Mike's Jollies

This comment below from Mike was posted in response to someone who posted negative comments elsewhere and was basically called a liar.

"The stories you read about drivers not getting any layovers are true.

One time I was told I would not get a layover for waiting 36 hours at Cargills in Highriver, the only way I did get paid for it was by having a fit on the phone about the bullshit reason why they tried to get out of paying me it, in the end I only got some of it paid.

When my truck broke down I had to wait in a hotel for 3 days while they fixed the truck I never got a single cent for my waiting time.

Lucky I left my family in the UK and didn't have to look after them. I had loads of good jobs and done plenty of miles while I was working for H&R but the only reason was because I had my blog and loads of readers rang up asking for a job and told Dave Fodder that they had read my blog and they wanted a job just like me.

They looked after me while I was showing the world how good H&R were, then when I said something negative then things started to go down hill from then on.

I have always said the job at H&R transport is not a bad job if you got paid for what you had earned but they use every single dirty trick in the book to con you out of money and what can you do NOTHING.
If the employment agency came in and looked at the books and saw how H&R were ripping people off then I think they would get one hell of a fine. If you dare say anything they use it against you, look at me I said 5 months before I asked about PR that someone was a dumbass they refused me PR because of that and Dave Fodder said I had hissie fits, but if they had paid me what I was told in the first place I wouldn't of had hissie fits.
Never mind I left H&R over 6 months ago its in the past for me. Driving a truck In Canada is a fantastic job for a single guy, you see so many nice sights and you earn a lot more money than a married guy, as a single guy you are always turning around and going again and you have loads of money in the bank and no bills to pay.
If you are a married guy with family to support then it is going to be very hard to survive unless you have a load of money in the bank to go with.

I am so glad now Dave Fodder refused me PR, when I came home in Oct my wife told me she didn't want to move to Canada so it has worked out well for the both of us.

My time in Canada was great but also a real eye opener. They say you get greeted at the airport with a warm hand but they don't tell you they cup you by the balls and if you step out of line once then they squeeze your balls tight.

Its such a shame they sensor the blogs and facebook because you can only see one side of H&R, but the people in the big wide world are not all dumb and they know the bad side of the job and the company

The only time you hear about it is when drivers leave then you are called losers by H&R management. I left because I was fed up with all the bullshit going on and the constant battles with unpaid picks and delivers and layovers, and you were never allowed to reset in your home terminal. After 8 weeks of resets in Calgary I had a hissie fit on the phone and then they let me reset in my home terminal why does it take a driver to have a hissie fit on the phone before he gets a reset in his own terminal!

I had a year of driving all over Canada and America, I left with money in the bank and I have returned to the UK to my 5 bedroom house so how does that make me a loser?

I went to full fill a dream of mine, to drive a truck in America and to see if it’s a place for me and my family, sadly its not a place for my wife to live she hates the cold but never mind I still fulfilled my dream and had a good time."

So, make your own minds up, but first, try asking questions on H&R driver blogs which might require a negative response, and see if they are shown, and also read the forum posts on BTA and other places. Don't simply assume that returning drivers are liars, or it's just sour grapes, because the move you make today could effect the rest of your life.

H&R will facilitate your move to Canada very efficiently, but if, for whatever reason you do not get the miles, and your partner can't get a job, there are no welfare benefits to be had for you, or your wife and kids, and if you upset them, you are finished, because no matter how much work you want to put in...they control the miles you are given (or not given)!

I got a message from Mike Nash this morning, who has started to add to his blog again with news about other companies in Canada who might want to take on fresh Brits, or maybe take drivers from the massive pool of drivers who came back to the UK and still have their Canadian class 1, but may be interested in returning to a different company.

Mikes Blog is Here... Click.

Mike suggests some GOOD companies in Canada here... Click.
..and here.. Click.