712]

Deputy bumlick

[@dsdsdsds88888]

Very brave and very transparent man .. watching from Ireland 🇮🇪 don’t know why your video popped up in my feed but really insightful 😊

[@akula9713]

I spent the best part of my twenties to forties travelling across the globe on company business. People thought it was glamorous staying in nice hotels, claiming expenses, but it was so lonely. Retired now, tiny income. But so much happier. No wish to travel now, too much stress😂 money isn’t everything.

[@jeanjacques9980]

International travel for work has its impact on marital life and there are risks of developing a dependency due to social isolation.

[@LouLor8681]

100% with you. Six figures and constant travel did not make me nor my family happy

[@AshleyHaleUK]

@LouLor8681 money isn't everything.

[@82vitt]

@@jeanjacques9980 Most people are socially isolated these days, due to the way the modern society is even if they are surrounded by lots of poepole anyway. You would be surprised how many are only pretending being happy. Just look at the statistics of the sharp domestic violence rise during the recent lockdown when folks were being made to work from home or furloughed. I personally can't stand this society and how most poeple are lazy, selfish idiots these days.

[@AshleyHaleUK]

100% agree

[@TorrentitNeo]

As a forklift driver who deals with guys like you daily it is shocking to see the wages, even my OT rate is higher than yours, we still have to put in the hours as well average 10-12 per day, and the amount of crap you can get as a driver is mental. Nice to see the honesty about it and explaining it all to those who wouldn't know about the little extras.

[@baz9438]

I started in 1991 and the night out allowance was £20 then . Strange its not improved an awful lot in all these years. Best of luck Driver and thanks for the honesty.

[@woodyforest7308]

Yep 96 left army and it was £20 then

[@0bfuscated]

Expected with incompetent governments of Conservatives and Labour... keep the poor, poor and increase the price of pretty much everything whilst salaries have stayed the same over the past 30 years.

[@grahamjohnson4702]

The money was for bed and breakfast, and today is not required because most trucks these days have a bed, and you also get a daily tax-free meal allowance which he didn't mention.

[@markbur1503]

In 1986 it was £15 in UK and £25 in Europe in my old firm

[@Hellomynameis93]

@@0bfuscateddoes the government pay the overnight money?

[@truckerpaul2492]

As a hgv1 driver like yourself, i read your payslip with some interest, I took note 787.37 was your take home pay. just to put this in some context for the people who think the pay is good. £104 was nightout allowance for being away from home for 4 nights, so take that off = 683 ish. and for the people who didn't notice his basic pay was for 45 hours, you did 18 hours overtime, so for the week you worked 63 hours. so for all you guys out there that's at least 12hrs a day, and some.not forgetting all the agro we get off other road users and delivery/loading points people.Some people out there on 40hrs a week and on a good wage, in my opinion have to realise we do some crap hours for the money we earn. remember if you've bought it 90% of the time we delivered it.

[@kingsrd1]

Absolutely don't envy truck drivers at all, not a lot of money for a lot of hours on shit roads full of people who can't drive properly. Its bad enough driving to work, let alone being on the road all day.

[@terryrance2662]

That's transport for you😂

[@martinhunt6004]

£104 pre tax for staying away from immediate family? Not very good money for that type of sacrifice!

[@TheresOnlyOneKeebs]

I’m 39 been a truck driver for 14 years, can’t stand the long hours and generally now sick and tired of driving for a living for peanuts. Only way to get good wage is work on agency which I’m now doing at £16-£20 per hour Traffic jams and hold ups get depressing, I used to love the job but now hate it. No pleasure in it anymore Looking at other business ventures to make money for myself

[@martinhunt6004]

@@TheresOnlyOneKeebs Good move! I hope you are enjoying your shift.😁

[@briansaiditsoitmustbetrue4206]

I am going to be brutally honest here... Net pay of £787.37 for all these hours.. Is poor I am so pleased my working 56 Hours a week 7 days a week is over. I paid my mortgage off last year at the age of 54 and now only work 29 Hours a week over 3 and a half days... Gives me more time for myself.. Life is also for living as well. I feel far less stressed knowing my home is paid for and I only have to work to buy food/clothes run my car and have a 2 week holiday every year. When you are younger you think you have all the time in the world.... Then when you get on the wrong side of 50 Years old... You start to realise that your time on this planet is running out and you start to look at life differently

[@AshleyHaleUK]

Remember its personal opinion if it's poor money some people would love to earn this a week.

[@mookett]

@@AshleyHaleUK yeah me

[@LoveLL2692]

Here’s my opinion (No malice intended) I don’t rate people who spend their whole lives paying off their mortgage and flaunt that like it’s the gold standard. You’ve got £700 (Approximately) spare each month congratulations.. it only took you 15+ years and 56 hours a week to do it. I’ll give you some context..I’m 32 and have a salary of £50k, I do four on four off, I have a 640d bmw and Yamaha R1. I have a mortgage and I don’t intend to pay it off early but what I will do is invest my disposable income into other business ventures. Where do you think I’ll be in life when I’m 54?

[@gabrielstoica2591]

I get 485 after tax working as a warehouse .6am-2pm. Kinda happy tbh but I was looking to go into trucking when im older. Im 25 atm. Is it worth it..? Is the job itself easier then picking heavy items for 8h and working 8 days straight sometimes? Our shift is any 5/7 meaning you can work 8 days in a row.

[@Itsmetheworldsgreatest]

It’s abysmal, a hgv is a skilled worker , paid like an average Joe

[@peterbowden2646]

You guys are worth every penny driving a hgv is a work of art you need nerves of steel and the patience of a saint a week behind the wheel convinced me I had neither without guys like yourself the world would grind to a halt, keep on truckin'😊

[@James-bc1jk]

Shame we are paid shit wages then

[@AshleyHaleUK]

What is shit wages?

[@seismic6402]

@@AshleyHaleUK What you are paid isn't too bad as a basic, but a properly unionised environment would be wanting a) time and a half for overtime and b) a better pension contribution. After 45 hours, you are giving up time really where your quality of life will be affected, including time with family, time to recuperate properly. You should be paid more for those hours than £1 or £2 increase in rate on your standard pay. Also, night-out money is supposed to be there to make your life more comfortable when away from home. Fair enough if you heat up something in the microwave you can save the money and see it as wages, but it shouldn't be used to make up for poor pay, you should get the pay as well as the night-out money.

[@paradisebreeze1705]

Ban trucks😊

[@paradisebreeze1705]

​@seismic6402 poor pay?! Im on min wage

[@Donotcomplyever]

For the record, I'm a class 2 tipper driver on 13.70 an hour with over time rate of 22.55. Money doesn't motivate me though, sure it helps but life and health is more important than any amount of money.

[@AshleyHaleUK]

All the money is, is fun tokens. Once the bill are paid every left is just for fun

[@ryansimmonds1006]

jeez thats terrible pay! im not saying much but my class 1 is flammable and per hour pays exactly twice that!

[@Wolvesfan-oz6yh]

I’ve just made a similar point. Do it for the love of driving..the money will come easy from there!!!!

[@Donotcomplyever]

@@Wolvesfan-oz6yh I don't love driving, maybe that's my problem....I frickin hate it now

[@colinlock-lv9vv]

sorry but for work you do overtime pay is shit about 9 pound hour normal time and half is 13.50

[@ianjames1514]

Being a trucker and knowing the hours and stress you have to deal with on an daily basis, it’s never enough money in my eyes. It’s one of the hardest jobs out there I’d say! Great video plain and simple it’s what people need 🤙🏻

[@AshleyHaleUK]

@@ianjames1514 I feel sorry for all these people who have a stressful job as a HGV Driver. It's the easiest job I've ever had.

[@buttoxbrown]

I get about this and I work in a chemical plant, I have to run the plant taking the right decisions when things go wrong to prevent a catastrophic disaster, constantly monitor alarms and problem solve do permits to sign guys on jobs, if any accidents happen I could be in a court of law, chair meetings, do pipework jobs to for spools and equipment and leak check. Charge chemicals and have to put b/a and other types of PPE on so I don't get injured.

[@someonelastname8175]

Mate, thanks for sharing. I work in tech and my headline gross salary is more than double yours. HOWEVER, after NI and taxes I don't take home much more than you. (About 25%). I end up paying more than twice your tax + NI. I have two degrees, 20yrs experience, long commute and stressful work 50hr+ weeks with no overtime, so I'm thinking high flying jobs aren't nearly as lucrative as their headlines claim to be! Your video is cause for some self reflection and better work like balance is needed.

[@AshleyHaleUK]

Thanks for sharing. work life balance is very important.

[@EcopureWindowCleaning]

Tax is theft. Set up a limited company and bill your employer, they should prefer this. PAYE is the biggest scam ever. I couldn't imagine paying that sort of money out on tax and insurance it would make me sick.

[@normanpearson8753]

​@@EcopureWindowCleaningThe guy in ,"Tech " will pay 45% ,( More?) on a lot of his salary , he loses the £12,570 tax free allowance. After about £ 110 , 000 you see maybe half salary .

[@riosavannah123]

⁠@@EcopureWindowCleaning could you provided more information on this?

[@andellio]

The £26.20 Meal Allowance can buy a lot of Yorkie Bars!!😄 Great Video content, Great summary and was interesting to know.

[@AshleyHaleUK]

@@andellio not from a services at those prices! 🤣

[@casper1240]

Ive got to really admire you men driving and coping with all the traffic. bad roads etc i could'nt do it

[@stuartwilkie4887]

A very honest, clear and transparent video. Thanks a lot!

[@nks80]

Drove class 2 skip trucks, tippers & roro trucks for 20 years. Last job I had was driving a 18 ton skip truck for 45 hours a week on £13.50 p/h. Every other Saturday 6 hours at £21 p/h. I did my class 1 in 2012 & haven’t driven one since the day I passed my test. Got sick of driving in the end, mainly cus of the traffic & other car drivers. I now work in a well known car factory building cars on £19 p/h for a 36 hour week, although I do do shifts now of 1 week mornings, 1 week nights & 1 week afternoons. But I’m earning more money with less stress & responsibly & less hours

[@roymeadows1708]

Hats off to you mate, It`s a job I couldnt do. Fully deserve your salary.

[@adrianczaplinski7774]

salary is bad for 68 hr plus nightshitft

[@stephenparkes626]

I'm a class one driver working for a major supermarket chain and take home around £700 per week. The good side is I sleep in my own bed each night and have a life outside work.used to tramp around Europe, which i loved ,but as with many drivers cost me my marriage .now remarried and never been happier as I said home every night decent money and I have a life outside of the truck.

[@ItsRyan.]

Hope you don't mind me asking Stephen, As you have European experience, Is it considerable more money each month compared to UK? Is it worth it if you're still youngish and single/no kids? Ta

[@stephenparkes626]

@@ItsRyan. I worked for the Dutch first hsf then freightline near Rotterdam. The money was more than the uk(can't remember what my weekly take home was) think about £850 with nights out on top of that .but you are never home ,your either on a ferry or stuck at euro tunnel or parked up fir the weekend loading first thing Monday. I love driving over the services and parking are 100% better over there .

[@ItsRyan.]

@@stephenparkes626 Thanks for the reply, Really appreciate it. European work is what i'd love to do, Hopefully one day it becomes reality. Thanks again.. Either way it's a lot more than what i'm on now doing CNC turning. Can't wait to start driving.

[@stephenparkes626]

@@ItsRyan. it's really is a joy driving over there ,not knowing if your next job is the UK or France Spain etc and I loved it because over there you are treated as a professional driver and you could be driving at 11pm and you know the next services you come to will have spaces and they are all free.if you get the chance grab it or seach online for European drivers .good luck

[@mickgascoigne4003]

Any one who wouldn’t get out of bed for that type of money is talking shit My take hme pay now is a lot more then that but I’ve been in 400 take hme and that hurt 700 a week take hme is great money

[@simongiddens7891]

Respect to you for your openness........ Wages vary enormously in all walks of life. I'm a Carpenter (old now😊) and the variation in my trade is enormous depending on many factors, where you live who you work for (or work for yourself) new build /refurb/maintenance......... Also what you specialise in........ Carpenter today earns anything from £35,000 to £100,000 plus!!

[@draskodrasko2519]

Potential Gstar model, Novak Djokovic lokalike. Very keen very modest,very noble.

[@Markdmarque]

Worth every penny!!!...These HGV drivers are highly skilled and have a difficult job with lots of time away from home

[@Ian.Wilkinson]

You must be taking the pxxx huge wage for an unskilled worker. How there is a shortage for Lorry Drivers I do not know! I dread to know how much those on the dole is getting. This country is screwed!

[@bigal.65]

​@@Ian.Wilkinson The country's only screwed because we have idiots like you who come on here and haven't a clue what they're talking about. You don't know why there's a shortage of lorry drivers, take your head from your arse mate.

[@deliverinwales]

​​@@Ian.Wilkinsonhgv driving is a skilled job that has multiple written and practical tests. That's not a huge wage I earn more delivering parcels 😂

[@7Ps1969]

​@@Ian.Wilkinsonunskilled and huge wage? So when do you start?

[@breakfreak3181]

​@@Ian.Wilkinson Nice trolling.

[@brettcatapults3921]

Really interesting for me as I love driving and since and young lad up untill now I'm currently 32 years old. Lorry driving is something I've always wanted to build myself up to. But never known what they earn. So thankyou for putting this vidio up that's not a bad wage at all and your driving on the road. I take my hat off to lorry drivers coz the skills they possess is crazy. Like some real skilled driving some of the reversing I've seen from lorry drivers is mind blowing 👌

[@davidcoates3330]

Thanks for an open , honest video Ashley . HGV drivers are , in my opinion , worth every penny of there salary ; the hours are long , total concentration is an absolute must , because the responsibility is huge .

[@jastat]

You're right, they are certainly worth paying more than a junior doctor

[@jamessones4044]

Horrible to think that his bosses see him as a cost and are 93% of the way through the process of completely replacing him

[@paulcarruthers2431]

But to the companies we are two a penny

[@Pankuchnia]

GreatvLad😊All the best .I am joiner in England😊

[@paul06080]

Just seen this on my recommended videos, glad I watched it gives me a good insight on the pay for HGV driving, was just recently looking into it as a new career move, thanks for the video Ashley

[@andrewcoxhead6451]

For the good of your health don't do it pal 👍

[@markmonkhouse]

@@andrewcoxhead6451 agree

[@webpigjohn4959]

100 HRS away from home your take home pay works out at £7.80p per hour.. 🤔. I'm an ex class1 driver and I suddenly woke up.

[@justbreakingballs]

But all hrs away from home aren't working

[@russellstanford4584]

@@webpigjohn4959 this is my point. It's terrible and really shouldn't be legal.

[@oddities-whatnot]

I got out of it for the same reason. Why anyone would choose to have no home life is beyond me. No point earning a lot if you never get much time to spend it.

[@stevenobrien3763]

Only same as builders and contractors working away from home🤔🤷‍♂️

[@b34rdy]

Yep i woke up after 12 years, not worth it. not i actually have a life and im actually on more money for less hours.

[@Anthony-w7i5g]

I am a floor layer/carpet fitter by trade and the money was better 20 years ago. I now do an unskilled driving job and earn more than I can laying floors which is frankly outrageous.

[@eileenmcchrystal8471]

Not sure that driving all day is unskilled when you are responsible for your own safety and the safety of others. Being in co trol of any vehicle requires concentration and awareness, you are responsible for a machine that causes a catastrophic outcome. Tbh I would saying laying floors would be less skilled.

[@GavinDavies-tc6yn]

I am not being horrible, but I work for a Cash and carry, doing local delivery in a class 2 truck and get £15.50 an hour. It's all local so not too much driving, but you do need to be physically fit to carry the goods into customer's businesses, and stack where they want. This can be in a restricted access area where you have to pull cages 50 metres in the worst case or carry the goods due to stairs. But it keeps me fit and I enjoy the break from driving. Also, have to load and unload the truck yourself, but there is a loading bay. The cherry on top is Monday to Friday 7 to 4. You are also part of a team so if someone is ahead or behind they will take some of your second load in a van. Meaning you don't finish late too often. The only thing that annoys be I only get £10 extra per week for driving a Class 2 compared to the van drivers! Wish I had not bothered doing the HGV Class 2 and just become a van driver!

[@jjmmjj9999]

monday to friday is nice! Weekends off are a rarity in driving jobs for sure but 45hr week is a touch on the high side especially with the physical aspect I don't like saying i'm better or even coming across anything like that, or putting others down so don't take this the wrong way BUT have you thought of buses? training is fully paid for, and youre paid while training. No physical aspect but average less than 40hrs a week, so thats an hr in the gym a day or a jog or whatever you fancy pay is a bit more and the 'products' load and unload themselves.. obviously you lose the weekend though unfortunately but it's still local driving. No squeezing down narrow roads or having to turn around for a low bridge/road closure/width restriction as the routes are pre-planned etc. hardly ever finish late prehaps a few mins here and there. Getting to the end of the route you can have a stretch, coffee whatever you like so a short little break it's not bad to be honest. I drove for a store in a van delivering items and was less happy there than i am on the buses!

[@GavinDavies-tc6yn]

@@jjmmjj9999 Thanks, I am thinking of doing something else. As it seems impossible to hit delivery targets making it a long day. I will have a think over the weekend.

[@jjmmjj9999]

@@GavinDavies-tc6yn see this is one of the benefits of the buses If there's traffic, you'll get turned around. Rather than going to the other end, you'll go say, half way and make your way back. Guaranteed finish on time (bar a few minutes (3/4 which will be paid as overtime anyway) This job is the highest paying I've had, and also the happiest I've been... I thought my previous one delivering furniture was, until I kept getting lumbered with all the heavy stuff going to top floor flats on the countryside runs. My last weeks were honestly miserable and I headed my notice in and went elsewhere. Another benefit, the garage is also closer to home. And if you're London based, your partner (or anyone you chose really) will get a free travel pass working on tfl trains, buses and trams which saves me and my Mrs a fortune

[@DrSirSteve]

​@@jjmmjj9999 Yeah literally.. best decision. Dropped HGV for buses. You get more. No physical aspect. More pay.

[@jjmmjj9999]

@@DrSirSteve only negatives I can name are actually face to face with the general public(most are OK, but the handful that aren't really aren't), no music but instead hearing rubbish from nmcc over the radio (if you know, you know)

[@garybrown4854]

Class 2 driver here , was considering doing class 1 but having weighed things up I didn't think it was worth the extra I'd get , plus I get home every day , each to their own . However seeing as we drivers are the backbone of the economy we should be getting a lot more than we do , and be respected more as professionals , at the end of the day every item in every house including the bricks and mortar of the house itself was on a lorry at some point, without us the economy and indeed society would grind to a halt within a week . Good video Ashley very articulate subscribed .

[@gravemind6536]

I understand what you're saying but given that you can go straight to class 1 now I think its worth spending the little extra just to get the entitlement even if you don't plan on using it straight away it could come in handy.

[@AshleyHaleUK]

If you can do the class 1 and 2 that opens up the options for employment

[@bigal.65]

Well said Gary.

[@martinhunt6004]

Your opinion is admirable, however it will never change.

[@gingemermaidadventures]

Thank u for this im a groundworker and machine driver and flat week no over time i take home £740 a week and was thinking of paying for hgv but after this video ill save the £2400 and carry on with my normal work

[@AshleyHaleUK]

@@gingemermaidadventures get it, some places you can be paid for driving a truck to site and then doing the shift and driving back. Can cause some issues with WTD so you have to be careful, but extra cash in your pocket.

[@tomm5228]

63 hour week been there not going back good luck

[@oddities-whatnot]

Awful hours. Software developer a much better way of life.

[@wolves1980]

Awful 40 hours is to much

[@J-D]

@@oddities-whatnot Until ai replaces them which is already happening.

[@andrewcoxhead6451]

Between 1999 and 2001 before the working time directive I was working Between 85 and 95 hours a week just to earn £450 a week..scandalous really when I look back at it.

[@J-D]

@@andrewcoxhead6451that's £830 a week in today's money, nearly double. Inflation is awful

[@daviddavies3637]

Thanks for doing this. Not sure why your video came up on my feed but it's something I've been wondering about for some time, especially when stuck at the roundabout at Holyhead when the trucks come off the ferries. I always had the impression that truck drivers were paid more. I'm on more money and I sit at home, programming computers - and I'm actually at the lower end of the scale for my skill set. So this is a huge surprise to me.

[@Videpedia101]

You are paid more because you are skilled

[@bigal.65]

​@@Videpedia101 skilled, tapping a few pads on a computer😂😂

[@J-D]

Yeah London road bridge and Britannia suck when the lorries come over!

[@daviddavies3637]

@@bigal.65 And using problem solving, learning new programming languages, making sure the systems are as secure as possible, getting a f***ing stress headache when something isn't working when you're convinced it should, having half the company's laptops go down because some idiots at Crowdstrike pulled a Boeing and self-certified their updates instead of going through proper channels, and then having to have the know-how to fix them. A little more than just just tapping a few pads on a computer (they're called keys on a keyboard, by the way. I know. These technical terms, huh?). That's why, at almost 55 (next month), I'm finally trying to finish my masters in Law to change my career. Law is easier than software development but can pay much more. So, you do have a point to some degree. Skills don't always mean that much.

[@daviddavies3637]

@@J-D God, tell me about it. It looks like the third crossing, which is needed, is dead in the water. They keep promising it but then as soon as people get excited, they go "PSYCHE!" Bastards.

[@T.K.9]

Random video on my feed. Very good insight for sure. As they say, HGV drivers are the back bone of any country. Came back to the UK recently after a vacation in Asia. And driving there, you always find very slow moving trucks on the road hauling heavy stuff. Day in, day out. Lo and behold, the trucks are full of items you see from stores, supermarkets etc. Trying to bring items to stores on every inch of a country. One can start to appreciate how important the truckers really are.

[@AKUJIVALDO]

Truckers are backbone because everything is global... Do everything locally, and most of truckers would disappear...

[@retsehcnamdetinu1672]

Thanks for the upload, this certainly helps many people like me looking in this field

[@djanatta1681]

Thank you for sharing this. I see a lot of people hating on the salary. To me a Honest Job is a Job, you got a roof over your head, food on the table and bills are paid. You arent on the streets or anything. People dont understand how blessed we should be to have a Job and a healthy life. Yes ofcourse holidays and all are extra and will be made time for eventually

[@lettucefarm]

I drive a dustcart, P60 for 2023/24 shows £36,000. Basic pay was £31,350. We get 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, however Saturdays after a bank holiday are contracted working days. After 37 hours hourly pay is x1.5, Saturdays is x1.5, Sundays is x2 pay. It works fine for me, I can pick up Saturday shifts if and when I want, I start at 6:00 and home by 14:00 at the latest. If I finish my weeks work in 30 hours, I still get 37 hours pay. It’s literally a Rubbish job, but I love it, particularly as you are not working alone all day.

[@tomvarcoe3100]

Thinking of doing the same as you, any major draw backs

[@lettucefarm]

@@tomvarcoe3100 The driving is mostly in residential areas and people tend to park their cars where they feel like 🙄

[@johnw2758]

Did this too for over 30 years, eventually got tired of it though, now I litter pick for over £12 an hour.

[@johnw2758]

@@tomvarcoe3100 not many drawbacks. Gets you great experience in reversing. Usually early finishes, good money, home every day, if you get a good crew it's a great laugh. You are usually called a bin man though, even if you're the driver, that's the only stigma.

[@johnw2758]

@@lettucefarm It's a great feeling though when getting onto a tight back street and people say "How the f u c k did you get on there?" 🙂

[@garybarnes556]

Good video and thankyou for your honesty. I'm a dpd franchise owner driver and it's very stressful,sorting tax vat ECT. But I do enjoy the actual job May look into HGV licence for the future

[@Private-gy8nk]

Speaking as a retired driver , that seems like very good money to me. I was never paid unsociable hours if i had been i would be sitting here drinking champagne & eating caviar. Congratulations for paying into pensions , I wish i had taken that advice from an older driver when i was younger but it felt like a lifetime away so I never bothered joining the company pension scheme, but believe you me it soon comes round & every bit helps when your retired as there's no way you can live off your state pension. Also when i was younger I loved the job , I was driving all over Europe & i remember thinking when i had just turned 40 that I hope i'm still doing this job when I'm 65 but as much as I loved the job by the time i was 63 ( I had already given up doing the continent 20 years ago) I chose to retire early as my love for the job had long gone. To the drivers who say about it being crap money for all the hours you have to work , well most people know that when they decide to do the job it's how it is & always was , it's the same regarding doing european work , it's always been that your treated like crap in the Uk & treated with respect in europe well that's how it use to be. I was a driver for 42 years & have no regrets , the thing with driving is there are plenty of different driving jobs out there ,it's just finding 1 that your happy doing, it's not all about the money.

[@AshleyHaleUK]

One of the one who's actually been and done it all 👏👏 I enjoy my job, and I get paid well for doing it. How's retired life?

[@Jimmy-lb1yc]

£13.88 basic hourly rate for a class 1 driver is good money?? I get a lot more than that on Class 2

[@AshleyHaleUK]

Cool good for you 😎

[@priscillaroberts7945]

Nearly 20 years ago i was paid 12.50 an hour for cleaning houses. Posh ones but still cleaning.​@@Jimmy-lb1yc

[@conorturton]

Compared to what we were on when we were in the EU it is. However wages rocketed up in 2020-21 when freedom of movement ended. In Hull I went from £11.50/hr in 2019 to £16/hr in 2020.

[@mauricelevy9027]

Excellent video .Thanks for putting it on .Good Luck .

[@m.shearer5233]

Ive been a hgv driver for Exactly 20yrs now... Yes you do have to put in the hours to boost your wage so its not for everyone.. Ive always liked the freedom regardless of traffic & long hours. I do 4 on 4 off with overtime generally available although i prefer a 5 day week which gives me roughly £750 take home... 6 days can be £920 ish on average although it depends if ive done 12hr days thru the week... I work nights 4pm start and operate a Moffitt forklift on a double deck curtain sider.. so in the dark winter months i generally stick to 4 on 4 off. Regardless of the hours & wages i would encourage anyone who likes being out on the road to have a hgv license as back up as there is always employers who need drivers 🧐

[@stevehazam9991]

WHAT A GOOD HONEST VIDEO , FROM A HARD WORKING HONEST MAN. I HOPE THIS BRINGS YOUNG HONEST PEOPLE INTO THE PROFESSION. IF YOU ARE GOOD YOU CAN HAVE A SECURE JOB WITH A REASONABLE STANDARD OF INCOME. THANK YOU FOR THE HONEST TAKE ON THE PROFESSION.

[@J_I_Was]

I'm currently working as a Shunter and my last payslip was 4650£ on hand but I work a lot of hours. Monday to Friday 10 hours and Sunday overtime 12 hours Base hourly rate is 18.76 I get 2 hours of 1,5 overtime a day and Sunday double time plus 20% shifts allowance form 10 pm and I get 4 hours a day. So there is potential of earning a lot of money but you would have to put a lot of time.

[@1972jjb]

You HGV drivers are amongst the best drivers on the road -respect to you for that and doing us all an essential service. Very interesting to see what you can earn -it's reasonable but only if you do long hours IMO. Like with any career, it comes down to what you relatively enjoy doing.

[@bertiekemp4198]

Got a friend who drives the 5 tonners, drives from central Kent to just outside London and back, he's paid London wages. Works midnight till about 06:00 and he's probably on about 30k + a year. Really not bad wages at all for the job, doesn't need to get out the truck as others load it up too. Fair play for it too as you guys are proper skilled drivers.

[@laciihasz4734]

I am a bus driver, local services only no coach work. Our hourly rate is £16/hr bit more on the weekends and overtime pay is £19.60 (that is for if u not finish on time, it does not apply for extra work u picked up) With the contracted 39hrs/week my hometake is around £500. I was thinking about going over to drive lorries but changed my mind after i learned how much hours they are away from home. U guys should make lot more for the time u spent away from home.

[@TomRelubbus]

I started driving long distance in 1972, driving a Thames Trader, that had a max speed of 44mph. No bunk, the cab didn't even have a heater, and I was doing 3 trips a week from Cornwall to London, plus Saturday morning servicing the lorry. I got the princely sum £20 per week for doing all that!

[@bikerfirefarter7280]

I left school with the 3rd highest grades that school/year, yet not a single qualification has been any use whatsoever. I worked several 'slave jobs', by the third one I thought, 'F this for a lark', woke up, threw the clock in the bin, and did my own thinking, took control. Never looked back, I've got everything I wanted, and more, I've no ambition to keep sticking 0's in a bank or other businesses accounts nor do I indulge in measuring dicks mentality. Ive not a single regret about it (other than I should have realised it while at 'school'). Any pay 'per hour' "job" is a choice unto slavery/trap. Your choice. Choose life. Peace.

[@RunLikeHell-h5k]

H G V are good people and should be paid well.

[@LeeMcL]

HGV's are trucks not people 😆 sorry I had to

[@leeoshaughnessy991]

I would hope you're on more now, I start to learn to drive a coach on Monday and my starting wage is 16.08£ per hour and after 6 weeks that will become 17.98, over 22£ for overtime. Crazy what goes into being a hgv driver that the wages are very low.

[@AshleyHaleUK]

Oh yes!

[@patmcg4755]

Thank you for being so open about this. I’m sure it will help a lot of people understand whether HGV is a good option for them.

[@jerrymiddleton5475]

Good honest video, i am currently an hgv 1 driver and we get £12.10 per hour,no different night rate, £10 max per day meal allowance,£6 per day loyalty bonus. 😢

[@8ballphil150]

Pre Brexit ,a class 1 job was terribly paid . About £11 to £12 per hour . Now my mate wont get out of bed unless he gets £20 per hour . He mostly only works weekends , but does do backup in the week if needed . Weekends he earns superb money . £30 to £40 per hour .

[@adx.200sx2]

Is your mate Jay Cartwright?

[@8ballphil150]

@@adx.200sx2 No . He lives in North Wales .

[@Odoacer433]

@@adx.200sx2and then he was all up in her muff hahahah

[@paultaylor7082]

Yes. all those EU drivers who went back home left a shortage of drivers, so the wages went up. Who'd have guessed? Unfortunately many former EU workers also went home and left the NHS, returning home, but the Government barely increased NHS workers' wages much, so we now have a shortage of over 150,000 NHS workers and a waiting list of 8 million appointments. Market forces will always get you in the end. With over 2.5 million people in the UK currently on long term Sickness Benefit and around 400,000 of that total suffering with long term Covid, it's easy to see why unempoyment is still relatively low in the UK, figures this week put it around 4.5%

[@oksdoksaodkad]

Sad thing about this is people working in HR are on similar wage yet will do literally 20x less work than you.

[@william_marshal]

So what you're saying is people in HR work only 3.5 hours per week ... do you know how stupid that sounds?

[@oksdoksaodkad]

@@william_marshal nah I'm saying they 'work' 40 hours a week but do 4 hours max. Source... My gf and sister are both in HR and WFH 3 days a week 'on call' whilst being paid £50k a year.

[@getouttamyrowboat5658]

​@@william_marshalHR only work when the company has messed up and they need to save their butts. My ex was in HR and constantly complained that she was bored at work because she had nothing to do. HR are there as a safety bet for managment and that's it.

[@wulfhere83]

As a payroll officer, I rely on HR, without them I wouldn't be able to pay you all properly 😊

[@adamw7340]

​@@oksdoksaodkad suppose it begs the question, why don't you do it then if it's good money and you get to do FA at home 3 days a week?

[@kenniejp23]

Love the honesty. The older I get the more important the answer to the question "are you happy" is rather than "how much do you earn".

[@williambeard5526]

To share the honesty and to answer your question. I worked at Shell on Bitumen, around 1k a week basic. May have been upto 1.6k if I pushed. I hated it in the end. Left and got a job on a 12tonner driving around the Yorkshire dales all day. 25k basic, probably earned 32k with OT. Couldn't have been happier. So no money isn't everything.

[@ethanblanch-x7d]

​@@williambeard5526nah it really isn't bro it just makes situations easier witch isn't always a positive.i found out the opposite way though ahah 3 years ago probs use to earn 450 a week at most now I can easily earn double that but I hate its boring.

[@laurencechrisp1368]

I hate the job. I’ve been on car transporters for 10 years now, supposedly the most technical/skilled job in the industry but the wages do not show that. Barely scrape just over 50k for being away all year round in a crunched down cab. I will have my mortgage paid off in 4 years before the age of 40 then after that’s done I’m finished with the industry. I would not advise any younger person to come into this game, it’s a grim lifestyle and can be very bad for your mental wellbeing.

[@Lov3toPlay]

Hey Ashely, first time on your channel. Really great video, thank you! You explain everything and it really then makes sense of what is possible. This is a hard job - no joke about it. Sending you much respect! You are a real man providing for your family. One love from Dorset x nik

[@bazw199]

Good to see other reviews. Appreciate your honesty there. I work in chill for one of the big supermarket chains. Basic 45 hours is £42000 for our day guys. I'm nights my basic is 48000 for 45 hours, but easily done 60 hours p/w which can earn me £65000 with ot rate

[@AshleyHaleUK]

@@bazw199 put in the overtime which isn't actually that much extra per day and the benefits can be good 👍

[@robert100xx]

Achieving THAT job that pays THAT money is difficult. There are very many companies that pay poor wages and demand long hours. One company I worked for as a night trunker didn't pay a night rate and expected you to exceed the nightshift limit (10 hrs per shift) because I refused they tried to discipline me with trumped up charges. To my shame I pulled a sickie(first time in 35 years) got another job, and left without offering notice. I then went to work for a German supermarket company to find the pay a bit better but the hours very long and I had to load and unload my own trailer for three loads a day, occasionally two.. When you attended the shops the state of the storage was crowded and cluttered so I had to sort out their mess before I could tip. When I brought the condition of the store to the managers attention I was reported for being unwilling. I got out.

[@conorturton]

That's not a lot of money in transport. It might have been when we were in the EU but not since we left.

[@anthonyjeffrey9942]

It's 10hrs work on a nightshift.. can still do a 15hr shift but can only do 10hrs work within it.

[@Lightskinakhi]

I’ve been driving class 2 since may 2018 and class 1 since 2021 they take more than they give and expect you to be happy with it. We take on all the responsibilities and stress of delivering, other drivers, responsibility of the truck etc spend time away from our families for an amount of money that doesn’t fill in that gap. I regret becoming a Hgv driver if I’d have known if have got trained in another skill set that I could eventually go out and monetise on my own terms.

[@donnietobasco9791]

NEVER be ashamed of the tactical "sickie".....especially if you've always had excellent repute in that department. The tactical "sickie" is one of the few leverages that wage-earners of good character can resort to.... if ever their employer begins to take them for granted and thinks they can treat them like sh*t. If you're good at what you do, and you KNOW IT, never allow a company to try and devalue your role courtesy of the: "If YOU won't tolerate this sh*tty treatment, there's PLENTY out there who will..." (Type Claim) Because the truth is....there AREN'T plenty of people who will tolerate it, and these type of company's staff retention figures usually suggest that there's some huge arsehole sitting behind a desk somewhere, who is trying to run the company with an "exploitative" mind-set towards all those who are actually doing the REAL work. The tactical "sickie" is one of the few ways that you can put a dent in that huge arsehole's "master-plan." Ideally, there'll be somebody ABOVE that huge arsehole who can "read-between-the-lines" and may start asking that huge arsehole some probing questions in order to get to the truth. Especially if the company is struggling to retain key members of staff. But either way.....that's THEIR problem. As you're enjoying some much-needed "respite" for yourself, AWAY from that huge arsehole, you can start to look at companies who may actually be worthy of your skills and talents.

[@WTBMrGrey]

My take home pay is 2800 a month, average 40 hours a week mon-fri, no nights out. Mainly trunking. Bed shop in Huntingdon

[@Ruffbiker68]

Honestly bud I earned that in a week that's on top of my shit daily wage

[@matthewshepherd5390]

​​@@Ruffbiker68 UK? You earn £140k as an HGV driver?. I'm calling bs on that one

[@raybans8712]

@@Ruffbiker68video and payslip?!

[@matthewshepherd5390]

@@raybans8712 he won't be able to cause he's playing Billy big-bollocks for an ego trip even though it's a lie

[@Ruffbiker68]

@@matthewshepherd5390 have you never heard of fly tipping or selling ballast conc tarmac breakout 15 years ago so don't call me a bullshiter

[@Nobbysuper7]

Good On you! Truck drivers do a important job and need to be paid more than this amount for the hours they do.

[@chris881989]

Thanks for being open and honest with your pay. It really helps with the new starters like myself before putting myself through the licence just what you can earn as a driver. I think it's a great wage and would be more than happy with that.

[@AshleyHaleUK]

Depending on how hard the job is I think so too. I didn't exactly do a lot of work compared to when I worked in retail.

[@kezplant80]

Trust me the wage now is pathetic to what we had 25 years ago all the time and a half and double time is gone now ... 70 hours and away from home all week ....it's a family wrecking job! It's borderline minimum wage!

[@scalezi]

@@kezplant80 Absolutely right Kez, HGV driving is not worth the hassle and the hours you have to work.

[@AshleyHaleUK]

I wouldn't go back to working in retail for double my salary I get in my new job. Not with the hassle that's for sure

[@william_marshal]

The wage is based on wrong data. You are not allowed to drive 58 hours per week under tachograph rules so in reality it is basically the minimum wage.

[@oddities-whatnot]

Thats why I got out of the transport industry after twenty years. Nights out in the week, never knowing when you will get home, 12-15 hours days, no home life whatsoever. You can make good money but the fact you only get that if you do a lot of hours is wrong. I knew a courier last year that bragged about how much overtime he was doing, working 6-7 days every week. If people cant make a decent living from a 40 hour week then they are in the wrong job. Im retraining to get a much higher hourly rate of pay. Thats the key.

[@AshleyHaleUK]

@@oddities-whatnot i can, I just like more money! 🤗

[@oddities-whatnot]

@@AshleyHaleUKthats fair enough but I don’t want long hours anymore. I have a home life now.

[@gb5584]

I'm self employed and I could take it east, bur I work from early until late, and usually 6 days a week. I like the money.

[@bikerfirefarter7280]

That's just another key to lock yourself in with. Think about it. Don't just react, think. Peace.

[@danieldrew2631]

It seems like more money than the pish I was earning as class 1/C+E truck driver (up until 2018), but the bills on Piss-take Island have gone up since 2018, as well.

[@oddities-whatnot]

@@danieldrew2631 “piss take island” 🤣

[@Intheshadows70]

I've never come across this channel before and was always curious. I've got to honestly say for 45 hours and out all week not seeing the family and basically being on your own, I find the wages horrendous. I'm not sure why anyone would do that for such a poor wage..... Every day is a learning day, great honesty so kudos brother 👏 🙌

[@wheelyliving4093]

The grief of driving an artic on the UK's crowded roads must be hell, and all the time away from your family. Thank goodness there are guys and gals up for it, otherwise the UK would grind to a halt. Thanks for the insight. Best wishes Ashley from Wheely Living...on the road, somewhere in eastern Europe... :)

[@Gabriel-qh5yv]

I appreciate the honesty , you deserve the best for sharing to us a good info , 👍God bless

[@potatospade1217]

Fascinating, thank you for sharing! Very interesting to see how pay compares across different professions. The most experienced teachers in the uk earn £46,525 a year (outside school of London), with most on less than £41k. They have a good pension and holidays, but during term time can easily work a 60+ hour week. Are there many ex-teachers in your profession. Asking for a friend! 😉

[@marktaylor9678]

most teachers I see or know work in the pubs drinking

[@DieselDSM69]

I'm just going back to the job after 5 years away from it. Some think I'm mad, but I enjoy driving trucks. I've just updated my ADR and CPC so hopefully I get a decent job. Thanks for the pay info, that answered lots of questions for me.

[@oddities-whatnot]

@@DieselDSM69 my CPC ran out but I got my ADR and renewed my digicard last year. I was going to renew my CPC but the problem is I got tired of the industry, too many hours and sick of sitting in traffic. 20 years of it, decided at Christmas id had enough.

[@DieselDSM69]

@@oddities-whatnot I've been away from driving class 1 for 5 years up to now, but thankfully, when I go back to it, I no longer have a wife that spends all my money lol. So hopefully, I'll earn some decent cash. Being away all week probably did contribute to the end of my marriage, but now the witch is gone so I'll happily stay out all week, with no stress from the bint at home. 😀

[@webpigjohn4959]

Defect books 📚 Yes we have all filled them in like we are told to.. But in all the years I had to use them I never signed a single page.. I was told straight up by VOSA agent you sign to say the truck is roadworthy and the second you place a signature on that sheet you have taken all responsible off the operator so something small wrong with that truck and you get involved in a crash its on your head. I filled them out but never signed them.

[@borderlord]

HGV drivers earn every penny!Especially in the UK and Europe where city streets are so comparatively small and not built for huge trucks! I worked for 20 years as a furniture porter ,we just used small Luton vans and that was bad enough in London,and with 2 guys . You guys wirk mainly on your own and if thibgs go awry you have to sort it alone,which always impressed me. If it was up to me you'd earn twice that payslip! But if you're looking for pastures new I've read of American long distance truckers ,Convoy style earning $250K a year! Keep on truckin!🍻

[@williamfence566]

I work evening / nights 8-9 hours per shift 5 shifts per week . ( less idiots on the road ). Class 2 cage work 2 runs per shift. £18.84 per hour which is a lot more than a lot of the class 1 work out there. max 45 hours per week, own bed every day and every afternoon off. plus weekends. Also get paid to listen to the football / podcast. Nowhere near the most I've earned but Best life balance I've had.

[@jayk2877]

Fucken easy as mate. What company u working for if u don’t mind me asking?

[@williamfence566]

@@jayk2877 unipart. Via an agency.

[@Jimages_uk]

Having been a driver since the mid 70s until I gave up and took an office job in 2010, the earnings appear to still be lagging behind the equivalent for when I started out, but it isn't terrible money. The reason I drove and kept at it, was because I could always work extra and increase my take home to meat my needs. For the hours worked, it was never great, but without other qualifications, you would be hard pressed to get the sort of money driver can earn if they are willing to put in the hours. It paid for my house by the time I was 40, and allowed me to safe for a reasonable pension. Happy days. I miss the tramping sometimes, especially in the winter when I was alway up and down to the Costas. But don't miss the job over all. My advice to all drivers, is get what you need out of it, (be that paying off your house, boat, holiday home or bike collection) and then find a job where you are better appreciated.

[@J.T.33]

Man thats scandalous 😢 good for you for exposing the industry.

[@Plantybaggie]

@jt677 it's not the whole industry. I'm on a lot more per hour than that and do fewer hours. It all depends on who you work for and where you are based in the country. In the Midlands, there are more companies. Hence, more competition for drivers means higher rates. General haulage is nearly always the lowest paid as they have more overheads.

[@donlogan428]

There's nothing wrong with this pay . We drive trucks , we aren't brain surgeons 😂

[@J.T.33]

@donlogan428 As long as you're happy, that's all that matters 😅

[@donlogan428]

@@J.T.33 I'm comfortable with what I earn. I accepted long ago that I'll never be rich and as long as I can pay the bills, put clean clothes on my kids backs , good food on the table , have a couple of holidays a year and make my family happy , that's good enough for me . I don't mind going to work because the firm I work for is good , and that's the most important thing.

Thanks for your honesty. Working people'ss wages have not risen in line with infalation for years, while shareholders and board members are seeing record dividends and bonuses, for doing basically nothing. The gutter press will attack different types of working people all the time (Ambulance Drivers, Nurses, Train drivers, HGV Drivers. postal workers, delivery drivers, - just about all off them have had it in the neck from them at one point in the last twenty or thirty years), with wild claims that they are earning millionaire lifestyles. It's way to keep real wages down, on behalf of large employers, who are in the same class as the newspaper owners. Covid should have taught us who the key workers are, and that they are paid way less then 90% of people with (quitre frankly) bullshit jobs, and they were required to risk their health to keep things going, while TV executives and the like stayed at home and baked banan bread - almost like a War effort. Then within a few weeks of going back, we were back to ignoring, and hiring and firing them, while many of the people who were not remotely missed during lockdown (mostly layers and layers of management that had no point when people were working from home), went back to work, and re-asserted their fake value. All workers have seen wages go down in real terms over the last couple of decades, unions are being disparaged and broken up. I honestly think that the people running the haulage companies are just biding their time until they can have AI driving their trucks.

[@truckingwithMarkS]

Not sure if you know but if work provide a uniform of any description for you to wear…then you can ask hmrc to adjust your tax code to take cleaning into account. It’s worth £200 extra a year…and if you’ve not claimed it before then ask for it to be backdated.

[@AshleyHaleUK]

I did know that, I should get it changed over, there is more that we can claim than most people do

[@paul-ie6wi]

@@truckingwithMarkS very true Mark ! Me and my pals at work all done this few years back via a third party who took a percentage, was still worth it though, as you stated we all got it backdated and got over a grand! Then we done it the next year and the next but then the shit hit the fan with all kind of problems with hmrc saying I hadn’t returned my tax returns even though I was paye, took lots of phone calls to sort it and never bothered claiming again, maybe if I done it directly with hmrc things might have been different .

[@johncollins-rh2cj]

For your info the 200 is for pilot nurses get 80 and others 60 go to gov .UK if you think your entitled to anything By the way you get standard rate tax on that 60 quid so a quid a month's in your pocket

[@paul-ie6wi]

@MsWagons mine wasn't as bad as that ....I never owed nothing back but sometime things too good to be true !

[@ORIGINOLINDIVIDUAL]

I did this years ago. i was told buy a friend HMRC gives you £100. I got £100 a year off my tax 😐

[@Carlnewman68]

Perhaps Dr making that statement of £100,000 student debt should’ve spent every night in town getting drunk and making a complete full of themselves don’t say you don’t because I see it every night of the week at 3 o’clock in the morning truck driver is actually doing an honest days work for days pay good for him proud of you mate you keep trucking. Keep all the country in all the stuff and products we need. Proud of you driver , I’m a PCV driver putting up with drunks terrible shifts back to back hours it’s a hard life in the commercial driving world. Perhaps she was a doctor. Should come and try this one.

[@fraserp2377]

Maybe you shouldn't make life about a race to the bottom.

[@rob8493]

I imagine he is not a doctor at all. Profile picture with his top off. Yeah very professional. Plus with 9 years experience he would be on a fairly ok salary and anyone who gets 100k in debt is a fool.

[@Google_Does_Evil_Now]

​@@rob8493NHS doctors are classed as "junior" for the first 10 years. Tories cut most wages, increased property prices, 30,000 - 50,000 for 3 years uni, that's why doctors are on strike. Everyone is paying way more to the rich. That's why the rich have had their fastest increase in wealth, ever. The last 5 years has been amazing for the rich. Because they've taken so much from us.

[@stigstig9275]

So true ​@@fraserp2377

[@robertely686]

All those students had to pay £50,000 more for their degree than your generation. They're not in debt because they spend £50 a week on booze, they're in debt because your generation didn't hand down all the benefits that they had.

[@advancedwindowandguttercle685]

I'm class 2 bin wagon driver, I've never seen the point in getting my class 1. I'm £17.75 a hour for 40hrs a week, but with job and finish so actually 30-32hrs. With a weight bonus of 26t, (which is 2ton into a 3rd load) we get 3hrs overtime at time and a half. Usually 3 days a week and still done for 1230. Plus 5 times pay on a bank holiday, double for Saturday and 4 times pay on a Sunday (Usually over Christmas) I'm quite a lucky one. Not boasting, just putting across the point of not doing class 1. That was £45k for a 6 hr day upto April 24

[@AshleyHaleUK]

Sounds good to me! 👍

[@PaulBlackwell-d6l]

May I ask what company please....in a roundabout fashion...

[@advancedwindowandguttercle685]

@@PaulBlackwell-d6l begins with B

[@gavinstrachan1373]

You know what time you finish and hours per day you do great thanks for sharing your routine

[@nks80]

Veolia by any chance?

[@Slider5320]

I used to do HGV driving. 7.00am-4.00pm Monday to Friday for a builders merchants. £23,000 a year back in 2021 when I left.

[@deano9898]

Im a uk tramper for 1 of the largest companies in the uk i wont name them. No overtime rate just flat all the way, just over £26 a night out 4 times a week, parking is paid on snap more often than not, no meal allowance, but im left alone to do the job. I take home on average about 820-850 and 900 in and around the christmas period. Thats very good money but considering i dont get an overtime rate it could be even higher still. I love the job and enjoy driving and would 100% recommend it as a job. Dont watch your videos normally but this one was a good watch after it came up on my feed

[@spicekid2582]

How many hours a week?

[@MC-gp1zg]

@@spicekid2582 got to be 65 plus. The hourly rate for drivers is normally crap. Some companies only pay bearly minimum wage but get round it by offering fuel bonus ect

[@deano9898]

@spicekid2582 on average 60-65 no deductions on breaks so paid from start to finish. 70 hours a week or sometimes more around Xmas as it's busy obviously. I'll hang the job out to get few extra hours each week, I don't rush around being paid by the hour

[@Nickbaldeagle02]

Hmm. Largest eh? XPO?

[@deano9898]

@Nickbaldeagle02 one of I said lol. And no. One of the biggest in Europe, massive on the continent as well.

[@SuperBC10]

In 1989 I used to work for a local delivery company, not hgv but the big transits less than 7.5 ton, delivering Christmas decorations right across the country. Usually started at 4 am and after doing about 3 drops, for example a B&Q in Wolverhampton, a factory up in Preston then another B&Q in Liverpool on the way back. I'd get home about 10 at night. £15 a day plus £2 meal allowance.

[@Ricardo-i3s7f]

I got my first part time job in 1988 at Texas Homecare. I was 15 & on £1.88 per hour but just happy to be earning 😊

[@william_marshal]

They saw you coming. companies who pay peanuts only employ monkeys.

[@AshleyHaleUK]

ooh ooh ah ahh 🙈🙉🙊

[@shaneweightman]

Thanks for your honesty buddy , I’m 60 and have worked all my life , started on my 16th birthday, 80 hrs a week , 30 travelling , sat and sun morn , I’ve not worked for 15 months , now on the sick , 130 quid a week , 2 heart attacks 7 yrs ago , now bad feet , and a few things wrong with me , so a benefit scrounger , the best times were the 80s for wages , I got 260 take home , but stuff was much cheaper then , stay safe cheers shane uk

[@oddities-whatnot]

@@shaneweightman sorry to hear about your health problems. A lot of people take their health for granted but nobody knows whats round the corner. I cant work in the same industry anymore for health reasons. Im in my 50s, having to retrain for something more manageable. Crap really.

[@anthonydevono8833]

I only drive a 3.5T van I think it’s really good that you to break down the whole aspect of a HGV Job,one of the young lads who I worked with left to go to a company who were going to pay for his training etc to drive a lorry for them in the future while driving vans to start with Thanks for breaking it all down

[@richardabley7178]

I’m a Royal Mail class 1 23 hr for 48!hr 4 on off u can work extra days works out 275 a day 4 days is enough as I’m mortgage free job gives a good work life balance

[@thestuff1014]

I am a bus driver. My last payslip: basic 36,9 -18,12+Overtime 27,86-22,65,Total 1289.54.After deductions 947.32. Last year i had little over 50k.

[@stephenleslie2037]

And home every night .decent 😅

[@normanpearson8753]

If it were oop North , it's a generous salary .South...still pretty good.

[@thestuff1014]

@@normanpearson8753 Birmingham.

[@martyndavid2094]

Self employed plumber and heating engineer here , 45 years in the industry 300 pounds per day here in sunny Lincolnshire, set off to the job and that job can be 1 mile away or 50 miles away at approximately 7.30 am and get back in at 5 pm ish This is labour only and if you are lucky you can have 7 days a week or if it’s slow 3 or 4 days a weeks, you pay your fuel and van running costs/ phone etc but as a general rule for a 5 day week your going to take home a grand , it’s hard graft and mucky but

[@AdrianMcDaid]

Thanks for being open and honest and giving insight.

[@adamwells515]

That’s about the going rate. Anything under £750 pw for tramping I wouldn’t touch. However, new pass take the £650 pw tramping job and learn your trade for a year. Then go to a decent company with your experience and earn good money.

[@nevillewalker6299]

Seeing the expertise of you big truck drivers every day then personally I think you are all underpaid. We rely on you guys ro fill our supermarket shops etc etc day in day our. Good report .

[@MrFuzzwuzzle]

That performance bonus is awesome we had something sinilar in you got a flat £50 a month but forget a customer signiture or forgot to put the serial number in a ticket you lost £3 or so great system that A kept the paperwork in order and B was paid as a lump sum at Christmas so the better you did the better your bonus

[@bartram33]

My wife and me are both 73 and retired. Between us we worked 96 years, she worked 46 years, 34 of them part time and I worked 50 years. We both made sure we had good pensions over our working lives. Our combined state and private pensions come to £720 per week net with no mortgage and no debt other than the usual living expenses. Don’t know what anyone else thinks but we consider ourselves comfortable and just glad we’re off the treadmill.

[@AshleyHaleUK]

You've worked hard, enjoy! 🤗🫡

[@paul-ie6wi]

I think that’s brilliant! Well done to both of u 😊. When I was 16 I started my first job in London and my dad advised me “to get in the pension” …..I never did ! Regret it to this day 😢.

[@OMT988]

Now that is good to hear. I personally think im in a really good place, but I'd be interested to hear any tips or things you found unexpected? for example, did you have an amount you thought you'd need before retiring? and if so, how did you get to that amount? lastly, was the amount you planned realistic and you've found since retiring you'd need more or less? hope I dont sound like im prying I just think speaking to some one thats been through it is ideal rather than guessing. Lastly, I am 44 and hopefully I can retire at 50, I'd happily share my plan of how and why if its of interest.

[@richardnewton638]

And now the government are taking about taxing pensions and savings.

[@bartram33]

@@paul-ie6wi We always made sure that we joined an employer’s pension scheme as soon as we qualified, plus I had an independent pension. We worked on the premise that while we worked we would pay the most that we could afford into pensions and still have a good quality of life. You soon adjust to missing the available cash that goes into pensions. The lump sums that we received from our various pensions when we retired paid off any loans etc and the rest we still have in savings ( recommend doing this for peace of mind, just forget it’s there) Lastly, while we were both working we doubled up on our mortgage payments so that we were mortgage free before we retired, that was something that we considered vital. We haven’t bothered with investing, risk free or otherwise because the interest is pitiful. Good luck to you if you can retire at 50, I retired on the dot at 65, some of my colleagues had to work past retirement age because they quite simply couldn’t afford to retire. Best wishes,

[@anthesketh6377]

I passed my hgv class 1 a few months ago. I got a job on containers. I do Monday to Friday average 10 hours a day and I pick up 600-650 a week take home pay I think it’s amazing considering my previous job was 350 take home.

[@AshleyHaleUK]

Exactly it's all about perspective.

[@truthoutmedia]

Baaaa

[@andreasjacovides4800]

Wish you all the best

[@Superutubeking]

If you enjoy your job and the lifestyle of driving , have lots of friends and fun in the job then that’s great

[@alanmacmillan6957]

I'm in a different industry. telecoms and IT; it's very much a perspective thing. some people would think that's a lot - others wouldn't do it. I think it boils down to how much inconvenience you want to put your mind and body through. unsociable hours, traffic jams, missing family etc - is it worth a couple of quid - or would you rather be at home. if you are home more - you'll make less dough. I think you've been more than transparent Ashley and it's appreciated. I'm guessing on weeks where you're on holiday some of those extra bonus line items wouldn't be on that payslip so I guess thats got to be factored in.

[@Manc-fh5we]

I know a bus driver who is employed by a Manchester bus company. He gets seconded to Oldham, where he actually lives and knows all the routes like the back of his hand. He’s pulling in 4K a month without breaking a sweat.

[@william_marshal]

Bullshite, if he's earning 4k/month then he's breaking the law on his driving hours !!!

[@bodazephyr6629]

​@@william_marshalit's about right: 5 days at 10 hours each, plus 1 bonus hour a day for secondment, plus weekend rate. 55 hour week, about £17 an hour, It's about 4k a month, more if they work overtime on rest days.

[@Nickbaldeagle02]

​@@william_marshalStagecoach and Diamond are paying £16 an hour basic and £18 an hour Sundays. I was offered an agency job for Warrington Bus on £21 an hour. With this Bee Network franchising going on, bus wages in Manchester are expected to increase again soon. I'd recommend it.

[@madb132]

@@bodazephyr6629 YOU CAN'T WORK! on your rest days. UK laws for HGV 9 hour a day driving in total 3 times and 2 ten hour days total but hours are rolling for 2 weeks and must not add to more than 90 hours per 14 days. must have at least 36 hours break between working weeks That does mean no moonlighting on your break days. you can be in the cab for upto 15 hours per day / other work.

[@jordanielridgway-bent]

@@william_marshal Not really. These days many driving jobs are not paid on the tacho hours (unless you are driving as a poorer paid European driver working for companies that don't pay unless the wheels are turning). I'm paid from start of shift to end of shift, irrespective of break times (and they can mount up depending upon work load) and basic is just as @Manc-fh5we states. My shifts are 12 hrs. a night & average WTD over a 17 week reference period is at the moment about 38 hrs, taken from tacho entries. So actually driving hours are a lot less than that. No legitimate company complying with the regulations is going to risk being called up by the Traffic Commissioner to explain why their drivers exceed driving hours.

[@wii7876]

Money earned divide by hours worked is fair way to judge it, lots of hours and time away from home by looks of it

[@philcalvert2427]

Thanks for your honesty.

[@AshleyHaleUK]

No worries!

[@madeljacky]

Excellent video showing what you can earn, i know a lot of drivers are not as fortunate as you. I wish I could earn £783 from 3 months work 7 days a week and 16 hour days.

[@juleswombat5309]

Well done good job. We need to ensure working conditions are at least as good as those they enjoy on the continent. Especially with idiots like me on the road.

[@williamrae9954]

£108/shift, and a day can last 16hrs...remember that when a teacher is whining for more pay,on P/T hrs...and stuck in a Spanish layby for 45hrs,and not getting anything to guard the truck and the load(alcohol)! I'm done with it!

[@davepfizer]

I am a self employed electronics repair engineer and on a good day I might get £5 an hour for some few jobs but for a 12-14 hour day repairing mostly crap I get around 20p an hour. I work 7 days a week for the tasks I need to complete. No wonder there are so few of me around.

[@peterburnett1661]

Really?

[@frankieRandle8779]

Time to take your HGV, I believe it costs about £3000

[@Zpeter84.]

20p a hour that weed is good

[@william_marshal]

You must be the village idiot, the minimum wage today is £11.44/hour and as somebody self employed you are not entitled to holiday pay, sick pay or dole !!!

[@KevinRiley-s8z]

I am also an electronics engineer. I went back to my trade and started a business 9 years ago because I was sick of working for bastards in the UK. I average a 60 hour week. Best thing is not having a boss, worst thing is dealing with the 1 percent of public that are bastards. Another 24 months and I can afford to work a 4 day week. I make no apology for the revenue I can make on my skills. Its highly specialized, can be dangerous, and I invested 6 years of formal study to get these skills. Not getting rich, but have enough to survive. I love the fact people with my skills are rare, and getting rarer. When I do stop working my skills will be lost, this is because Starmer and his labour cronies thinks I can afford to risk everything and train an apprentice, then have that apprentice sue me for unfair dismissal. So labour and Starmer can foxtrot oscar! Also I am watching thousands of grubs arrive on boats from dirt bowls across the planet. They instantly get accommodation, food, and ,money. They even moan about being on a barge that I would love to have a flat on, so I think Foxtrot Oscar Starmer & labour, you are not getting a single penny from me to waste on them. Being self employed allows me to shelter every penny legally. Pay your self first, deduct business expenses, pay your pension, then pay tax on what's left! Viva the self employed!

[@johngrant5448]

I can't for the life of me understand why people are still working. I was 14 when I left school and the parental home. My first job was 90 hours of highly skilled and very hard labour for £5.8/- a week. The most I ever earned in my entire working life was eight grand gross, in a very responsible and dangerous job, working 52 different shifts around the clock. If I had my lifetime over again, I wouldn't do a stroke. All I've ever achieved is making idle bastards rich beyond the dreams of avarice.

[@waynemongo]

90 hours a week doing what?

[@hellious7670]

Because living off benefits rots your soul. You get no self-esteem, you're useful to nobody so you have no significance to the world (unless you volunteer or care for someone), no money to do anything with, and no social life or hobbies, it's a train wreck. I've tried it. I am a better man when I work and a more miserable man when I don't. I get people have different values but no it doesn't end well for you living off the state. Sometimes you have to and I get that, but picking it by choice, no thanks.

[@sobek]

@@ChrisPatrick-q6k highly skilled labour at 14 years old? yeh..smells like bs

[@XxxXxx-fo1zi]

@@sobek selling coke :D

[@pootlingalong8928]

Respect to all the lorry drivers out there. I’m a single female and have done secretarial shorthand and typing most of my working life. I managed to pay off my mortgage in my mid 50s and have everything I need except pots of money in the bank. You cut your coat to suit your cloth. Wish I’d gone lorry driving, I’d probably have a larger house! 😬😁👍🏻