Gremmie

Last time I talked anything but trucks with you I got a referral so must have pissed someone off.

Please explain the above comment Lorna,and we'll forget the massage

paulburt

i fully agree with the above, perhaps bt worded some of his posts in such a way that it looked as if he was calling those already there idiots for going in the first place which if intentional was a bit out of order but the fact remains that all the companies over there, at least the ones i've looked into, are quite open about their pay packages, (and why wouldn't they be? they are after all trying to entice drivers into joining their company) both on their websites and employment contracts and have all been happy to answer any queries on the phone, except seafood where it seems you need some special code before you can get an answer to the simplest of questions, and yes i have rung, more than once!
you hav'nt got to be a genius to work out that pei wages are lower than most areas (apparently along with the cost of living) so it's gona be no suprise to anyone to find that also includes truck driving, so why the big secret?

Big Truck

I never said Loafy/Chris12/Davie-mac or Kerry's hubby were idiots,the "half a brain" statement was really in jest at Mr Roach's suspicious "MI5" type secrecy over SFE extra payments if indeed there are any apart from maybe a quarterly "safety" bonus.
My opinion on the reason that SFE are "unforthcoming" about total wages is that possibly there is only one reason why they have struggled to attract/keep drivers in the past before the arrival of the UK guy's and that was solely their "low" wages and lack of extra type payments.
Everything esle, IE the actual driving bit,living on PEI,the "shorter" version of long haul,their equipment,the drivers have been quite happy with!!!

Now that SFE are "full up" for drivers have you looked at the following at all?:
www.bulkcarrierspei.com

Gremmie

Brilliant absolutely brilliant,
you have just proven to me and anybody with half a brain that what I've posted about SFE wages is 100% correct!!!
What an answer,
straight out of the company HR book on duping potential drivers,
just what you would expect from a trucking company recruiter who knows there's NOT many perks to offer any potential employee.
What person in their right state of mind would imigrate to Canada to work for SFE if they are told the above?

Your "half a brain" statement implies that if some one cannot see your point of view in this case they then therefore have only half a brain,which subsequently implies that thee drivers ie. Loafy,Chriss,etc.etc are less than fully stacked.
Your second statement "state of mind" goes even further to imply that the said drivers mental state is also dubious,because said drivers knew full well what the make up of the wages would be when they applied for the job and still immigrated.
So you did infact say that Chris,Loafy,Kerry's hubby (does he have a name?) and Davie Mac only have half a brain and are all round the twist
Which i'm almost inclined to agree with but on other grounds than yours
Sorry guy's i couldent resist that last bit

lilacheart

It's not the first or last time that it has been implied I have a scew loose but until the men in white coats drag me away I am right up there with the rest of them.

P.S Hubbys name is Bob

DAVIE_MAC

Here's another to have a look at and argue the toss...........However EVERYTHING IS RELEVANT.

In the area regarding the above you could not buy a decent 4 bed house that we want for less than $380.000

You have higher wages you have higher cost of living in that area so your really no better off just coz your earning more.

I have a mate in NI who is a network engineer on £18.000 pa the same job in London will pay £36.000 plus bonuses....plus extortionate house prices / food / tax / congestion charge / stress of daily life and commuting BLAH BLAH, just coz your earning more does not give you a better quality or happier life.

I can not honestly see why BT would want to move from NI at present to be honest with you with the amount of massive construction and regenaration going on in the Province there is a fortune to be made in the construction industry, therefore if money is so important then there is a killing to be made buy more tippers get in on more contracts earn the money then retire to Canada and the wages will not be an issue.

lilacheart

I agree,

If you go west you earn more pay more
if you go east you earn less pay less

Not rocket science

paulburt

don't think theres anybody who can't work out the lower wages/lower cost of living on pei but the fact remains that as far as seafood is concerned, their recruiter (i use the term in the loosest manner) is either unable or simply refuses to come up with a figure of average earnings for their drivers over the last twelve months, what if any extra payments over and above the mileage rate there might be or even what a driver will earn on one of their regular runs! all seems a bit odd to me, as does the fact that he's chosen to post on here for the last two or three months under a different name as if he were a prospective driver, now that IS weird!

lilacheart

Who has he been then?

Gremmie

Yeh who,that would be interesting to know ??????

lilacheart

Come on paulburt, you posted it for the reaction and intrigue

However, I must say I would be surprised if it is true

deannos

It's BT,split personallity

Gremmie

It's just like that board game Cluedo..... it was ????????????

Gremmie

Thats it,i knew it, and said he was a spy,and yesterday he mentioned MI5 aswell.

lilacheart

The contract of employment we have (and had before we came out to see) states all of the above very clearly.