EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

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Sam_w in reply to @Chalfie

You can't just pay people more, because that would cause a massive movement from one underpaid job to the new newly paid job.

And I hate doing the dammit eg, but e.g. fruit pickers become truck drivers, truck drivers become ambo drivers, sex workers still suck off who ever.

Isn't the current issue also that its almost impossible for people to train and pass tests to become HGV drivers, so increasing pay doesn't really help, as there is a limited supply.

My stepdad is a HGV driver (currently works for a milk company dragging it up from the cows down here to you milk drinkers up there). From his observation there are loads of jobs around, but they aren't paying higher wages than have been paid in the past.

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jellybaby in reply to @Sam_w

My stepdad is a HGV driver (currently works for a milk company dragging it up from the cows down here to you milk drinkers up there). From his observation there are loads of jobs around, but they aren't paying higher wages than have been paid in the past.

Presumably because the contracts the haulers have haven't changed and an adjustment while everything feeds through the supply chains will take years.

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Sam_w in reply to @jellybaby

I would guess so.

I would add, it is an horrendous job really: lonely, low-paid, days away from family, I think I saw a fact that the average HGV driver is in their 50s, so not sure this will get better in the long term anyway.

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