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For some, it's the motors and not the money, as Rikki Chequer, TruckNet's UK community manager, finds out.
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Driving for love or money? That's the tneme of an interesting discussion currently taking place on the TruckNet UK forums, In these uncertain economic times, it seems many drivers still choose their employer on the type of work it does and the trucks it runs, rather than the amount in their wage packet.
Others, on the other hand, are only in it for the money and job satisfaction is a concept that is well down on their list.
As one driver puts it: 'Being realistic, I'm in my 30s, have a mortgage, live on my own, pay child support plus every other bill I get hit with.
"Maybe if I was younger and had less commitments, or was older and had paid everything off, things would be a bit different, but they aren't.
"Plus, I also like having money to go visit friends in America, have a nice motorbike, and go out clubbing at least once a week.
"Saying that, I'm picky about jobs. I mostly do blinking or tramping work, night shifts, Sunday nights until Friday mornings. The trunking is boring as hell.
"If you have a passion for driving trucks that will soon kill it. There are some companies and some runs I won't do because I find them unbearable.
"If it came down to a choice between two different companies one with crappy motors and boring runs but lots of money, and one with top-of-the-range motors and interesting runs but crap money I would pick the one with lots of money.
"Don't get me wrong, I do have a passion for trucks; but I have bigger passion for other things outside of work, which money allows me to do."
That said, there is also the flipside to that idea, which is neatly presented in this post: "I have in the past taken a job for a bit less than another because I wanted to do the job; I love driving and would drop a few quid just to be happy.
'I prefer small companies where they know your name. They may not pay as much as Stobart etc. but each to their own."