my hermes couriers

langold

hi ive applied for a job as a courier. and have some questions. Do they deliver the parcels to me or do i have to collect? I have a holidaty booked will i be able to go? what is the average weekly wage after expenses. I have a hatchback will that be a problem? many thnaks

27col

What's wrong with just asking the company. They are the ones who know their t &c's best.

LucyHigginson111

as far as I know it works two ways, you pick up parcels where you live and you deliver parcels to where you live. So either way, you'll be shuttling back and forward from a depot every day, killing two birds (but hopefully not in parcels ) with one stone. I think this is why hermes are cheaper. When you see it done, it looks a bit barmy that Royal Mail come to your door but won't pick up a parcel...so hermes get people's business.
I've seen people do hermes in hatchbacks...should cover most parcels. Hermes have a size restriction, so you're not going to have stuff on your roof But if there's a lot of stuff (ie..........................xmas!), you may be doing 2 runs? Buy a van by then Small cars much much cheaper to run? I don't know...
You get paid by parcel. I use hermes and my van driver talks about it sometimes. I've seen him use subs. Ok as long as sub is reliable.
The day may come when I don't think the sun shines out of myhermes' bum. But so far....they just save me so much bloomin hassle, all the stuff is tracked, which saves a ton of effort of integration with ebay (i just suck my sold listings out using the hermes site, then it pushes tracking info automatically on to ebay). I just hit print. No lugging to the post office. Stuff doesn't mysteriously get 'lost'. They don't jump on stuff (you as a courier will be relying on doing a good job to keep business). Compare with Royal Mail who WARNED me at the PO to STOP putting 'fragile' tape on things cos it encouraged staff to step on it. !!!!!!??!!
Cliffs: myhermes come to my door (2 mile walk to PO)
Track it
Get it there in 3 days from pickup normally.
Don't lose it
Don't break it
Cost less than RM first for small packets and a lot lot lot less for bigger things
Their staff don't get shirty, there are plenty of nice RM PO staff but plenty who are not. Once you've finished queueing to see them.
I'll be the first to come here to slag hermes off if they mess up, I don't work for them I've just sent a few hundred things with them and they remove a mountain of hassle from my life for less money and I wish I'd been told about them too before going through all the other avenues. Used to use Citylink but they seem to have a culture of 'the customer is always crap', they don't seem very nice /interested in keeping business.

Wizzbang

LucyHigginson111 wrote: »

as far as I know it works two ways, you pick up parcels where you live and you deliver parcels to where you live.

Sorry can't help the original poster, but do Hermes have a time slot to pick up parcels or do you have to wait in all day/ for half the day? That's the thing that most inconveniences me about couriers compared to RM where I just take 10-20mins out of day to visit a PO.

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langold wrote: »

hi ive applied for a job as a courier. and have some questions. I have a hatchback will that be a problem? many thnaks

Have you got the job yet or have you just applied and are waiting for acceptance?

I worked for a courier company several years ago (not Hermes but another one which delivered stuff ordered from mail order catalogues) and I occasionally had to deliver television sets:(. These were the old 'fat back' ones (not massive, more the bedroom-size ones) but they were still big, bulky and blooming heavy when boxed in those big cube-shaped boxes they came in:eek:. They still went into a hatchback easily though and I never had more than one on any day to deliver.

When I was accepted for the job I had to meet up with another courier who showed me the ropes and went through everything with me. That was when I could ask about anything I wasn't sure about.

In the meantime, there is presumably a website where you should find the FAQs and Ts & Cs.

Good Luck:beer:

floralaura

langold wrote: »

hi ive applied for a job as a courier. and have some questions. Do they deliver the parcels to me or do i have to collect? I have a holidaty booked will i be able to go? what is the average weekly wage after expenses. I have a hatchback will that be a problem? many thnaks

Some have home drops others have depot drops where they go and collect from.
Holiday, wouldn't bet on it..Hermes require you to do every single day unless you can find someone to cover your round (and thats not easy)..miss a day, your round fails and your work is withdrawn (sacked in better words).
Average wage varies wildly..depends on what your parcel rate is (higher amount for rural areas etc), how many parcels delivered which can vary day by day and then over the year you have busy periods (Christmas) and dead (February usually)..So no set amount.
Again vehicle some do it in normals cars, others have vans..those in smaller cars have to do multiple collections to fit it all in, those with vans dont...some start with cars then buy vans when they realise the will be better of doing so.
Dont go into this thinking its a easy job..its not. You will be out in all weathers, for many hours and get moaned at, lots (by customers and hermes field managers). The smart ones will route plan to make it more efficient and quicker..or you will be back and forth all day.
Hermes is a lifestyle courier job-So originally aimed at mums with school kids/older people etc..however it can be made into a full time, ok paying job.

bramble43

but did any of you have courier insurance or blag it with business cover?

custardy

Wizzbang wrote: »

Sorry can't help the original poster, but do Hermes have a time slot to pick up parcels or do you have to wait in all day/ for half the day? That's the thing that most inconveniences me about couriers compared to RM where I just take 10-20mins out of day to visit a PO.

If you want a set collection time slot then you need to be paying for that.
Hermes are bottom of the range in courier services (on cost) so you will be waiting for when/if they arrive.
That's not a dig at Hermes. Its simply the reality of their set up.

theonlywayisup

bramble43 wrote: »

but did any of you have courier insurance or blag it with business cover?

Are you purposely bumping old posts?

custardy

theonlywayisup wrote: »

Are you purposely bumping old posts?

dont panic. Brambler has a monk on about the courier industry.
Likely expects next day deliver for 99p and unlimited cover.