Paging Couriers

it's probably crap, but it'd suit him, as you get to crash motorbikes
a lot.

 

My son is considering becoming a courier. What's the money like?

 

Good grief, you've been around here to know better. Complete waste of time.
More profit in signing on at the end of the day, except for a very Elite
(and favoured) bunch.

 

Well, it's kind of like one side has the queen on it, the other a famous
person from history. It comes in blue, brown, and purple varieties, the
blue ones go fastest, but the purple ones are better.

He won't see very much of it.

 

Drug courier: pretty good, risky job.
Motorcycle courier: lousy, risky job.
Bike courier: lousy, risky job, hard work.
Font: easy work but rather flat.

 

If he's still living with you, then it will be a good job for him.
If he has his own place, and bills to pay, then it'll be crap.
I did it for 3 years, the first 2 years I was on my own,with low
rent/outgoings, and also no ties.In that situation, you can survive the
weeks when you earn only £100.
Then I got married,instant family,with another soon to arrive, and
things were not so good on the odd weeks when there was no work.
I jacked it in after earning only £78 one week, and thats before
petrol/other expenses.
The 'no-ties' part is relevant as well.They all advertise 9-5ish
working, but there is occasionally the 6pm pick-up to get 100 miles away
that night, so if you have a wife waiting to go out that night, you are
stuffed - do the work, and the wife goes mad, refuse the work, and you
are at the back of the queue for the next few days, .
The good weeks are good.I was clearing £500 some weeks, and doing
reasonable hours - I did 600 miles one day, and was still home for 6pm,
but the downsides are pretty bad as well - sat in the office all day
watching daytime TV, freezing on the coldest days,soaked at 10am, and
knowing youd be like it for the rest of the day, being constantly
covered in filth, and in the winter, having a permanent 'glowing' red
face, from the 'wind in the face' experience!
Alan.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Alan.T.Gower said:

It's not the money at the end of the day but whether you can hack it. If
he's starting now then a good winter dose of it is the time to decide.

£750 a week, tops, but then sometimes the money just ain't worth it. For
the risk, working conditions and hours, I'd say it's a pretty shit wage.

 

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Nice.

 

If your son enjoys motorcycling, disuade him from this path...
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From what I can see, not significantly better than it was when I did it,
20 years ago.