The worst job I've ever had'

COURIERS HIT OUT AT DELIVERY FIRM

- By SOPHIE HALLE-RICHARDS

IT’S just past 1lam and Craig has already been on the road for several hours. But so far, he claims he hasn’t made a penny.

He arrived at his local Evri delivery depot in Manchester at 8.30am. But by the time he’s loaded his stack of parcels into his car in the pouring rain, it’s gone 10am.

After knocking at the first house on his round, the customer isn’t in, and they've not selected a safe space for him to leave their parcel. He leaves frustrated and out of pocket.

Craig not his real name is one of several Evri couriers in Manchester who've spoken to the M.E.N about what life is really like working for the delivery firm.

He claims drivers are having to work harder for less money, and face having their rounds slashed.”

Evri deny this, and say all couriers earn in excess of the minimum wage after expenses, and this includes time for collection and re-delivery.

But tensions have become so heightened at one depot in south Manchester that drivers were involved in a stand-off with bosses.

They say they worked hard over Christmas to help clear a huge backlog of parcels, but claim the tipping point came when changes to their routes were implemented.

Craig, who started working for the firm when it was Hermes, says his experience of the job has got progressively worse: