mickfly

Not BS as far as H&R are concerned (plenty of moans on facebook). Still not paying layover for long waits, still not paying layover for breakdowns, still forcing drivers to re-set their hours when not legally required and certainly not requested by the driver only 3 hours from home, etc etc.
I thought maybe my own public bitching may have improved the lot of drivers who followed me, due to the embarrasment of the unpalatable facts I wrote about them, but no, zilch, zero, nada, they still treat people like shit, just don't get a mortgage and thing that PR is a given, becauseI it isn't, and your new life in Canada may turn into a nightmare.

I know plenty of folks who went to Canada, not as truck drivers, and they were treated completely differently as regards working practices and earnings, but the drivers put up with it out of desperation, and even the ones who have been successful must admit that they would not have accepted the crap if they thought they couldn't stay there in the end.

Gremmie

Again the ramblings of some one who staid 6 months here then buggered orf. Plenty of moans on Facebook, well ive seen plenty of H&R families on FB and none were moaninig.
And as to thinking your own crusade aganst H&R would have any effect, just goes to prove that people have seen you and your hate campaigne
for what they are, the moan's of a bitter and twisted fool that cant stand the fact that he screwed up with H&R. As you admited to me on FB all you had to do was keep ya mouth shut for a few monthes and you and ya misses could be living here where you had both dreamed of.

flat to the mat

Talking drivel again BT.
Took me 17 months for P.R.,worked 10 and 4 or 6 and 2 so good home time for a highway driver,always got layover pay on the few occasions ,37c a mile in 2006,condo cab Volvo VN with TV/DVD,fridge freezer and microwave included,never kissed arse just got on with the job I was paid to do,and visited some great places whilst be paid to do so.
Life is what you make.

mickfly

The ones who are moaning do not have you or Lyndon as friends because they know you are not trustworthy (so you can't read their walls), and as much as they hate the company, they can't afford to lose their jobs.
Not bitter or twisted, just disappointed that this still goes on.
You may think it's ok to treat people like dirt, knowing they are afraid to talk back, I don't.
Yes I could have kept shtum and worked for free, and we would still be there with H&R, but I thought I made it clear.... I don't work for free!

mickfly

He would be 100% accurate if he were talking about H&R.

Gremmie

So you know a half a dozen people that have probably over extended their credit and now are blaming every one else for the crap they sit in. Give it in Mick, we all know you have it in for Lyndon and I and want to blame H&R for your failings. But a company that has over 400 drivers cant be as bad as you make out coz other wise they would have 0 drivers. Just sit back and think about it for 2 minutes, in any company you will all ways find a pocket of disgruntled drivers. Who think they are being picked upon, treated un fairly, didnt get the new truck, dont get the good runs etc, etc. And those are the ones you belong to and follow with a passion. Yes H&R may not be perfect but their is not 1 company in North America that is.

Big Truck

Aye,
dead on,
did they or did they not have to come to Europe to recruit drivers?!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gremmie

Whats the relevance of this comment ???? Its no different than all the Paddies that go across the water to work in the UK ??? Or Brits that go to work in Germany, France or Saudi your argument is pretty week.

mickfly

I've said before, the only gripe I had with Lyndon was in his professional capacity, not as a person. He was supposed t be 'driver relations', but he was bosses relations.
H&R have a massive turnover of drivers, and an unusually high number of complaints against them with HRDC, surely it can't be all down to the drivers can it?

As for not getting a new truck... never asked for, or wanted one, mine didn't break down and was clean. Good runs? I would have been glad for average runs, rather than sitting around unpaid.

Big Truck

Utter tosh,

I've yet to see a "Beano"/German/French company be so desperate for drivers that they have to jump on a flight to come over here to recruit!!!!

How many times have H+R/BFS and all the other "meat in the seat" OTR Canadian companies flown their "Driver Relations" reps thousands of miles to the UK on the hunt for new blood?

Lyndon(or anybody for that matter) after all this time STILL hasn't the balls to come on here or BTA and tell prospective drivers STRAIGHT what % driver turnover H+R has!!!!

Where are the drivers that are SOOOOOO happy still working for the "usual suspects" AFTER they have gained PR?

kb33

I rest my case ...

You sad sad man

Gremmie

You really are just so tedious the same BS argument now for over 3 years. Like KB33 says you really are a sad little man.

kb33

http://www.globaltoronto.com/Calgary...747/story.html

Looks like I'm in the right place anyway .

Soooo glad I sucked it up Canadian style ..

flat to the mat

Sums it all up nicely.If BT had come out here when he first started posting,he could now be enjoying our Canadian lifestyle Landed,Citizenship,freedom, and all the other benefits this country has to offer,unfortunately he's still bitching from NI.
Obviously not a man who likes to "suck it up".LOL

Big Truck

I have already posted that if I so chose I only need to work 145x12h shifts per year.
I also have one of the best public sector pensions in Europe.

Why would I voluntarily give that up to move to where ever in Canada and work the hours you guys do, with no prospect of pension,security etc etc?

Call me whatever names you want but one things for sure I ain't insane!!!!!

If I had come out 2/3 yrs ago I would have missed the pension cut off and not be able to retire at 50yrs old, you on the other hand will probably have to work into your late 60's!!!!!!!!
God help those pensioners in Canada that have to put up with -30+ and snow for 6/7 months a year!!!!!