EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

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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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jellybaby in reply to @Sam_w

it is an horrendous job really

Agreed. Seems worse than a tube driver to me with a similar skill level required and yet they are paid a decent salary.

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