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  • With regard to yesterday's Hermes/Evri news and subsequent debate.

    Just read that Evri pay their German drivers about £4.50ph more than their UK drivers. That's a bit shit isn't it?

    Reminds me of the DPD driver I met in Austria who said he was paid about 25 euros per hour. We have a wages problem.

  • But all the EU furrin's are now under tight immigration control, so how can this be happening in countries that still have Freedom of Movement?

    /sarcasm

    In Germany taxes are higher, so the drive earns more but some of that will go to taxes and single-payer health insurance. Austria you also need to pay your own insurance. Though 25 euros is good I think.

    Be worth looking at the other circumstances too. For example, RM now wants the posties to run and insure their vans (dafuq) it could be that as a whole the package is better in Germany.

  • RM now wants the posties to run and insure their vans

    Was about to mention this - I think the usual UK courier model is self-employment, which would make the comparison with DE even worse if you were taking fuel & lease costs out of already lower wages.

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