(10 Oct 2023, 12:43 pm)Driver9*** wrote To get this "£650 a week after tax" you refer to, you'd need to be making £850 a week before any offtakes, which if earning the current GNE top rate of £12.83/hr would mean working a 66 hour week. Let's be generous and say 6 hrs of that is paid breaktime, 60 hours driving each week is totally unsustainable long term for anyone who wants any sort of a life.
You’re forgetting that:
a) overtime is paid at a higher rate - currently over £15/hr on weekends at some locations, so you can’t just use £12.83/hr
b) drivers can do part of a shift (called ‘half shifts’) at GNE, where even an under an hour’s worth of driving is paid at 3hrs.
c) some drivers work at alternative depots and receive a 1-1.5hr travel time payment, as it is not their home depot.
d) depending on coverage, some split shift drivers (paid at 7hrs 48 daily) with far less driving are sometimes paid through, in order to aid coverage.
e) shorter duties are paid out at a minimum of 7hrs. It is not unheard of for drivers to do a special event (with minimal driving time) before or after their main duty, to increase their earnings.
I understand ‘half shifts’ are quite a unique thing to GNE.
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