Why does no one want to work?

[Tyre Smoke]

Okay, here's the thing. I have a vacancy for a taxi driver. Mix of days evenings weekends 5 days out of 7, 4 weeks paid holiday and a take home pay of £300 for about 45 hours. I will even pay the circa £200 for the taxi badge for the right person. I have had this vacancy for about 3 months and how many applicants? 4. All of them no hopers.

Where has this country's work ethic gone? It's easy money for driving a car about in Devon.

I despair at the state of this country. Bring back Maggie.

[Eric Mc]

Em, maybe the intelligent, motivated types aren't interested in driving jobs - and are already employed.

[Tyre Smoke]

True, but I'm not looking for a brain surgeon. It's far better money for the hours than anything else around here.

[richinleeds]

£300 for 45 hrs work i ain't surprised you've only had 4 applicants thats £6.66666666666666666ph!!

[B19GRR]

'Cos £6.66ph is God awful money for dealing with the absolute scum that taxi drivers have to deal with day in day out.

Is that about average for taxi drivers? I take it they get to keep any tips?

Cheers,
Rob

Edited by B19GRR on Sunday 7th September 22:06

[andrew_huxtable]

Hi, i really am trying not to sound cheeky, but you are offering what works out to be a hourly rate of £6.66, for evenings and weekends, for me that isnt enough to make me give up my weekends and a few evenings during the week. Also for that rate having to deal with drunk aholes on a friday and saturday night just doesnt make it worthwhile.

[Tyre Smoke]

richinleeds said:

£300 for 45 hrs work i ain't surprised you've only had 4 applicants thats £6.66666666666666666ph!!

After tax and NI has been deducted!

[MitchT]

Tyre Smoke said:

Where has this country's work ethic gone?

Same way that the pay ethic went. Seen what it costs to buy a one-bed flat these days?

[o.versteer]

Tyre Smoke said:

richinleeds said:

£300 for 45 hrs work i ain't surprised you've only had 4 applicants thats £6.66666666666666666ph!!

After tax and NI has been deducted!

Quite, so it's not as bad as it sounds, BUT it's still only around £10/hour, for working odd hours and putting up with all sorts of aholes. I know, I've done it in my misguided youth

If I was looking for a job that paid around that i'd frankly rather stack shelves in Tesco. At least the aholes would be largely sober.

[Fittster]

The reason you can't get staff is because the wage isn't large enough.

[anonymous-user]

Sorry really amateur question here (I know nothing about the cab trade), but do you provide the car? Personally I wouldn't turn my nose up at a job like that for the money (I enjoy driving anyway), but I couldn't be dealing with some drunk throwing up all over my seats.

[Tyre Smoke]

Okay, I'll clarify. It's after deductions. You keep all your tips which average £30 a week. You don't work every evening or every weekend. We don't do pissed up tts. You get a fully expensed mobile phone and drive around in a less than 3 year old car which is also fully expensed.

[69 coupe]

What about all the Polish!
I thought they would do all the stuff the English won't.

[OllieC]

o.versteer said:

Tyre Smoke said:

richinleeds said:

£300 for 45 hrs work i ain't surprised you've only had 4 applicants thats £6.66666666666666666ph!!

After tax and NI has been deducted!

Quite, so it's not as bad as it sounds, BUT it's still only around £10/hour, for working odd hours and putting up with all sorts of aholes. I know, I've done it in my misguided youth

If I was looking for a job that paid around that i'd frankly rather stack shelves in Tesco. At least the aholes would be largely sober.

youd be lucky to get £6.60 before tax working at a supermarket

[Geronimo]

Maybe it's because all the people who want to drive all day are doing it as truckers on £35k plus a year

[Tyre Smoke]

Around here min wage is paid everywhere. This is Devon, not some metropolis

Securicor cash guards only get £10.xx an hour and work all sorts of weird hours and have the risk of a bang on the head every day from a scrote after the money.

[o.versteer]

OllieC said:

o.versteer said:

Tyre Smoke said:

richinleeds said:

£300 for 45 hrs work i ain't surprised you've only had 4 applicants thats £6.66666666666666666ph!!

After tax and NI has been deducted!

Quite, so it's not as bad as it sounds, BUT it's still only around £10/hour, for working odd hours and putting up with all sorts of aholes. I know, I've done it in my misguided youth

If I was looking for a job that paid around that i'd frankly rather stack shelves in Tesco. At least the aholes would be largely sober.

youd be lucky to get £6.60 before tax working at a supermarket

Fair enough, you're probablt right. I'd still rather do that than driving drunk people around Devon.

[Brown and Boris]

Tyre Smoke said:

Okay, I'll clarify. It's after deductions. You keep all your tips which average £30 a week. You don't work every evening or every weekend. We don't do pissed up tts. You get a fully expensed mobile phone and drive around in a less than 3 year old car which is also fully expensed.

Must be miserable gits near you. I wouldn't embarrass a driver or myself with less than £1 as a tip.

[Fittster]

The job market is distorted by the welfare state however all employers face the same issue. To attract people you need to offer a better package than they can get elsewhere.

[V8mate]

Brown and Boris said:

Tyre Smoke said:

Okay, I'll clarify. It's after deductions. You keep all your tips which average £30 a week. You don't work every evening or every weekend. We don't do pissed up tts. You get a fully expensed mobile phone and drive around in a less than 3 year old car which is also fully expensed.

Must be miserable gits near you. I wouldn't embarrass a driver or myself with less than £1 as a tip.

I thought that - I'd expect £30 a day in tips