CurtNIR

*cough cough* ↑ ...lol

mickfly

"apart from alot of other consistantly unprofessional actions (not to be mentioned on here)"

Forums should be about ALL aspects of companies, so why not post anything here?

It's not a case of waiting for people to fall, as some of you think BT is doing, it's about getting FACTUAL information, however unpleasant it may be.
The more info you have, the better prepared you are to choose the right company and be successful, or like Gremmie, you can just sit on forums all day being sarcastic to everyone who walks a different path.

The forums should not be a back slappers club for those who are doing ok, but a source of info, and anyone who criticises ANY Canadian company seems to get shouted down, and chased off...very unfortunate.

I personally wish all the best to everyone who is willing to work in Canada for ANY trucking company, but there are WITHOUT DOUBT some lousy firms to work for, so just lets all stop trying to present a totally rosy picture, although I do understand why bloggers, or anyone who is desperate for PR have to be careful what they write on the net.

Gremmie, if you don't have a sensible or intelligent reply to this, then please feel free to ignore it altogether.

This thread is about Midland...so...any negative stuff to report (I doubt it, thankfully).

Gremmie

The only stuff i know about Midland is what Loafy tells me, and the reason Loafy has even writen anything on here is coz i asked hime too
You say the forums should not be " a back slappers club" neither should they be a place for "personal revenge' or a means to propergate vendettas against Employers, which seems to be your forte. So unless you have any facts on Midland i suggest you do as you advise me too "Mickfly by night", if you don't have a sensible or intelligent reply to this, then please feel free to ignore it altogether

mickfly

My post was about Davie macs cryptic reference to Bulk, not about Loafys excellent information!

Vendettas against employers?
Do you mean my beef with H&R, which I have hardly mentioned on this forum?

Personal revenge?
Do you mean my upsetting answers to Lyndons insulting, childish, pathetic, sarcastic, untrue, abusive comments elswhere (not on this forum) in his guise as recruiter for said company?
That was personal on his behalf, not mine, I was arguing with him as a recruiter, not a person.

P.S I like your personal attack against curtni on the other forum, dressed up as humor by adding LOL and a smiley, still, not as bad as the personal and damaging info you posted about Mike is it?

Gremmie

Hey Mike's perverted sexual behavior would have stayed a secret, but he started a slur campaign and spread viscous rumours on that pathetic blog you kids thought so amusing so he now pays the price, as he loves to say " what goes arround" etc. if you wish to continue this topic then do it via a PM and not on this thread

Big Truck

To the rose tinted glasses brigade:
Read the above quote and SUCK IT UP!!!!!!!!


To Davie,
why did you not go to Midland in the first place?

Big Truck

Loafy,
The tipper business is on its knees and lots of boys are crying into their diesel tanks,its a good job I sold up in Feb 08 for a tidy little profit when I saw the slump coming!!!!
BTW,
The ONLY thing keeping the quarry/construction industry going in NI this past couple of years is the amount of new roads being built!!

mickfly

pm sent

DAVIE_MAC

They were not recruiting when I was looking to move and was not aware we could live in PEI and work for them off the island so Bulk at the time looked better than S.Ex.

Also they use an immigration agent to handle your move / application and I refuse to pay anyone money for something i can do myself.

Did not anticipate the situation at Bulk would be so bad... but me and another 5 at least thought so within the last few weeks. Not all FW but locals as well.

alandoug

Couple of points Davie. I assume Bulk paid for all your training, ie: Driving test, air brake test? Also gave you a truck to do it in? Did all the LMO paperwork? You've been there a couple of months... I might be seen as simple, but didn't they deserve abit more time than that considering the time & money they've put into you? Look at H&R, you pay for pretty near everything now.
I agree $1700 pcm is not a living wage. Are the problems at Bulk due to the court case mentioned elsewhere on this & the other forum? Or just the economic situation?
It has been pointed out previously that as a newbie you start at the bottom of the ladder & work up, that the first 2 years can be very difficult. Also you need some money to support yourself when your pay is low. There have been a number of you go to Bulk recently, have they simply got too many drivers? Especially if the locals are short of work too. Are they all leaving too?

What does the LMO state as regards pay? $800pw? Is this averaged out over a month, week or year?

DAVIE_MAC

I'll answer the questions below However the OP was asking about Midland and not Bulk. If anyone wants to know about Bulk then start a new thread or revive an old one, out of courtesy to the OP.

No you pay for them yourself. Yes they provide a truck for the test and driver training. However if there are no loads to shunt round the island you dont go out, you dont get an allocated instructor like a driving school taking you out every day if Greg has no loads to move then you dont get any training. Some of the guys had 2 runs into town to Canadian Tire approx 10klm each way then sat thier test coz no loads were there to be moved over a greater distance. I was lucky yes, as I was the last one to do my test so was on my own and not competing with other drivers for training so had a bit more days and miles before the test so no probs for me but he other lads were not happy... but they still passed so turned out OK.


2 sides of paper which you can include multiple drivers names on, not a back breaking amount of work really is it, anyone with any sense will have a template on the PC and just fill in the drivers names as and when required... 10 mins work then email it off.

Just short of 6 months actually. Which is plenty of time to evalute whether a company is worth staying with. Most of the OP tours I did in the Army were 6 months and they were long enough.

I have only one line of loyalty... to my family and if a better job offer comes along then you'd be a muppet not to take it.

Bulk have spent a minimal amout on me here the move cost us around £20.000 dont be fooled by what companies tell you and all this bolloks you know its cost us alot of money to get you here.. toss it has virtualy cost them nothing to hire overseas drivers. They have to pay the airfare to get you here but thats all part of the programme and they get a lot of other kick backs from government by being part of that programme.

As for H&R dont go there people go somewhere esle.. simple if you dont agree with their policies vote with your feet.


Court case I wont comment on we were told what it was all about and also informed loads were not being affected by this so you just have to take their word for it as I have not been given any other cast iron proof of this affecting Bulk. The ecconomy is playing a part I believe. Cavandish Farms here part of the Irving group are slowing production for a few weeks over the coming months so this will in turn affect the bottom feeder companies like Bulk and Seafood etc etc as loads will not be brokered out as much I would presume.... they will stay within "Midland" ... another bonus move eh!!!


Are you NUTTS!!!

So I have to stay there for a longer period of time coz I'm a newbie compensating my monthly wage with savings watching them dwindle away or I can take another job doubling my monthly wage not having to use my savings.. cmon man get real eh

Not all leaving no only the ones which feels let down and can find better employment... think around 10 in the last few months. But you have to remember these companies recruitment doors are revolving as some leave some come in, just the way it is and this is not just Bulk SE are the same and the also the rest of the smaller companies. Sure it's the same at H&R for example.

Not sure cant remember would have to find it in the depths of the basement somewhere in packed boxes.

kb33

Wise words there from Davie

At the end of the day you have to do what's right for your family.

rivit

Allthough i never worked for Midland i used to deliver up in norther Maine and see them on the road, they struck me as being a profesional bunch of drivers. Did'nt break any speed records but kept up a steady pace. I did'nt hear any Brits on the CB but when two or three of them were running together they usualy talked about life in general, not bitching about the company like so many septic drivers do.

Charles

Big Truck

Thanks Davie,

can't believe it hasn't worked out for you at bulk because I know you do your homework well!!
I said on BTA recently that I spoke to Jack Kelly at an imigration event in Belfast a few years ago and he seemed a decent bloke and answered my questions about OTR honestly (so I thought!!).
But I was always suspicious why the owner of a company with what 50 odd trucks(?) had been forced to come to a "backwater" like Belfast to look for drivers!!!!

I wish you all the very best at Midland, I had a notion at the back of my mind they used an agent similar to what Bison does unfortunately.

BTW,
you are 110% right,family comes first in ALL matters.

DAVIE_MAC

Cheers BT. Is the west link finished being re-designed yet, was back there a couple of years ago and it was chaos.. should be by now LOL