Self employed Courier Driver

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I strongly recommend you search this section of the fourms for a thread on I believe DPD. I think it's about three pages long and may well open your eyes a little. A lot of people posted who have been courier drivers on a self employed basis

auldblerk

SomeRandomGuy wrote: »

I don't know what company you are applying to but just be careful if it is something like Yodel. Examine the figures very carefully. Having investigated this option I found that while the headline figures look good the reality is a bit different. You might get paid to do X number of drops only to discover it takes you 12 hours a day to do so.

Self employed you will presumably have to pay for fuel, maintenance of the van and so on. Not to mention sorting out your accounts and tax return which is additional 'work' time or money you have to pay out to an accountant.

Being "self-employed" like this can sometimes just be a dodge for the company hiring you to avoid tax and employment rights. It basically means they can treat you almost like a slave because the moment you complain you will not have any more work and they have no obligation towards you at all.

I think (with Yodel), you have to do at least 65 drops per day to make it work and if you end up on a rural route, like makeyourdaddyproud states in their post, you could be struggling to reach this quota.