Originally Posted by Chicken lights and chrome (Post 10595684)

So then crusty, read back through this whole thread and you can clearly see that there are indeed some silly comments made on here, quite ironic really that you're the one bringing it up:rofl:

So from what I gather you work on the turnpike doubles, doing a 5/6 day week and you earn between $4-5,000 for this, that's a lot of leeway there, 5 days a week for $5,000 a month is very good, but on the other hand $4,000 a month for 6 day weeks is not so great, so maybe you would like to expand on that a bit:sneaky:

One other thing that you fail to mention is the night shift working, in a worst case scenario the job at Loblaws could be a 6 night a week job for $4,000 a month, then the leisure facilities that you mention would be very difficult to enjoy, not only are you sleeping all day, but $4,000 ain't going to buy a lot of leisure activities:thumbdown:

On the other hand a Mon-Fri day shift with a 5 day starting at 6am and $5,000 in the bank would be a different story:thumbsup:

So what's the real story at Loblaws:banghead:

Originally Posted by russjp (Post 10596289)

If i could speak up in Dusty`s defence, as someone who is travelling over there next week to start work for Loblaws the information you`re requesting would be of great help to most individuals BUT, from what i`ve been told, there are only a handful of drivers there now doing the same regular runs week after week so providing a `regular` working wage is only ever going to be a rough average especially with so many different shift patterns being available. With subbies being replaced by us guys over the next couple of months this situation will change further with more different, longer runs coming online so currently the picture is an ever-changing one. As i`ve said, i have a friend working there and even he has only been able to supply `averages` as his work is now never the same from week to week.

Hope this helps.

;)

Originally Posted by Chicken lights and chrome (Post 10598399)

It helps a lot Russ, strange that you can sum it up in one post when dear old crusty has been gobbing off for 41 pages and still nobody is any the wiser about the Loblaw job:eek:

Good luck out there driver:thumbsup:

Originally Posted by zeppelin (Post 10595770)

[QUOTE So what's the real story at Loblaws:banghead:

Originally Posted by flat to the mat (Post 10599047)

You should ask flat to the twat. he knows everything about every job in Canada :rofl::rofl::rofl:

Originally Posted by russjp (Post 10599079)

Yeah i believe so mate, my friend was supposed to be heading for Lethbridge but Highway 1 got shut so he was stood down, got going eventually though i think.

Originally Posted by kb33 (Post 10606709)

Should be pretty obvious that Supermarket work would involve night shifts and I bet the weather as been a major factor in people abandoning ship , A lot around here seem to be going home lately and they have been here 5/6 years, all for various reasons , Personally Ive had enough of the winters , This being my sixth one , This one started late October and the forecast with more snow and minus 11 at the moment , Although overall its not been that bad just seems its going on forever .

Originally Posted by kb33 (Post 10606709)

Should be pretty obvious that Supermarket work would involve night shifts and I bet the weather as been a major factor in people abandoning ship , A lot around here seem to be going home lately and they have been here 5/6 years, all for various reasons , Personally Ive had enough of the winters , This being my sixth one , This one started late October and the forecast with more snow and minus 11 at the moment , Although overall its not been that bad just seems its going on forever .

Originally Posted by northboy (Post 10607828)

cant see how people are saying they are bettering there life,s , if the hubby is at work all night and in bed all day or on a few nights away on a long haul , and as your other half is not allowed to work for a while until they get a work permit ?? , can see that causing a lot of problems to say the least , unless you are going alone ,and i can see that driving you crazy me self ??,, and having know family out there,then you start to feel very alone in a massive country , is the money the be all and end all ??? yes we all have dreams like me self .but you really need to think about the whole picture , i think your better off getting a job weather its at loblaws or else were ,, get your P/R and look for them day jobs were your with your loved one,s each nights , i know one thing if i was sitting at home all day long while the wife was in bed all day and out at work all night , next stop would be airport for me , just a bit of food for though

Originally Posted by russjp (Post 10608475)

Think you`ve answered your own questions really here with this post mate, its obviously not for you judging by the negativity you`re expressing before you`ve even got there. Not having a pop at you just making observations but kb33 summed it up perfectly, you gotta be prepared to take some steps backward and maybe work the shifts you dont wanna work to achieve the end goal. I`m taking the big step this week mate so if you wanna pm me for info then feel free as i wont dress it up as something it aint :thumbsup: