Lofty exploitative management with no practical local grounding or empathy.The good thingsIn the beginning, having low key easy workloads.
Minimal workplace politics, although this changed.
Company car.
The challengesDriver gets paid minimum wage, but is expected to be; route organiser, customer liason officer, stock organiser, logistics estimate expert, etc, etc.
Extremely unpredictable workload, from 4 hours on one day to 12+ hours the next. Expected to call 50 unhappy customers on the phone to organise delivery and inform them it will be delayed. In other words, shifts all risk onto the driver.
Odd phone calls changing routes mid-run no matter where you are "because some customer asked for it now" regardless of where the driver or stock is.
Zero feedback mechanism to the company of "close mates". Poorly maintained vehicles with worn out brakes. No backup driver, no sick day, no backup van.
Zero work for a fortnight over holiday period with no pay.
Expects driver to function as temporary bank account for random purchases.
Bends over backwards to stab the driver in the back to make other companies and contractors happy without any local consultation.
End result: driver flowthrough very high.