Dear all
Note - I'm sure this isn't representitve of all contract drivers, however...
I've recently been buying a lot of building materials from a certain builders merchants...on the days when the companys own driver has delivered, he has skilfully navigated the mass of trees and telephone cables to off load pallets and 1 tonne bags....On the day they sent him with a contract driver, the contractor (who allegedly had been doing this for 10 years) nearly took out the phone lines (only stopping after shouts from the other driver). He smashed the hell out of our hedges with bthe crane and couldn't care less.
When I spoke to the manager of the store about this - (to praise the other driver as well) he told me the contractor had managed to trash two of their lorries before being moved on..aparrently he has no come back on the agency due to the paperwork they sign up to. My point is...you may feel inclined if having goods delivered in a difficult location, to insist on a company driver.....any one else have any comments on this?
Note - I'm sure this isn't representitve of all contract drivers, however...
I've recently been buying a lot of building materials from a certain builders merchants...on the days when the companys own driver has delivered, he has skilfully navigated the mass of trees and telephone cables to off load pallets and 1 tonne bags....On the day they sent him with a contract driver, the contractor (who allegedly had been doing this for 10 years) nearly took out the phone lines (only stopping after shouts from the other driver). He smashed the hell out of our hedges with bthe crane and couldn't care less.
When I spoke to the manager of the store about this - (to praise the other driver as well) he told me the contractor had managed to trash two of their lorries before being moved on..aparrently he has no come back on the agency due to the paperwork they sign up to. My point is...you may feel inclined if having goods delivered in a difficult location, to insist on a company driver.....any one else have any comments on this?