BE WARNED - There is a reason they always advertise for immediate start! - Courier Contractor StarTrack Express Employee Review

Once you cover costs, you are left with peanuts. You need to cover the cost of: Establishment of a company entity. Transit/Cargo Insurance. Servicing your vehicle every 4-6 weeks (on average, pending kms on your route). Fuel ($250-300 per week, on average). Vehicle fittings (cargo barrier/trolley and other items specific to your delivery route). Replacement of your vehicle as it begins to wear. Rent a hire car, if your van is in for a service or repairs. If you are sick or want time off, there is no paid leave or time in lieu negotiated in the contract. The real kick in the teeth here, is you realise very quickly that the relief contractors covering the route of Star Track Owner/Drivers (when there are no Owner/Drivers available to cover the route) are paid more than the Owner/Drivers themselves. Ironically, it is the relief drivers who deliver training to the Owner/Drivers. For the relief drivers, they earn about the same amount of money on an hourly rate through their employer/contractor, less vehicle costs for them (as most of them are sub contractors working for someone else). It makes you wonder how much these relief contract business are paid to cover the costs of their subbies - must be good! The relief drivers are constantly covering Star Track routes because the Owner Drivers join, then realise they drew the short straw and leave. Happens quite a lot - hence the constant advertising for availability.