Courier Exchange
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Hi I have now worked a full year every…
Hi I have now worked a full year every week off the year and what I have worked out is not good as I have put in a lot of hours and the rewards are not good. The courier companies are not paying well at all and they don’t even wish to pay a pound a mile doesn’t matter what size vehicle you have, they will advertise a job and then say it’s sold or cancelled then re advertise it five minutes later sometimes even after a minute as they don’t want to pay the price you are bidding at, even if the time runs out they will still advertise afterwards again by changing the time just because they want to pay as little as possible some going as low as 50p per mile that is ridiculous. I have proof of them cancelling or putting as sold and then re advertising same job they are not fair and it’s not fair on the drivers as they pay for fuel , insurance ,cx cost for membership and also have their own vehicle and other costs related to that. Some companies that’s probably 30% will pay a fair price for the job this is not fair and the companies are large and small it doesn’t make a difference they are all trying to make the most profit and don’t really care about the drivers. Overall I have had 70% off my earnings spent in expenses related to this job and yes it’s busy but only for about four months of the year. The quieter 8 months you can’t get a job unless the company is desperate and it’s only then someone like myself will get a job because I don’t want to do the job for free and it’s not worth my time and effort. To sum up it’s only a good part time job in the busy part of the year summer months about three months and the rest of the year it’s a slow drag and can hardly get any jobs my reviews are hundred percent positive and I do the job perfectly with a lot of years experience even before joining cx. My last words are the drivers are being exploited and unless cx pays attention to all my concerns they will not have happy clients that is the drivers who pay for their incomes and the reason the company is successful it will struggle unless my concerns are addressed. And the other reason they make a huge profit is because they charge a lot of money for the membership. I was told by some of the older members that it used to be a lot better and the companies used to pay better rates to the drivers for the jobs they bid for but now that they’re is a lot of drivers less work and not good rates and a lot of foreign drivers and they are bidding really low prices as well so the courier companies are exploiting the situation. I’m going to have to get my own customers to make it worth while or do something else as I can’t continue like this much more as it’s not worth my hard work I could do a 9to5 job and earn a lot more. Thanks for asking for my opinion even though you won’t like the facts but that’s the truth and reality.