Lynian

FOR THE ATTENTION OF TEAMEDUP AND OUTCAST   THERE WAS NO NEED FOR YOU BOTH TO BE SO ABRUBT. IF YOU ARE AN HGV DRIVER OUTCAST THEN YOU COULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE MORE HELPFUL AFTERALL I WAS NEW TO THIS SITE. I DIDN'T ASK FOR OPINIONS ON UMEMPLOYMENT RATES OR WAGES, I KNOW THIS ALREADY, BUT I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT HGV. THAT IS WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION!     Thank you to the people who have sent me private messages, much appreciated!!!   Lynian

[quote]I object to the inference that telling you what wages you can expect is in any way negative. That the pay can be poor here is not my fault. It is just comme ça. In fact, I would imagine that most peop...[/quote] Off it goes again!!! yawn yawn yawn

Hello Touranqelle and Zeb, thank you for your kind words and useful advice. I may be a 'newbie' but i'm certainly not stupid! We have been planning our move to France for over a year. I have been visiting France for 20 years. Unfortunately we are always going to come across negative people who want to knock us back C'est la vie!! If there is anyone else who can answer/give advice on our valid question (it's not about money or unemployment) we would be happy to hear from you. Lynian

[quote]Do you realise what french salaries are like. You will probably only do a 39 hour week and no overtime to speak of, lots of such jobs only pay the SMIC which is french minimum wage means you may pick ...[/quote] Yes we are well aware of French salaries, did i say we wanted to earn loads of money!! That is not the reason we are moving there. We are not going there to 'scrounge' either. We want to work under French law and earn our own living.

Hello all, We are moving to SW France 81 as soon as we have sold up here. We do not have jobs to go to in France yet but we are capable hard workers and determined to find work. My husband is capable of many building jobs roofing, tiling, bricklaying etc. He is also considering taking his HGV class 2 here in England before we move. So to add another 'string to his bow'. Does anyone know if there is much call for class 2 drivers in France in 81 area? Or would he be wasting his time and money on taking the test for class 2? Any advice/opinions would be welcome. Thank you.