Some parts of this job I hate: -Finding rural houses with actual house names when they are not signposted -Parking in busy areas -Driving into a built up area and realising you have to reverse out as you cant turn round -Vans with broken parking sensors and cameras. -People with 10 totes in flats
Absolutely agree with you. When I come to power, it will be illegal not to have fluorescent numbers or an illuminated house sign outside your property.
I worked there driving for 3 years, nightmare on elm street part 10!! All those stairs with loads of heavy boxes. Never being able to find addresses, rude lazy people who want you to hand each item to them, just and all round horrible job, super stressed me out! And they pay you nothing. Around that time I lost my mum to cancer and all I ever did instead of spend time with mum was work my arse off. Then my dad got dementia (passed in 2017) and all I wanted to do was look after him and spend some time. I asked for time off UNPAID and explained the situation in numerous meetings that I needed a month or two. They said to me nope. You either work or you leave! Swear to god true story that’s how they handled me after 3 years service. Never forgive them for that can’t stand them. That’s why people with these minimum paid jobs don’t ever kill yourself for them coz you are just a number. Do the minimum you can and work smart not hard. Smh
Sorry to hear, I use to work for them also, one day I tripped on a step carrying totes, knocked my back out pretty bad aswell as grazing my knees and hands on the fall, the next day I phoned in sick, and my manager was begging me to come in still, I said I cannot put my shoes on he said come in your slippers then lol. Anyway I went to the docs, he signed me off for 2 weeks, I got my daughter to take in my docs sick note, the next day my manager text me and said I have seen your sick note seems you could be off for a while probably best if you just hand your notice in lmao, I could of taken it further but thought the same fck this company and I left..
It's a rule of thumb ,the less you get paid (hourly pay) the more you're treated like shite, if the pay wasn't bad enough, the harsh treatment finishes it off.
My mate worked for Amazon for 1 week and hated having to deliver upto 180 parcels in one day was almost impossible and he was knackered so kicked it into touch..anyway my missus has worked for Asda for over 25 years and really likes it and the colleague discount is a bonus..keep up the good work pal.. 👍
Oh and the Scotland run we had to drive our vans there.... And let me tell you when we finished Aberdeen we drove home the same night I got home at 02.30 in the morning yes we drove for over 16hours left Dundee at 10am
Delivery drivers on time. He must have had a lucky load then. In most circumstances you don't finish on time and are under time pressures with delivery time and trying to catch up for you to have your break
For me uk wages just clearly aren't enough with constant cost of living going up every year wages dont come close. As a country something has to give because familys can't keep this up
I tend to agree but if companies pay more then the cost of goods and services go up so it's a catch 22 situation. Personally my annual pay rise exceeded inflation until last year and this year it definitely won't be so a real terms pay cut again for me. With the energy price increase, NI increase and rocketing inflation not to to mention food prices rising many people are going to be struggling. I think you have to save up during prosperous time so when lean times hit, like it has now, you have enough money to survive. I imagine many other countries around the world are in the same situation.
i do warehouse work nights 40 hour well 36.2 after breaks and get £350 a week after tax/ni and pension took of and am on £11.21 and £14.50 for Sunday work i work Sunday to Friday and day of in week and u would think 11.21 a hour and 14.50 on Sunday was good but still not even 400 a week
@@xUzi786 the UK pay system is like a pyramid you have lots of people earning under £9 an hour at the bottom and at the top you have very few people making profits of over a billion pounds a year and as you work you're way up there are less and less people earning more money than the person below them. It's not hard to recognise that the ASDA store may have 600 colleagues but only six or seven managers and the managers get paid more but unfortunately there cannot be 600 of them so not everyone earns a lot of money 👍
Your a good role model - as most students are preserved as lazy Money is OK if you live at home But if you have a family - will be difficult to pay all bills & rent
Not to create an argument, but students are statistically in the minority for pushing harder and going further than most people, but lazy isn't fair. Being a student is bloody hard work. Try balancing that with work, friendships, relationships and mental health
Colin why on earth would it be difficult to pay bills on £1000 a month you'd get so many benefits you'd actually be well off ! It's only if you're single that it's not enough money.
It's good guys like you are showing the public what it's like to do the job your doing, just let's people know what it's like and if it would work for them, it stops people wasting there time applying for these jobs because your showing them from start to finish, well done for sharing this information with all of use 👍👏
I’ve been an Asda driver for 5 months and I love it. Nobody bothers you, and you’re on the move all the time. Only pains about the job is parking in city centres and climbing up flights of stairs (for people who need it). It can be a tiring job, but it’s worth it.
Respect to those who do this job, it’s usually way more stressful than this, that’s why I always give way to these guys and excuse any entitled driving from them.
This is life, people who work the hardest and most unsociable hours earn the least. Most cleaning jobs, factory, office, constant scrubbing toilets, buffing floors, mopping, bin emptying, sweeping, wiping frequently touched points, the same again next day, etc, pay £8:73, I've done it. Most PTS rail workers you see on track when you look out of the train window, and the majority are agency workers, shoveling ballast, rerails, digging sleepers out, digging wet beds out, on a night, in any weather are on £11 or £12 an hour, I know, I've done it. Building site CSCS labourers/groundworks, again all agency, outside shoveling or chiseling in any weather, freezing hands, £11 or £12 an hour, I know, I do it, you get home filthy and f**ked, but it's work and it's a job.
My brother used to work for Asda for roughly 2 years but has now been working with DPD (directly employed) and earns more money than what you earned for doing deliveries and pick ups for working 40 hours p/w plus overtime.
I work in Asda George, George can get a lot at times, especially when they only like one employee on George at most times, this seems like much less stress, ty for the video man
I've been working for Sainsbury's since June and I love it. The pay is decent for the work £10.25hr, the van is loaded for you too. There are no cameras inside the van but there is telemetry system with a dashcam so you are monitored but they're not stupidly strict about speeding as long as you don't take the piss. I found the management to be quite supportive of new drivers as I struggled the first week on my own and they even adapted my routes for less drops.
I've just been offered a delivery job at sainsburys, glad to hear you've had a good experience so far! Do you find there's much overtime avaliable? 36 hours will be a struggle to manage on personally! Thanks in advance 👍
@@playstionrules03 I have a 24hr contract but get 34-40hrs per week and there's often more available but don't depend on it. Sainsbury's have just announced a 50p/HR pay rise across the board though so that'll be going up to £10.75 from April (I think).
i also worked for sainsburys for 3-4 months driving their vans, not the best job out there but still a good workout and they keep you on your toes with the tight schedule that you wont even have time to look at the time..also ideally wear a back belt to stop your back breaking carrying all those totes. especially to liftless flats..
As someone who relies on home delivery I agree with you comment on bags but unfortunately the supermarkets stopped doing them around 4/5 years ago and only brought them back temporarily due to Covid
I work for ocado normally finish 2 hours early in a 8 hour shift but we get paid for the full shift the quicker we finished the better for us. Also our vans are preloaded all orders come with bags so I think ocado is the best van driving job
@@asimali6619 no. You only have to deliver what's on the van. When you start you find your van reg and go the keys and food is already in the van you just select delivery on the device 1 by 1 and it guides you there it's easily the best delivery job out of all the super markets you get paid the most,, go home with full pay when you finish. No manager talks to you unless you do something wrong
@@everydayguy289 sick bro because I applied for ocado and they called me in for Wednesday this week. Hope everything goes well because this is the only driver job that is pre loaded.
When I worked for ASDA, the new delivery drivers had to do a 3 month probationary period. I think this was later increased to 6. After week 1 all the probies were doing exactly the same work as the other drivers but getting paid 10% less. How did ASDA justify this rip-off? Also during the Christmas period, many of the delivery trays (totes) were double loaded to make more space on the vans. This led to back problems and drivers having to go off sick but often without sick pay.
@@buggerlugz6753 That is illegal though and you as a driver, who will bear the responsibility in case the police pull you over and realise that you have exceeded the maximum payload, you have the right to refuse taking the load out and absolutely grill them if they fight you back for it. You simply tell them that you don't make enough to risk your licence and subsequently your job in order to leave with a van which exceeds legal limits, and your employer sure won't pay your fine or paid time-off after your licence is suspended.
Nah the boxes are programmed by the computer and I think the maximum weight is 25kg per box. You couldn’t fit 50kg of stuff in a box. 12 2litre bottles of juice and it’s full.
I delivered for ASDA had to load my own van, rarely got a lunch break. Had to deliver two weeks shopping to top floor flats that had no lifts, was out in all weather and got paid the same as people that work on checkouts. 🙃
£9.38 p/h now. Flat rate. No over time bonus, no bank holiday bonus now but it used to be time +half. Night rate starts at 12pm, long after the drivers have left, whereas it used to start at 10pm. Used to get a bonus if you were a good eco driver up to £220 per year. They scrapped that - basically every driver in the country had a £220 pay cut, apparently because it was unfair on the other colleagues that the drivers technically got paid more than them. How it's then fair to take money away from drivers is beyond me. No carrier bags at all now makes everything take twice as long. The Min/Max 36 contracted hours is a bit off. They really don't care if you go home early, so are totally fine with you doing under your contract hours (so they don't have to pay you!) and if they have sick calls they will hound you to come in for overtime. You could do 50 hours a week if you wanted. Regarding your income tax. You were most likely on an emergency tax code so you will get most of that back from the tax man around April next year. Call the tax office and tell them to change your tax code or else you'll be paying one week's wage in tax every month until the tax man decides you can have your money back. Hope that helps.
Asda also pay you every four weeks, not monthly. It means one month a year you get paid twice, which if you treat your pay as monthly means the "extra" one is like a bonus.
@@mackemsruleFTM We just ignore them at our store no one's bothered about them or how many penalties etc anyone gets. A few of them don't even work anymore anyway. They seem to be no longer work when a van goes off to have an issue fixed. Sometimes get two penalty received on one slip road
Hi bro, I have so much respect for you! Doing an honest job with such harsh environments. The pay is also not great. I did a good delivery job before and taught me a lot of things. Now I live in Dubai with many businesses. I will never forget the hustle in London.
I went for an interview once for the job but never heard back from it and I didn't even have to do anything but go out with someone who was delivering just to get an idea of what the job would be like. But never heard back from them which seemed strange but watching this video and seeing how much you got paid I don't think it's worth it I could get paid better doing a warehouse job so might just do that instead even though I do enjoy driving and my own independence is better doing a job you get paid a decent amount so you can afford to get by in life and not struggle but hey each to their own as they say
Your supposed to do what you enjoy in life ,not what pays more . That's being materlistic and will never bring happiness. Happiness comes from doing what you enjoy ever day. That's the secret pal .. good luck
The correct rate of income tax for that amount of earnings in a month should only be 46 gbp. You should have got a rebate at the end of the tax year. All the best......
I am a full time masters student, and i m obsessed with travelling and driving too, having watched your whole video i ve decided this is the kind of part time job for me. I m applying now 😁 cheers for your insight of your work mate!
This video helps us within the union- we try so hard to help you - AND THIS ABOUT TOLD TO GO HOME EARLY = NO = YOU ARE CONTRACTED. They have to give you your contracted hours. Only you can say - yeah - Im going home early no pay. Your choice, Contractual law
I worked in a nursing home i worked four 12 night shifts for on two off that was five years ago and my take home pay was the same as your but my god I worked hard for that money it was shocking
Asda is a good place to work, they gave you a van to use. Uber etc you have to have your own car and pay your own insurance. EVERYONE has to pay Tax and NI, if you have a house you have to pay council tax, TV tax, gas, electricity, and water, as well as a mortgage. Enjoy your money whilst you have it.
Very interesting to watch and see your local to me down south as recognised Hayling. I do Amazon Flex and in making the comparison you work a lot more hours for the money. Being self employed I get lot more tax incentives than PAYE so I do keep most of what I earn. For half the hours. Very interesting. Thank you. Best wishes and yes it is a great job
Basically it's slave labour...that is the reality! Massive respect to anyone working in a cold wet country doing that work for that small amount from a multi billion pound company. But respect doesn't make it any better...just wrong!
Quick question mate I’m about to start next week as a driver. Where do you go if u need the toilet? also what do you do for eating on ur break ? Good video mate cheers
Argos was the easiest delivery job I’ve done out of them all, but the hours where terrible!! To many drivers not enough drops, I’d say for the job you did and the ease of it the money you earned was fair, the only down side to this country is the stupid tax bills we pay! Lining borris nonsense pocket
Paying Tax is Legalised Fraud (Theft). Paying Tax is actually Unlawful. You don't have to, there's no Law that says you have to pay Tax of any kind. They can't Tax a Man or a Woman.
I work 37.5 hours and don't pay anywhere near as much income tax. I would definitely have a look at your tax code or something because that's ridiculous.
It would have been an emergency code until hmrc sends through his actual tax allowance code, happens in every new job, you get the rebate the next pay run
Supermarket managers give drivers more deliveries than manageable, meaning you have to work through unpaid breaks. Also you have to load your own vans. I hear it's worse with Amazon etc.
My van is loaded for me and I get bollocked if I DON'T take my break. And if things happen that mean I'm running late I still get paid and don't get harassed about it as long as I inform store and my customers.
£959 after tax is disgusting better off on the dole if you have rent /council tax and bills , no one can survive on £959 even subsidised council housing you'd be broke
I applied for Asda and got the job and got offered a different driving job in the same day took the other driving job now watching your video I’m glade I made the right choice 👌
At least you got off you are and not a snow flake like most young men,I've grafted all my life so hope better jobs and more money comes your way, still keep looking for jobs to better your self because people like you deserve it. IF THERE IS A COMPANY OUT THERE AND WILLING TO PAY THIS GUY MORE MONEY,SISN HIM UP,
This was a great insight into this type of work vs renumeration. I cannot see how anyone could survive on that income and have a family. No wonder there is a substantial amount of the UK population either on the sick or on benefits!
At Amazon as a subcontracted driver you get £125 per day for a 9 hour route. However you have to turn up 20 minutes early to wait for the pick up, 15 minutes to load the van then a 15-30 travel time to the destination before the 9 hour shift starts then drive home. So it’s a 10-12 hour day, minus £32 for van hire per day and you only get half your fuel expenses back, what ever you have left there’s tax to pay. No holiday or sick pay. It’s a complete joke.
You have to pay for the van? I’m glad I found these types of video as I’d been considering looking into it as a job but thanks to comments like this I think I’ll stay clear of Amazon lol
@@Themaskplague yeah there aren’t many positives. I suppose if you do it is if your desperate as you start immediately, you own a van already, your prepared to work 6 days straight (you’re not allowed to work 7 days in a row). If you don’t own a van it’s £192 per week or £32 per day over 6 days. There’s no guarantee you will get a shift (if you don’t get a shift the £32 is still taken from your wage, you can give the van back but it has to be a minimum of 5-6 days before you get it can be returned to you) and the shift schedule comes through around 8am where you need to be awake to respond that your available even if you told them you were available the previous day.
@@lastdimestudios sounds horrendous if I’m being honest. I’m surprised they have any workers left the way they treat people. The fact you’re not even employed directly by them and instead through a DSP is a massive red flag straight the way but like I say the more I hear the more I know I want to stay away . I even looked at flex and that sounds just as bad. Sending you on massive runs so by the time you’re done and deduct petrol etc you’ve earned next to nothing
I worked there during lockdown for 6months paying £9.18p/h then charging asda were charging customers up to £7 for a delivery... Absolutely disgusting that they pay the driver such a crap wage. On a Saturday we delivered up to 26/27 drops. Horrible job. Now no bags ffs
Why do you think the drivers deserve more ? It’s not a skilled job at all ? Asda paid for the produce the van the maintenance the uniform the technology? What is £7 delivery got to do with how much the driver gets paid ha ?
@@johnwalker8110 I have done it easiest job I had when I was in uni you drive around listen to music and lift out shopping haha it’s not skilled at all
@@maitzyjp6649 So according to your logic, whilst doing the job, you wilfully accepted that you were being taken for a muppet and enjoyed the low pay to workload ratio. Silly guy.
I used to work for Tesco and it’s the easiest job I’ll ever have. Would often get 1.5/2 hour lunches and would probably only technically be working 7 hours of a 10 hour shift. If you’re considering going for a driving job, do it (pretty enjoyable once you get into it)! Bad sides are: - drivers laws mean if you’re contracted to work a night run you can struggle to pick up overtime hours - sometimes contracted to just a 4 hour evening shift (which means you’re waiting around to start all day and it’s not really worth it imo) - shitty weather during the colder months - weekend work I would say the good aspects outweigh the bad - but based on this video and my personal experience I would look at working for Ocado who give you the hours and pay well.
I'm a take away delivery driver at the moment, but thinking in time maybe i'd switch to supermarket deliveries. I'm thinking that Ocado are likely the best ones having read quite a few comments, but also, without sounding 'snobby' the fact that a lot of people in high rise flats I imagine don't often shop at Ocado / Marks and Spencer. I hear Iceland are the worst to deliver for, especially if you're in a city.
'Please get bags' Funny enough, I don't do delivery very often, maybe a few times a year but when I do, I always tick the box for bags and pay for said bags to make it easier & quicker for myself and the driver as I suffer from anxiety and want the process over and done with as soon as humanly possible. I never get the bags I pay for so now I don't do it.
No one with the exception of Ocado and maybe Waitrose (I'm guessing here) deliver in bags, in general they no longer deliver them bagged up for "save the environment" reasons. Having them bagged up would have made the delivery driver's job also much easier, as it would have been much easier to unload the totes, line them up next to the van, grab the bags and then deliver them to the customer, rather than cart around God knows how many totes up to fuck knows where.
I worked at Asda as a delivery driver for 6 months. Never got a uniform and had to deal with a manager who thought she owned the company. Always late to load up and was told by mini adolf to tell customers i had a puncture, because my load was never ready on time. I left rapid
I do this job for Waitrose and have done since 2021, it’s a pretty decent job. Nice to be your own boss for the most part. It’s definitely not perfect, especially in the winter, but I enjoy it
Thanks for sharing. I do think it’s massively underpaid though, driving professionally should’ve be better paid but I own my own taxi company and some days I make half that monthly pay. Study hard and good luck for your future.
@@chrisnicholas6673 may be but running your own taxi firm is good because you start with 1 taxi and you being the only driver unless you have a bit of wealth so you can hire drivers and buy cars unless the people already have 4 seater cars or taxis. Taxi driving is independent and self employed industry meaning that you pay them for the hours they work they make £200 in 1 week you give them £100 or £80.
I work at Waitrose and it's literally the best place I've ever worked at, yes it's hard work but the people are lively and will help you if your struggling and management are good too, not sure what Asda is like but hope it's as nice 😊👍
I do the same for Morrisons..... £10.20 per hour, 15% staff discount. But, you did forget to mention 1 crucial thing......... flats..... yes blocks of bleeding flats, lugging cat litter, dog food, soft drinks and sheds of other heavy stuff up flights of stairs...... time consuming which we don't get enough of, and the dreaded toddlers getting in the bloody way when parents are trying to get their shopping unpacked. It's not an easy job, you do get easy days but in general it is physical work, not for lazy sods. I had 20 drops today, over 100 cases of shopping and 6 blocks of flats among them, 1 farm, 1 caravan park and the rest tight streets with ignorant buses, cyclists and morons who can't drive blocking the roads
You make a good point. Your tax n national insurance is about 1 weeks worth of pay. So basically for every 4 weeks work you are actually working 1 week completely for the government or free of charge.
@gggggggg Only Fools and Horses work. Seriously,..don't call people lazy sods just because they're sensible enough not to take a boring, mundane back breaking job like this for little reward.
Enjoyed that. 👍 Good on you mate for working hard and not moaning. Everyone has to start somewhere in life, just annoys me some people moan and sit on there arse most of there life and claim.
Good luck in getting that time off though, i used to work there and every time i tried to get Time off it just kept getting rejected, delivery driving for them isn't great and the money's terrible, monthly pay is pure bullshit and a good chunk of the places you gotta deliver to are absolute nightmares and have you had the displeasure of driving a penzo yet because they are the worst vans ever made
@@mackemsruleFTM Yes, the clear bags. point being you pay for PACKING & picking. Only clowns toss empty bags in with food shopping! And now bags of life are more expensive so even more reason to FILL THEM with shopping!
@@Robert_W7 I know some lazy pickers sometimes will stick left-over clear bags in the totes with shopping but like I said they stopped those apart from raw meat, the bags for life don't get filled as the pickers go on the shopfloor get your items and the bags for life get picked as any other item and won't come with shopping in
Job is ok very physical the evening shifts are harder due to finding places in the dark especially rural places with no street lights I work for team orange
i was shocked to see how little asda drivers actually make, i deliver for a local takeaway and we get paid 8eur hourly + 3eur per delivery. All in including tips it usually works out between 25-30eur an hour on the weekends and 13-18 on weekdays. granted we use our own cars but in fuel you lose only about 1-2eur per hour
@@buggerlugz6753 Probably less jobs at a local takeaway though is the only issue. Asda probably got 50-100 van drivers or more depending on the area vs maybe only 5 to 10 for a local takeaway probably?
Usually Asda we call Walmart has associates that come out with the carts, and groceries to our personal vehicles parked in a number parking space. Then, we grab plastic bags full of groceries and put them in the back, or side of our cars with the stickers per order. We do one, or two orders at a time depending how many we receive. Usually our orders are not in contact with the customers. Our app has us take a picture of the groceries by the door of the property. We are a tad different, but very similar. :)
Watching this video as I’ve applied for a delivery driver job for Sainsbury’s and an online picker. I am/was working for myself as a shop owner for 10 years but since The energy-financial crisis since feb sales have more than halved
my manger was asked what he needed to keep drivers at Asda because so many are leaving he said pay them more he was told not everything is to do with money. Every other supermarket pays more plus bonuses for driving the only people staying are people that live very close to this supermarket and would take 15 to 20 mins to get to the closest other market
Yes pretty much every other supermarket pays at least a £1 more an hour, shame on you asda..! Non skilled workers? 🙄 Driving, checking road worthyness of vans and keeping the cold chain intact.. Yeah non skilled... 💯🤣🤣🤣
They don’t get it do they. £1 an hour to these idiots sounds like nothing. But to someone on a lower income it’s a family shop for 15wks or more or rent paid for a month or 2 over the year hence why people leave. Meet the market or suffer simple
Drivers uses to get £15 a month in star points if their driving was Ok to make up for other supermarket drivers getting paid more but they got rid of it
I have driven vans for many years. this particular job looks about the easiest you could possibly get. Parcel delivery is the opposite, 120+ stops a day and timed too.
Imagine doing you’re shopping yourself, like in the olden days when people could be arsed to go out & do things for themselves… them people had it tough
He is on an emergency tax code, which will look on his payslip something like "1257 W1" etc rather than the usual format of a tax code. He will be taxed at a higher rate until he is transfered onto the correct tax band for his income threshold. He can claim a rebait for any overpayment and his employer can get him transferred onto the correct tax band. This has happened to me a few times over the years where I have started a new job without providing the new employer with the P45 the old employer neglected to send me. You can ring up HMRC and they'll put you onto the appropriate band.
Surprised I had to scroll so far to see this. As far as I remember, he shouldn’t pay any tax at all with that gross pay (or close to it). I hope he got a nice cheque from HMRC at the end of the year.
It's absolute slave labour for the delivery drivers at Asda, it is a incredibly stressful nauseating job with your store watching you constantly, Process constantly changing, having to load your own van a lot of the time, having unsafe and even dangerously overloaded and unclean vehicles (Guess that'll get worse now the new owners have sacked City facilities too!) then you are literally forced to go out in all dangerous weather conditions. Trust me I wouldn't recommend this totally unrewarding job to anyone, especially when you can do the trolleys in the stores car park and get paid exactly the same!
Was just about to comment on bit about bags as now we dont even get the option when making order now for bags ..then realised video 10month old...new sub here respect sir
Jesus that's alot of tax 😳 43 hr week.. I work hard Bring in around £2500 month £650 tax nat insurance & pension So around £1850 take home But I do get £5000 year pension on top so cant complain
Here in the USA we call Asda Walmart. We call our work Walmart spark delivery driving. We use our own vehicles to deliver groceries. How cool that you have delivery vans for this job.
Interesting video. I pick the home shopping. Not the greatest job but I work with good people and take home £1200 a month for similar hours to yours. Reckon something wrong with your tax code, should get a rebate.
I’m thinking of maybe being an online order picker for a year before getting an apprenticeship. Probably better than being a shelf stacker at least I’d imagine
I did this job (sort of) several years ago. Didnt even last a week. After the most ridiculous and demeaning employment process where a room full of potential candidates have to interview each other overlooked by over paid, underwhelming and inexperienced managers I was hired. Then on arrival for my first day I checked the work rota for the following week and discovered I was spending my first working week at asda as a delivery driver running around the customer car park collecting trollys. Told the manager to get it right up ya and went home.
Makes me laugh these company's £9.18p an hour is disgusting you would need to work 80 hours a week on that shit wage just to survive it's disgusting the mimimum wage in England should be no less then £15 an hour otherwise you have to work ridiculous hours just to survive
What planet are you from? It’s an unskilled job. Tradesmen are barely even on £15 an hour so what makes you think delivery drivers should be on the same
Great video mate! How would you compare this job to the one where you delivered for amazon? I delivered for amazon for a year and I'd say it's a quite dreadful experience, they have an average system but just exploit you and ignore all the issues being reported while telling you they always got your back. I was making an average of 140 stops a day and was paid around 110 pounds a day after fuel and van rent but before tax, so it's quite shit. Now I'll be delivering for Argos, see how it is there
@@Anees- Better than expected tbh. There are only 2 downsides to Argos compared to amz. The pay: In a slow month like the last few I'm getting around £1300 a month. Argos keeps hiring drivers in anticipation of work volume but when volume doesn't come as expected you end up with less shifts per week. And the fact that your break is unpaid, meaning that for every work day you will be deducted 45 minutes of your time no matter if you took a break or not. Everything else is miles ahead better than amz. Managers are a lot more down to earth and able to actually help you when need them. All the vans are with automatic transmissions. You are employed (with amz I was self-employed), so you all the benefits of that. You do not pay for fuel or anything when it comes to using the vans. You don't even pay your parking tickets as long as you got a reason explanation of why you parked there and you were delivering to an address nearby. The work itself is far less, 25 drops a day at most, so you'll almost never go home actually tired.
@@TheTito995 - good story. It is fair to say then look elsewhere rather than drive for Amazon. Great feedback from you - in the next 5 years or more , or whenever I move away from London which ever comes sooner , I will be looking at driving jobs when I move to Dorset or The New Forest. Thanks for your insight. Keep well bud 👍👏
Iv been a delivery driver for asda for 2 years come the end of the moth and its a great wee job suits my life style plus I'm now a trainer so what he never shown you was some one like me training him for four days.
Why were you paying such high tax? Upto roughly £12,000 is tax free, you were earning roughly £15,000 so would be paying 20% income tax on the difference of £3,000. About £600 per year, or divided by 12 months = £50 per month not £250 per month. If you did pay that all year (and earnt no other money from anywhere else) you should have got a nice fat (approx.) £2400 cheque for Her Majesty.
If you finish early you don't get paid for the full shift.....yah I think I would slow down and always pull into the yard like 5 minutes until clock out time.
36 hours a week 144 hours a month 6 24hr days for less than £1000 my friend your worth more! This is shocking! Our living prices have gone up and no one can live a decent life with that sort of money coming in...10% staff discount is also very bloody shocking! The staff run the shop if it wasn't for them there wouldn't be a shop that simple...trust me I understand money is money and everyone has bills to pay but of you learn how to earn easy money you will regret waisting time and effort for this... currently I work in a local takeaway I'm working 3 days a week 18hr a week and taking £250+ there's money and jobs out there if people look this isn't just the only option my friend... that said awesome video was nice to watch as always wondered about this myself 🤣 bloody good thing I seen this 😂 Earn yourself another sub mate 👍
I know it's the initial outlay but become a lorry driver. Plenty jobs paying 400 - 500 a week. I'm on 650. What you're doing should be at least that of amazon drivers like you said.
I'm looking at getting an HGV licence. Have my theory test in February. Where are you working? Is 650 your net after taxes? I suppose you get paid weekly?
@@0rrin I'm a home delivery driver with Asda but have 2 years bus driving experience. Unfortunately I have to hand in my notice at a major bus bus company due to insomnia, but will hopefully return back. Getting sufficient sleep is important when driving a large vehicle and carrying passengers.
@@EinkOLED Thanks for the heads up. I hope you get the help you need with your insomnia. Maybe fitting in some fitness workouts can help. That's one thing about lorry driving. It's very easy to lag in keeping your body fit.
Lol bro I'm earning more as an apprentice but I respect the grind my dream has always been to be a truck driver but because I'm only 19 I cant do it so after I finish my appremtship in plumbing I want to go to Van's and then lorry but the money in Van's is kinda scary haha my rent is 1200 with my girlfriend so 600 each idk how people survive on this money
Welcome to the working world! I've been working for 53 years and still am! If you want the NHS and all the other benefits you have to pay tax! Everyone these days expects everything for free! I remember a time when there was no housing benefit. Work for the thing's you need.
Yes we do indeed pay for the NHS but when was the last time you were able to get an appointment to see a Doctor ! ? You have desk jockeys, masquerading as 'medical experts' determining whether or not you get to see a Doctor or not. Just what the hell do we pay these people for ! ? I don't have enough time in my day to waste, if, as I was told recently, to go to a walk in centre, where you'd be lucky to get seen within 4 bloody hours ! NHS is a disgrace !
What has housing benefit got to do with it? If you need it, you need it. Are you trying to say people should be ashamed for needing help with housing costs or are you just as proud as you can be for paying your taxes?
I don't claim anything from the state. I'm 70 year's old with rheumatoid arthritis and diverticulitis only on state pension but pay my own rent and bill's. I was brought up to pay my own way in life. All I have from the NHS are repeat strong painkillers.
@@piprob5618 SRP is paid by the state to people who haven't paid enough contributions through their lifetime 🤣 So you ARE claiming from the state and have been doing so for a long time.
Bro, come work nights in the NHS, I work 35hrs a week, I work 4 nights on 4 nights off and get around 2K gross a month (give or take a few hundred) which equates to about 1.6K after deductions.
Good video, I watch all these different company delivery videos now to compare since I've been working for Amazon DSP. Pay is about 2150 a month and only have to keep 10% for taxman and have a long commute which costs another £200 a month (and 90 mins a day) so I get to take home 1750 net which is OK for my family since my Wife works as well. Downside is my days are much longer (9-10 for work and another 1.5 for commute, 5 days a week) and job is harder/more time pressured. I was hoping the pay would be better for morrisons or some other delivery type but so far I can't find anything better. Oh and I get no holiday pay or other perks, so there's that to factor in. I like driving jobs though on your own on the road as you do and am not complaining.
Some parts of this job I hate:
-Finding rural houses with actual house names when they are not signposted
-Parking in busy areas
-Driving into a built up area and realising you have to reverse out as you cant turn round
-Vans with broken parking sensors and cameras.
-People with 10 totes in flats
100% agree with all those 🤦♂️
Absolutely agree with you. When I come to power, it will be illegal not to have fluorescent numbers or an illuminated house sign outside your property.
@@adamski2108 literally would do the same too if I was in power. I even bought a headtorch but it's not bright enough to light up the numbers
Been there , done that and 100% agree with you .Fortunately I no longer do it .
Customers who pack their shopping away crate by crate leaving you standing outside for ages
I worked there driving for 3 years, nightmare on elm street part 10!! All those stairs with loads of heavy boxes. Never being able to find addresses, rude lazy people who want you to hand each item to them, just and all round horrible job, super stressed me out! And they pay you nothing.
Around that time I lost my mum to cancer and all I ever did instead of spend time with mum was work my arse off. Then my dad got dementia (passed in 2017) and all I wanted to do was look after him and spend some time. I asked for time off UNPAID and explained the situation in numerous meetings that I needed a month or two. They said to me nope. You either work or you leave! Swear to god true story that’s how they handled me after 3 years service.
Never forgive them for that can’t stand them.
That’s why people with these minimum paid jobs don’t ever kill yourself for them coz you are just a number. Do the minimum you can and work smart not hard. Smh
Sorry to hear, I use to work for them also, one day I tripped on a step carrying totes, knocked my back out pretty bad aswell as grazing my knees and hands on the fall, the next day I phoned in sick, and my manager was begging me to come in still, I said I cannot put my shoes on he said come in your slippers then lol. Anyway I went to the docs, he signed me off for 2 weeks, I got my daughter to take in my docs sick note, the next day my manager text me and said I have seen your sick note seems you could be off for a while probably best if you just hand your notice in lmao, I could of taken it further but thought the same fck this company and I left..
Exactly ! That's the sad reality of work these days.
The rude ones well their shopping would have been dumped in the street if it were me
@@BasJon see what I mean! That is disgusting! How dare us for being off sick. Smh! And you did it at work! Insane!
It's a rule of thumb ,the less you get paid (hourly pay) the more you're treated like shite, if the pay wasn't bad enough, the harsh treatment finishes it off.
My mate worked for Amazon for 1 week and hated having to deliver upto 180 parcels in one day was almost impossible and he was knackered so kicked it into touch..anyway my missus has worked for Asda for over 25 years and really likes it and the colleague discount is a bonus..keep up the good work pal.. 👍
Yeah keep Working for them.....😅😅😅
180 parcels for amazon is tiny. I work for them and deliver about 280/300+ parcels everyday 😭
I'm ready to quit haha.
@@alecpercy91 Hang in there man, think about the benefits of gaining the money you’re working hard for and what you’re able to do with that.
@@bobafett9321 thank you my friend..I have to remind myself this everyday 😂
Oh and the Scotland run we had to drive our vans there.... And let me tell you when we finished Aberdeen we drove home the same night I got home at 02.30 in the morning yes we drove for over 16hours left Dundee at 10am
As for the poor money compared to amazon, The job is was less stress, much easier in general and you go home on time. I know what id pick.
Delivery drivers on time. He must have had a lucky load then. In most circumstances you don't finish on time and are under time pressures with delivery time and trying to catch up for you to have your break
I'm working for Asda delivering love it mate as ex military few days a week get me out the house meet a lot of people..
@@vibsking21 you love working for shit money strange
I'll stick with Amazon,z £1000+ a week and is as easy 90% of the time cheers
@@leehollebon4777 I am not sure but think ex militay get there finish pay as a pension so yeah this kinda job is pocket money for them.
For me uk wages just clearly aren't enough with constant cost of living going up every year wages dont come close. As a country something has to give because familys can't keep this up
I tend to agree but if companies pay more then the cost of goods and services go up so it's a catch 22 situation. Personally my annual pay rise exceeded inflation until last year and this year it definitely won't be so a real terms pay cut again for me. With the energy price increase, NI increase and rocketing inflation not to to mention food prices rising many people are going to be struggling. I think you have to save up during prosperous time so when lean times hit, like it has now, you have enough money to survive. I imagine many other countries around the world are in the same situation.
@@AlexEwan1 yeah I totally agree, its going to be a difficult year for many with increases all around us
i do warehouse work nights 40 hour well 36.2 after breaks and get £350 a week after tax/ni and pension took of and am on £11.21 and £14.50 for Sunday work i work Sunday to Friday and day of in week and u would think 11.21 a hour and 14.50 on Sunday was good but still not even 400 a week
100% agree how you suppose to survive working for nine or ten quid an hour its bullshit.
@@xUzi786 the UK pay system is like a pyramid you have lots of people earning under £9 an hour at the bottom and at the top you have very few people making profits of over a billion pounds a year and as you work you're way up there are less and less people earning more money than the person below them. It's not hard to recognise that the ASDA store may have 600 colleagues but only six or seven managers and the managers get paid more but unfortunately there cannot be 600 of them so not everyone earns a lot of money 👍
Your a good role model - as most students are preserved as lazy
Money is OK if you live at home
But if you have a family - will be difficult to pay all bills & rent
Not to create an argument, but students are statistically in the minority for pushing harder and going further than most people, but lazy isn't fair.
Being a student is bloody hard work. Try balancing that with work, friendships, relationships and mental health
@@BySixa yeah such a tough life.
@@TUTENSKENGS nerd isn't an insult mate
Colin why on earth would it be difficult to pay bills on £1000 a month you'd get so many benefits you'd actually be well off ! It's only if you're single that it's not enough money.
@@oliverskinner8962 £1000 a month is not a lot of money
Great insight into a job we take for granted. You deserve a pay rise bro!
It's good guys like you are showing the public what it's like to do the job your doing, just let's people know what it's like and if it would work for them, it stops people wasting there time applying for these jobs because your showing them from start to finish, well done for sharing this information with all of use 👍👏
I’ve been an Asda driver for 5 months and I love it. Nobody bothers you, and you’re on the move all the time.
Only pains about the job is parking in city centres and climbing up flights of stairs (for people who need it). It can be a tiring job, but it’s worth it.
under asda rules he could of been sacked for posting this and this is why more people dont post
Respect to those who do this job, it’s usually way more stressful than this, that’s why I always give way to these guys and excuse any entitled driving from them.
This is life, people who work the hardest and most unsociable hours earn the least. Most cleaning jobs, factory, office, constant scrubbing toilets, buffing floors, mopping, bin emptying, sweeping, wiping frequently touched points, the same again next day, etc, pay £8:73, I've done it. Most PTS rail workers you see on track when you look out of the train window, and the majority are agency workers, shoveling ballast, rerails, digging sleepers out, digging wet beds out, on a night, in any weather are on £11 or £12 an hour, I know, I've done it. Building site CSCS labourers/groundworks, again all agency, outside shoveling or chiseling in any weather, freezing hands, £11 or £12 an hour, I know, I do it, you get home filthy and f**ked, but it's work and it's a job.
What does an agency worker mean in your context?
@@joewoodchuck3824casual worker , a worker who gets called to work rather than being employed with a schedule
Deep but true
My brother used to work for Asda for roughly 2 years but has now been working with DPD (directly employed) and earns more money than what you earned for doing deliveries and pick ups for working 40 hours p/w plus overtime.
I work in Asda George, George can get a lot at times, especially when they only like one employee on George at most times, this seems like much less stress, ty for the video man
Start my weeks training this week and this has really given me an insight, Thanks
How is it going mate?
Hope you find something better soon Peter.
I’ve literally just applied to a delivery man for Sainsburys so this video is helping a lot knowing what I’m getting into
Im so glad ur back bro ive been wondering where you’ve been. Plz make more videos about Asda deliveries .👍🏼
I've been working for Sainsbury's since June and I love it.
The pay is decent for the work £10.25hr, the van is loaded for you too.
There are no cameras inside the van but there is telemetry system with a dashcam so you are monitored but they're not stupidly strict about speeding as long as you don't take the piss.
I found the management to be quite supportive of new drivers as I struggled the first week on my own and they even adapted my routes for less drops.
I've just been offered a delivery job at sainsburys, glad to hear you've had a good experience so far! Do you find there's much overtime avaliable? 36 hours will be a struggle to manage on personally! Thanks in advance 👍
Think i'll change £9 odd an hr and have to load your own van lol
@@playstionrules03 I have a 24hr contract but get 34-40hrs per week and there's often more available but don't depend on it.
Sainsbury's have just announced a 50p/HR pay rise across the board though so that'll be going up to £10.75 from April (I think).
@@mackemsruleFTM yeah, that makes a hell of a difference!
i also worked for sainsburys for 3-4 months driving their vans, not the best job out there but still a good workout and they keep you on your toes with the tight schedule that you wont even have time to look at the time..also ideally wear a back belt to stop your back breaking carrying all those totes. especially to liftless flats..
As someone who relies on home delivery I agree with you comment on bags but unfortunately the supermarkets stopped doing them around 4/5 years ago and only brought them back temporarily due to Covid
I work for ocado normally finish 2 hours early in a 8 hour shift but we get paid for the full shift the quicker we finished the better for us. Also our vans are preloaded all orders come with bags so I think ocado is the best van driving job
Do u need to go back to ocado and get another set of deliverys
@@asimali6619 no. You only have to deliver what's on the van. When you start you find your van reg and go the keys and food is already in the van you just select delivery on the device 1 by 1 and it guides you there it's easily the best delivery job out of all the super markets you get paid the most,, go home with full pay when you finish. No manager talks to you unless you do something wrong
@@everydayguy289 sick bro because I applied for ocado and they called me in for Wednesday this week. Hope everything goes well because this is the only driver job that is pre loaded.
@@asimali6619 good luck bro if they called you in then you have the job 100% inshallah which area have you applied for?
@@everydayguy289 Tamworth warehouse down dordon
When I worked for ASDA, the new delivery drivers had to do a 3 month probationary period. I think this was later increased to 6. After week 1 all the probies were doing exactly the same work as the other drivers but getting paid 10% less. How did ASDA justify this rip-off? Also during the Christmas period, many of the delivery trays (totes) were double loaded to make more space on the vans. This led to back problems and drivers having to go off sick but often without sick pay.
Are the vans automatic or manual
@@hamzakiyani7448 - Both. I drove Mercs, VWs & Ivecos. All had auto boxes with the option of changing gears using steering wheel paddles
Totally overloading vans is an Asda past time. I've known vans go out with wheels so flat due to the weight.
@@buggerlugz6753 That is illegal though and you as a driver, who will bear the responsibility in case the police pull you over and realise that you have exceeded the maximum payload, you have the right to refuse taking the load out and absolutely grill them if they fight you back for it. You simply tell them that you don't make enough to risk your licence and subsequently your job in order to leave with a van which exceeds legal limits, and your employer sure won't pay your fine or paid time-off after your licence is suspended.
Nah the boxes are programmed by the computer and I think the maximum weight is 25kg per box. You couldn’t fit 50kg of stuff in a box. 12 2litre bottles of juice and it’s full.
I delivered for ASDA had to load my own van, rarely got a lunch break.
Had to deliver two weeks shopping to top floor flats that had no lifts, was out in all weather and got paid the same as people that work on checkouts. 🙃
Go work on checkouts then lol, your choice no one else's lol
Peter sweetest told all Tobe enjoying it
Crap company Peter sweeter said we have got to be enjoying it
That's ok good exercise for you , take the rough with the smooth , that's the duality of this reincarnation.
£9.38 p/h now. Flat rate. No over time bonus, no bank holiday bonus now but it used to be time +half. Night rate starts at 12pm, long after the drivers have left, whereas it used to start at 10pm.
Used to get a bonus if you were a good eco driver up to £220 per year. They scrapped that - basically every driver in the country had a £220 pay cut, apparently because it was unfair on the other colleagues that the drivers technically got paid more than them. How it's then fair to take money away from drivers is beyond me.
No carrier bags at all now makes everything take twice as long.
The Min/Max 36 contracted hours is a bit off. They really don't care if you go home early, so are totally fine with you doing under your contract hours (so they don't have to pay you!) and if they have sick calls they will hound you to come in for overtime. You could do 50 hours a week if you wanted.
Regarding your income tax. You were most likely on an emergency tax code so you will get most of that back from the tax man around April next year. Call the tax office and tell them to change your tax code or else you'll be paying one week's wage in tax every month until the tax man decides you can have your money back. Hope that helps.
I work at ASDA and can confirm I was on emergency tax and had to get it changed. Got the money back too. And a few people I know had the same issue.
Asda also pay you every four weeks, not monthly. It means one month a year you get paid twice, which if you treat your pay as monthly means the "extra" one is like a bonus.
And those lightfoot boxes they put in are ridiculous you have to drive like a nun to pick up speed
@@mackemsruleFTM We just ignore them at our store no one's bothered about them or how many penalties etc anyone gets. A few of them don't even work anymore anyway. They seem to be no longer work when a van goes off to have an issue fixed. Sometimes get two penalty received on one slip road
Hi bro, I have so much respect for you! Doing an honest job with such harsh environments. The pay is also not great. I did a good delivery job before and taught me a lot of things. Now I live in Dubai with many businesses. I will never forget the hustle in London.
Thanks bro 👊🏼
I went for an interview once for the job but never heard back from it and I didn't even have to do anything but go out with someone who was delivering just to get an idea of what the job would be like. But never heard back from them which seemed strange but watching this video and seeing how much you got paid I don't think it's worth it I could get paid better doing a warehouse job so might just do that instead even though I do enjoy driving and my own independence is better doing a job you get paid a decent amount so you can afford to get by in life and not struggle but hey each to their own as they say
well i hope you choose wisely, warehouse work is not the best job.
Amazon done this with me, went for training passed training and heard nothing back.
How strange have you tried getting in contact with them to find out what is happening?
Try sainsburys and Asda pay £9.95 now
Your supposed to do what you enjoy in life ,not what pays more . That's being materlistic and will never bring happiness. Happiness comes from doing what you enjoy ever day. That's the secret pal .. good luck
‘You don’t wanna see a guy delivering cor asda for 30 days’. Yes. Yes I do.
The correct rate of income tax for that amount of earnings in a month should only be 46 gbp. You should have got a rebate at the end of the tax year. All the best......
Looks like on an emergency tax code until confirmed by hmrc as paying tax on whole earnings without allowance. So yes, should be due rebate.
That’s what I thought 💭 way too much tax for the income
Great vid man!
Really informative and helpful, thanks!
I am a full time masters student, and i m obsessed with travelling and driving too, having watched your whole video i ve decided this is the kind of part time job for me. I m applying now 😁 cheers for your insight of your work mate!
Best of luck!
Good luck
Inspired me to do a delivery driver job cos of how easy it looks. Just secured a position at sainsburys, £11.50 an hoir
Still enjoying it?
@@MrConnorTubee yeah mate love it. Going up to £11.75 in October, all my managers are great, job is super easy for the money
@@shelg6082still enjoying it after 2 years? I’m thinking of doing it myself
This video helps us within the union- we try so hard to help you - AND THIS ABOUT TOLD TO GO HOME EARLY = NO = YOU ARE CONTRACTED. They have to give you your contracted hours. Only you can say - yeah - Im going home early no pay. Your choice, Contractual law
I worked in a nursing home i worked four 12 night shifts for on two off that was five years ago and my take home pay was the same as your but my god I worked hard for that money it was shocking
Asda is a good place to work, they gave you a van to use. Uber etc you have to have your own car and pay your own insurance. EVERYONE has to pay Tax and NI, if you have a house you have to pay council tax, TV tax, gas, electricity, and water, as well as a mortgage. Enjoy your money whilst you have it.
Very interesting to watch and see your local to me down south as recognised Hayling. I do Amazon Flex and in making the comparison you work a lot more hours for the money. Being self employed I get lot more tax incentives than PAYE so I do keep most of what I earn. For half the hours. Very interesting. Thank you. Best wishes and yes it is a great job
Basically it's slave labour...that is the reality! Massive respect to anyone working in a cold wet country doing that work for that small amount from a multi billion pound company. But respect doesn't make it any better...just wrong!
Nah ure just unappreciative how lucky u are to be in the uk
Imagine ure fully disabled and ure in hospital foe the rest of ur life
Quick question mate I’m about to start next week as a driver. Where do you go if u need the toilet? also what do you do for eating on ur break ? Good video mate cheers
Called business
@@davidkennedy5478 have you got answers for the questions you asked after doing the job? I’m curious myself
Argos was the easiest delivery job I’ve done out of them all, but the hours where terrible!! To many drivers not enough drops, I’d say for the job you did and the ease of it the money you earned was fair, the only down side to this country is the stupid tax bills we pay! Lining borris nonsense pocket
Changed abit since I worked for the I remember starting work at 6am and wouldn't get home some nights till 9:30pm
argos pays peanuts
Paying Tax is Legalised Fraud (Theft). Paying Tax is actually Unlawful. You don't have to, there's no Law that says you have to pay Tax of any kind. They can't Tax a Man or a Woman.
I work 37.5 hours and don't pay anywhere near as much income tax. I would definitely have a look at your tax code or something because that's ridiculous.
It would have been an emergency code until hmrc sends through his actual tax allowance code, happens in every new job, you get the rebate the next pay run
Supermarket managers give drivers more deliveries than manageable, meaning you have to work through unpaid breaks. Also you have to load your own vans. I hear it's worse with Amazon etc.
Never got breaks however asda took it out of my salary.
My van is loaded for me and I get bollocked if I DON'T take my break.
And if things happen that mean I'm running late I still get paid and don't get harassed about it as long as I inform store and my customers.
£959 after tax is disgusting better off on the dole if you have rent /council tax and bills , no one can survive on £959 even subsidised council housing you'd be broke
I applied for Asda and got the job and got offered a different driving job in the same day took the other driving job now watching your video I’m glade I made the right choice 👌
At least you got off you are and not a snow flake like most young men,I've grafted all my life so hope better jobs and more money comes your way, still keep looking for jobs to better your self because people like you deserve it. IF THERE IS A COMPANY OUT THERE AND WILLING TO PAY THIS GUY MORE MONEY,SISN HIM UP,
This was a great insight into this type of work vs renumeration. I cannot see how anyone could survive on that income and have a family. No wonder there is a substantial amount of the UK population either on the sick or on benefits!
At Amazon as a subcontracted driver you get £125 per day for a 9 hour route. However you have to turn up 20 minutes early to wait for the pick up, 15 minutes to load the van then a 15-30 travel time to the destination before the 9 hour shift starts then drive home. So it’s a 10-12 hour day, minus £32 for van hire per day and you only get half your fuel expenses back, what ever you have left there’s tax to pay. No holiday or sick pay. It’s a complete joke.
You have to pay for the van? I’m glad I found these types of video as I’d been considering looking into it as a job but thanks to comments like this I think I’ll stay clear of Amazon lol
@@Themaskplague yeah there aren’t many positives. I suppose if you do it is if your desperate as you start immediately, you own a van already, your prepared to work 6 days straight (you’re not allowed to work 7 days in a row). If you don’t own a van it’s £192 per week or £32 per day over 6 days. There’s no guarantee you will get a shift (if you don’t get a shift the £32 is still taken from your wage, you can give the van back but it has to be a minimum of 5-6 days before you get it can be returned to you) and the shift schedule comes through around 8am where you need to be awake to respond that your available even if you told them you were available the previous day.
@@lastdimestudios sounds horrendous if I’m being honest. I’m surprised they have any workers left the way they treat people. The fact you’re not even employed directly by them and instead through a DSP is a massive red flag straight the way but like I say the more I hear the more I know I want to stay away . I even looked at flex and that sounds just as bad. Sending you on massive runs so by the time you’re done and deduct petrol etc you’ve earned next to nothing
amazon is rubbish slavery job, i feel sorry for people who work for them.
That’s ridiculous. Sounded fair at first, until you mentioned the van hire and only half the fuel expenses 😒
I worked there during lockdown for 6months paying £9.18p/h then charging asda were charging customers up to £7 for a delivery... Absolutely disgusting that they pay the driver such a crap wage. On a Saturday we delivered up to 26/27 drops. Horrible job. Now no bags ffs
Why do you think the drivers deserve more ? It’s not a skilled job at all ? Asda paid for the produce the van the maintenance the uniform the technology? What is £7 delivery got to do with how much the driver gets paid ha ?
@@maitzyjp6649 Try doing the job you will soon see why it should pay a lot more.
@@maitzyjp6649 - Its a highly skilled job dude. Really, you should try it for yourself, trust me, you'd quickly change your mind.
@@johnwalker8110 I have done it easiest job I had when I was in uni you drive around listen to music and lift out shopping haha it’s not skilled at all
@@maitzyjp6649 So according to your logic, whilst doing the job, you wilfully accepted that you were being taken for a muppet and enjoyed the low pay to workload ratio. Silly guy.
I used to work for Tesco and it’s the easiest job I’ll ever have. Would often get 1.5/2 hour lunches and would probably only technically be working 7 hours of a 10 hour shift. If you’re considering going for a driving job, do it (pretty enjoyable once you get into it)!
Bad sides are:
- drivers laws mean if you’re contracted to work a night run you can struggle to pick up overtime hours
- sometimes contracted to just a 4 hour evening shift (which means you’re waiting around to start all day and it’s not really worth it imo)
- shitty weather during the colder months
- weekend work
I would say the good aspects outweigh the bad - but based on this video and my personal experience I would look at working for Ocado who give you the hours and pay well.
@@willnicholson18 an hours lunch is unpaid yes. Anything over that is.
I'm a take away delivery driver at the moment, but thinking in time maybe i'd switch to supermarket deliveries. I'm thinking that Ocado are likely the best ones having read quite a few comments, but also, without sounding 'snobby' the fact that a lot of people in high rise flats I imagine don't often shop at Ocado / Marks and Spencer. I hear Iceland are the worst to deliver for, especially if you're in a city.
I work for Ocado, we have to deliver Morrisons groceries too but for real, ocado is the best paying by far and the vans already loaded 🥳
@@bradleyrobertsx damn, I drive for Waitrose and we have to load our own vans, knackering if you have 20 drops and 60+ crates lol
@Sparrow at Waitrose we have someone come out and test us, but not like a driving test, but a test to make sure your a safe driver basically..
@@robot7818 the shift i had for last 3 days was to finish at 11, finished at 9pm last 3 days and get paid to 11 still, Ocados the way lol
@@bradleyrobertsx lucky 😩
'Please get bags' Funny enough, I don't do delivery very often, maybe a few times a year but when I do, I always tick the box for bags and pay for said bags to make it easier & quicker for myself and the driver as I suffer from anxiety and want the process over and done with as soon as humanly possible. I never get the bags I pay for so now I don't do it.
No one with the exception of Ocado and maybe Waitrose (I'm guessing here) deliver in bags, in general they no longer deliver them bagged up for "save the environment" reasons. Having them bagged up would have made the delivery driver's job also much easier, as it would have been much easier to unload the totes, line them up next to the van, grab the bags and then deliver them to the customer, rather than cart around God knows how many totes up to fuck knows where.
Great video good insight into job👍
Thanks 👍
I worked at Asda as a delivery driver for 6 months. Never got a uniform and had to deal with a manager who thought she owned the company. Always late to load up and was told by mini adolf to tell customers i had a puncture, because my load was never ready on time. I left rapid
I do this job for Waitrose and have done since 2021, it’s a pretty decent job. Nice to be your own boss for the most part. It’s definitely not perfect, especially in the winter, but I enjoy it
Thanks for sharing. I do think it’s massively underpaid though, driving professionally should’ve be better paid but I own my own taxi company and some days I make half that monthly pay. Study hard and good luck for your future.
Flexing your earnings
@@chrisnicholas6673 may be but running your own taxi firm is good because you start with 1 taxi and you being the only driver unless you have a bit of wealth so you can hire drivers and buy cars unless the people already have 4 seater cars or taxis. Taxi driving is independent and self employed industry meaning that you pay them for the hours they work they make £200 in 1 week you give them £100 or £80.
Great video bro, I deliver for Waitrose and enjoy the driving and being my own boss
King’s back
I work at Waitrose and it's literally the best place I've ever worked at, yes it's hard work but the people are lively and will help you if your struggling and management are good too, not sure what Asda is like but hope it's as nice 😊👍
I do the same for Morrisons..... £10.20 per hour, 15% staff discount. But, you did forget to mention 1 crucial thing......... flats..... yes blocks of bleeding flats, lugging cat litter, dog food, soft drinks and sheds of other heavy stuff up flights of stairs...... time consuming which we don't get enough of, and the dreaded toddlers getting in the bloody way when parents are trying to get their shopping unpacked.
It's not an easy job, you do get easy days but in general it is physical work, not for lazy sods. I had 20 drops today, over 100 cases of shopping and 6 blocks of flats among them, 1 farm, 1 caravan park and the rest tight streets with ignorant buses, cyclists and morons who can't drive blocking the roads
Time to leave Morrisons mate. Tesco, Sainsbury's Ocado all earn more per hour
I feel your pain bud. 👍
I am a cyclist and we are vulnerable road users, please show consideration
You make a good point. Your tax n national insurance is about 1 weeks worth of pay. So basically for every 4 weeks work you are actually working 1 week completely for the government or free of charge.
@gggggggg
Only Fools and Horses work. Seriously,..don't call people lazy sods just because they're sensible enough not to take a boring, mundane back breaking job like this for little reward.
Enjoyed that. 👍
Good on you mate for working hard and not moaning.
Everyone has to start somewhere in life, just annoys me some people moan and sit on there arse most of there life and claim.
Do you remember Peter got to be enjoying it he said
Domorehoumates
Good luck in getting that time off though, i used to work there and every time i tried to get Time off it just kept getting rejected, delivery driving for them isn't great and the money's terrible, monthly pay is pure bullshit and a good chunk of the places you gotta deliver to are absolute nightmares and have you had the displeasure of driving a penzo yet because they are the worst vans ever made
Same here, I currently do this job, keep applying for holiday time off, keeps getting rejected
Great honest video thank you
Ordering bags made no difference for me. For months and months they would just dump the EMPTY bags in the baskets!
they stopped the clear bags about 6-7 months ago you can buy bags for life but they get picked separate your order won't come in them
@@mackemsruleFTM Yes, the clear bags. point being you pay for PACKING & picking. Only clowns toss empty bags in with food shopping! And now bags of life are more expensive so even more reason to FILL THEM with shopping!
@@Robert_W7 I know some lazy pickers sometimes will stick left-over clear bags in the totes with shopping but like I said they stopped those apart from raw meat, the bags for life don't get filled as the pickers go on the shopfloor get your items and the bags for life get picked as any other item and won't come with shopping in
Job is ok very physical the evening shifts are harder due to finding places in the dark especially rural places with no street lights I work for team orange
i was shocked to see how little asda drivers actually make, i deliver for a local takeaway and we get paid 8eur hourly + 3eur per delivery. All in including tips it usually works out between 25-30eur an hour on the weekends and 13-18 on weekdays. granted we use our own cars but in fuel you lose only about 1-2eur per hour
Absolutely, I made more delivering 3 nights a week for my local takeaway than I did doing 35 hours a week at Asda.
@@buggerlugz6753 Probably less jobs at a local takeaway though is the only issue. Asda probably got 50-100 van drivers or more depending on the area vs maybe only 5 to 10 for a local takeaway probably?
Euros? Wtf?
@markfox1545 he won't be in UK, either Europe or even Ireland
Usually Asda we call Walmart has associates that come out with the carts, and groceries to our personal vehicles parked in a number parking space. Then, we grab plastic bags full of groceries and put them in the back, or side of our cars with the stickers per order. We do one, or two orders at a time depending how many we receive. Usually our orders are not in contact with the customers. Our app has us take a picture of the groceries by the door of the property. We are a tad different, but very similar. :)
900£ its a joke mate, full months work for peanuts, doesn’t even cover rent in london
no wonder this guy did that ua-cam.com/video/OinltOke5g8/v-deo.html
I think the tax code is wrong which is why he was overtaxed. I believe it corrects itself once the HM revenue guys look at it?
@@techgamer1597 it does yeah his next pay he will be given the money he was overpaid
Watching this video as I’ve applied for a delivery driver job for Sainsbury’s and an online picker. I am/was working for myself as a shop owner for 10 years but since The energy-financial crisis since feb sales have more than halved
my manger was asked what he needed to keep drivers at Asda because so many are leaving he said pay them more he was told not everything is to do with money. Every other supermarket pays more plus bonuses for driving the only people staying are people that live very close to this supermarket and would take 15 to 20 mins to get to the closest other market
Yes pretty much every other supermarket pays at least a £1 more an hour, shame on you asda..! Non skilled workers? 🙄 Driving, checking road worthyness of vans and keeping the cold chain intact.. Yeah non skilled... 💯🤣🤣🤣
Not everything is to do with money lol, unless you’re the CEO
@@fanfeck2844 yes it is when its a supermarket chain its about saving wages and running a skeleton crew
They don’t get it do they. £1 an hour to these idiots sounds like nothing. But to someone on a lower income it’s a family shop for 15wks or more or rent paid for a month or 2 over the year hence why people leave. Meet the market or suffer simple
Drivers uses to get £15 a month in star points if their driving was Ok to make up for other supermarket drivers getting paid more but they got rid of it
I have driven vans for many years. this particular job looks about the easiest you could possibly get.
Parcel delivery is the opposite, 120+ stops a day and timed too.
Shame Asda don't supply bags with deliveries takes me ages to carry my stuff up to my flat
They do , but you have to pay for them , without things have changed .
Imagine doing you’re shopping yourself, like in the olden days when people could be arsed to go out & do things for themselves… them people had it tough
@@weementaldavy5987 we stopped bags about last May only fresh meat and fish get bagged
He is on an emergency tax code, which will look on his payslip something like "1257 W1" etc rather than the usual format of a tax code. He will be taxed at a higher rate until he is transfered onto the correct tax band for his income threshold. He can claim a rebait for any overpayment and his employer can get him transferred onto the correct tax band. This has happened to me a few times over the years where I have started a new job without providing the new employer with the P45 the old employer neglected to send me. You can ring up HMRC and they'll put you onto the appropriate band.
Surprised I had to scroll so far to see this. As far as I remember, he shouldn’t pay any tax at all with that gross pay (or close to it). I hope he got a nice cheque from HMRC at the end of the year.
@@TiJayFLY It sounds like he may well be entitled to the £12,500 disregard/allowance if in a lower earnings threshold
It's absolute slave labour for the delivery drivers at Asda, it is a incredibly stressful nauseating job with your store watching you constantly, Process constantly changing, having to load your own van a lot of the time, having unsafe and even dangerously overloaded and unclean vehicles (Guess that'll get worse now the new owners have sacked City facilities too!) then you are literally forced to go out in all dangerous weather conditions. Trust me I wouldn't recommend this totally unrewarding job to anyone, especially when you can do the trolleys in the stores car park and get paid exactly the same!
Was just about to comment on bit about bags as now we dont even get the option when making order now for bags ..then realised video 10month old...new sub here respect sir
That amount of tax on so little means you’ve probably been emergency taxed after tax you should be at roughly £1200 not including NI deductions
Great video Man!
Glad that you like the job in some way :D
Jesus that's alot of tax 😳
43 hr week..
I work hard Bring in around £2500 month
£650 tax nat insurance & pension
So around £1850 take home
But I do get £5000 year pension on top so cant complain
Here in the USA we call Asda Walmart. We call our work Walmart spark delivery driving. We use our own vehicles to deliver groceries. How cool that you have delivery vans for this job.
Believe that Asda isn't part of the Walmart group any more, I was surprised to hear that...
Only way to live comfortably is to work 2 full time jobs 80 hour week , be fucking knackered too.
It's getting to that point in this country unfortunately
well done lad ,keep going and work hard maybe one day you will get what you deserve
That's the plan!
Make a plan!
Interesting video. I pick the home shopping. Not the greatest job but I work with good people and take home £1200 a month for similar hours to yours. Reckon something wrong with your tax code, should get a rebate.
I’m thinking of maybe being an online order picker for a year before getting an apprenticeship. Probably better than being a shelf stacker at least I’d imagine
I did this job (sort of) several years ago. Didnt even last a week. After the most ridiculous and demeaning employment process where a room full of potential candidates have to interview each other overlooked by over paid, underwhelming and inexperienced managers I was hired. Then on arrival for my first day I checked the work rota for the following week and discovered I was spending my first working week at asda as a delivery driver running around the customer car park collecting trollys. Told the manager to get it right up ya and went home.
Makes me laugh these company's £9.18p an hour is disgusting you would need to work 80 hours a week on that shit wage just to survive it's disgusting the mimimum wage in England should be no less then £15 an hour otherwise you have to work ridiculous hours just to survive
What planet are you from? It’s an unskilled job. Tradesmen are barely even on £15 an hour so what makes you think delivery drivers should be on the same
I dont get out of bed unless im getting paid £15 an hour anything less im not interested
Your a natural, thanks for sharing your work day with us. Jan.
Great video mate! How would you compare this job to the one where you delivered for amazon?
I delivered for amazon for a year and I'd say it's a quite dreadful experience, they have an average system but just exploit you and ignore all the issues being reported while telling you they always got your back. I was making an average of 140 stops a day and was paid around 110 pounds a day after fuel and van rent but before tax, so it's quite shit. Now I'll be delivering for Argos, see how it is there
How'd it go mate?
@@Anees- Better than expected tbh. There are only 2 downsides to Argos compared to amz. The pay: In a slow month like the last few I'm getting around £1300 a month. Argos keeps hiring drivers in anticipation of work volume but when volume doesn't come as expected you end up with less shifts per week. And the fact that your break is unpaid, meaning that for every work day you will be deducted 45 minutes of your time no matter if you took a break or not.
Everything else is miles ahead better than amz. Managers are a lot more down to earth and able to actually help you when need them. All the vans are with automatic transmissions. You are employed (with amz I was self-employed), so you all the benefits of that. You do not pay for fuel or anything when it comes to using the vans. You don't even pay your parking tickets as long as you got a reason explanation of why you parked there and you were delivering to an address nearby. The work itself is far less, 25 drops a day at most, so you'll almost never go home actually tired.
@@TheTito995 - good story.
It is fair to say then look elsewhere rather than drive for Amazon.
Great feedback from you - in the next 5 years or more , or whenever I move away from London which ever comes sooner , I will be looking at driving jobs when I move to Dorset or The New Forest.
Thanks for your insight.
Keep well bud 👍👏
Iv been a delivery driver for asda for 2 years come the end of the moth and its a great wee job suits my life style plus I'm now a trainer so what he never shown you was some one like me training him for four days.
Why were you paying such high tax? Upto roughly £12,000 is tax free, you were earning roughly £15,000 so would be paying 20% income tax on the difference of £3,000. About £600 per year, or divided by 12 months = £50 per month not £250 per month. If you did pay that all year (and earnt no other money from anywhere else) you should have got a nice fat (approx.) £2400 cheque for Her Majesty.
If you finish early you don't get paid for the full shift.....yah I think I would slow down and always pull into the yard like 5 minutes until clock out time.
Savage, that wouldn't even cover my mortgage and bills 🤷♂️
36 hours a week 144 hours a month 6 24hr days for less than £1000 my friend your worth more! This is shocking! Our living prices have gone up and no one can live a decent life with that sort of money coming in...10% staff discount is also very bloody shocking! The staff run the shop if it wasn't for them there wouldn't be a shop that simple...trust me I understand money is money and everyone has bills to pay but of you learn how to earn easy money you will regret waisting time and effort for this... currently I work in a local takeaway I'm working 3 days a week 18hr a week and taking £250+ there's money and jobs out there if people look this isn't just the only option my friend... that said awesome video was nice to watch as always wondered about this myself 🤣 bloody good thing I seen this 😂
Earn yourself another sub mate 👍
I know it's the initial outlay but become a lorry driver. Plenty jobs paying 400 - 500 a week. I'm on 650. What you're doing should be at least that of amazon drivers like you said.
I'm looking at getting an HGV licence. Have my theory test in February. Where are you working? Is 650 your net after taxes? I suppose you get paid weekly?
@@0rrin I'm a home delivery driver with Asda but have 2 years bus driving experience. Unfortunately I have to hand in my notice at a major bus bus company due to insomnia, but will hopefully return back. Getting sufficient sleep is important when driving a large vehicle and carrying passengers.
@@EinkOLED Thanks for the heads up. I hope you get the help you need with your insomnia. Maybe fitting in some fitness workouts can help. That's one thing about lorry driving. It's very easy to lag in keeping your body fit.
Bro why you making out your working there just for a YT vid, clearly work there full time 😂
I can’t listen this „I am freezing” all the time 😂 bro did you been ever in Poland ??? In England is no winter mate
Lol bro I'm earning more as an apprentice but I respect the grind my dream has always been to be a truck driver but because I'm only 19 I cant do it so after I finish my appremtship in plumbing I want to go to Van's and then lorry but the money in Van's is kinda scary haha my rent is 1200 with my girlfriend so 600 each idk how people survive on this money
Welcome to the working world! I've been working for 53 years and still am! If you want the NHS and all the other benefits you have to pay tax! Everyone these days expects everything for free! I remember a time when there was no housing benefit. Work for the thing's you need.
Yes we do indeed pay for the NHS but when was the last time you were able to get an appointment to see a Doctor ! ?
You have desk jockeys, masquerading as 'medical experts' determining whether or not you get to see a Doctor or not.
Just what the hell do we pay these people for ! ?
I don't have enough time in my day to waste, if, as I was told recently, to go to a walk in centre, where you'd be lucky to get seen within 4 bloody hours !
NHS is a disgrace !
What has housing benefit got to do with it? If you need it, you need it. Are you trying to say people should be ashamed for needing help with housing costs or are you just as proud as you can be for paying your taxes?
I don't claim anything from the state. I'm 70 year's old with rheumatoid arthritis and diverticulitis only on state pension but pay my own rent and bill's. I was brought up to pay my own way in life. All I have from the NHS are repeat strong painkillers.
@@piprob5618 SRP is paid by the state to people who haven't paid enough contributions through their lifetime 🤣 So you ARE claiming from the state and have been doing so for a long time.
Good vid bro
Take you labels of bro
Asda is heavy heavy work around the town in Edinburgh can be between 8 to 12 to 30 tots a floor
Learnt more from this video than the people who trained Me
thanks for making this brother, all the best
I think delivery driver do a good job, Thanks you all.
Hi its nice to see thiss video. Working as a Call center agent of asda 🥰
You said it was your 1st day then proceed to tell us how you normally load your van 🤔
Maybe he did it for other companies too
Never knew how much went into the job subscribed cheers
Bro, come work nights in the NHS, I work 35hrs a week, I work 4 nights on 4 nights off and get around 2K gross a month (give or take a few hundred) which equates to about 1.6K after deductions.
What do you do?
Nights are bad for most peoples health.
Thought you NHS lot are so say underpaid ?
Work half a month and £2k seems pretty good and sure plenty on far more than that.
@@1oldgit Work environment and mental health means more than an extra 400 quid a month for many ppl..
Good video, I watch all these different company delivery videos now to compare since I've been working for Amazon DSP. Pay is about 2150 a month and only have to keep 10% for taxman and have a long commute which costs another £200 a month (and 90 mins a day) so I get to take home 1750 net which is OK for my family since my Wife works as well. Downside is my days are much longer (9-10 for work and another 1.5 for commute, 5 days a week) and job is harder/more time pressured. I was hoping the pay would be better for morrisons or some other delivery type but so far I can't find anything better. Oh and I get no holiday pay or other perks, so there's that to factor in. I like driving jobs though on your own on the road as you do and am not complaining.
Your best trying Ocado mate. Plus you'll have a working contract.
Seems a sweet guy.