When an Investment Banker is Offered a Lorry Driver’s Job

As has been reported, in a move to resolve the shortage of lorry drivers, the UK Government has shot off letters to almost one million people with lorry licences.  This includes German residents who had driving licences issued before 1999, which allow them to drive medium-sized lorries of up to 7.5 tonnes, even if they have never been behind the wheel of one.

What stood out for me was the reaction of one German, who received a copy of that letter, as did his wife.  To quote from The Independent:

We were quite surprised. I’m sure pay and conditions for HGV drivers have improved, but ultimately I have decided to carry on in my role at an investment bank. My wife has never driven anything larger than a Volvo, so she is also intending to decline the exciting opportunity.

It is nice to know there are specialist jobs available here for us though after Brexit. We would never have been headhunted to drive a lorry if we’d gone back to Germany.