myhermes under investgation

[stevebills]

Courier firm Hermes face HMRC investigation over pay below the minium wage for its drivers its claimed they are 40p an hour below minium wage
lets see where this one goes

thx
steve

[Bradd]

Interesting

[stevebills]

no wonder the drivers are nicking parcels

[quizmaniac]

surprised its only 40p under the minimum wage considering how much they get paid per delivery.

[Bradd]

I saw a Herm driver for the first time today,, i caught him at my drop off Londis shop .Lovely guy very friendly,, helped him put some other peoples parcels in the van .,..so i thru them in as hard as could to make him feel at home ..and he loved it ,, luckily my parcels look like **** so they dont bother nicking them as yet ..........All couriers nick in IMO

[stevebills]

i think royal mail may be behind so of this bull crap as they cant compete with myhermes
and lets see what happens

[arktech]

are my hermes drivers self employed ?

[Yooo]

OMG... selling handbags for 20K+, but paying employees minimum wage... that's disgusting.

[JamesNorth101]

I think your confusing myhermes the UK delivery company with the French design house Hermès there

[Yooo]

Oh lol. Minimum mage is a bad thing regardless though.

[stevebills]

nobody should be on less than £12 hour the cost of living is way too high

[JamesNorth101]

Cost of living would only increase if minimum wage was increased.

[e2free]

Let's see how it goes as I think their drivers are self employed but it's hard to win against hmrc

[PortiaDeRossi]

myhermes are amazing tbh, sent 1000 parcels in 5 months and only about 20 lost which they compensated me for

[zenohki]

Originally Posted by PortiaDeRossi

myhermes are amazing tbh, sent 1000 parcels in 5 months and only about 20 lost which they compensated me for

I think you've been lucky. Honestly feel the only company that's worse is Yodel.

The local drivers can be nice, hard working and helpful, in which case they should be paid more. But usually they look like it's the only job they could get, and they wont stick it out for long.

[taerese]

Not just about luck after 1000's of percels, myhermes is super good. Been using myhermes since like forever. No significant problem at all and they are the only best, competitive, easier to use alternative to royalmail. No other service offers £2.75 delivery with tracking.

I have always said ebay would one day acquire them or Amazon will make a strategic move on them in which case Its gonna be like Microsoft acquisition of LinkedIn leaving Salesforce winging in the cold.

[wired]

Originally Posted by taerese

Not just about luck after 1000's of percels, myhermes is super good. Been using myhermes since like forever. No significant problem at all and they are the only best, competitive, easier to use alternative to royalmail. No other service offers £2.75 delivery with tracking.

I have always said ebay would one day acquire them or Amazon will make a strategic move on them in which case Its gonna be like Microsoft acquisition of LinkedIn leaving Salesforce winging in the cold.

Been on that waccy baccy again?

[stevebills]

myhermes has been good for me but I always insure my parcels
if its over £30

[stevebills]

I think the drivers get 80p a parcel and have to pay car insurance and own fuel
and repairs and tax and stamps so I can see the job is pointless and u will be better off on benefits