Would you ask this of new employer?

[Hochocolio]

I was offered a job with the understanding that I would pass my driving test (required for the job ASAP). I was very lucky to be given the job without already having a license and I have relocated to the area for the job. In the new area I can only get driving lessons on weekdays and the earliest I can start is 8am. So that means my lessons finish at 10am. When I'm supposed to start work at 9. Would you mention this to new employer and ask that one day a week you come in an hour late to make up the time later? don't see how else I'm going to pass my test without doing it but it seems such a cheeky thing to ask!

Can you not have a lesson after work? Get the instructor to collect you at work at 5pm?

No. I have tried calling as many instructors as there are in the area. None offer evening or weekend lessons which is incredibly frustrating.

Ah ok. In that case then yes, I’d ask boss if you could start at 10 one day a week.

Or you could see if there are any week long intensive courses and see if you could book a week annual leave?

An hour lesson starting at 8am and ending at 9am outside your work place?

I have asked my instructor if I could start at 8 and finish at 9. He said I would still have to pay for the 2 hour block.

If a driving licence is needed for the job then yes absolutely ask and offer to stay late to make up the time.

For most people, no, but as Apples says, if your employer needs you to be able to drive, and you have tried several different driving instructors and they are giving the same answer and you are willing to make up the hours and the job can be done in different hours from your expected hours, then yes, I would.

HAve you tried other instructors? I’ve never heard of one only doing 2 hour lessons

My instructor only did 2hr lessons too but it definitely shortened the time it took to pass.
I'd definitely ask to go in late. It's in their best interests to allow it if you need a licence.
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Is your instructor willing to drop you off at work after the lesson?

@FelicityBeedle

HAve you tried other instructors? I’ve never heard of one only doing 2 hour lessons

All instructors round here are 2 hours, particularly as they have to fully clean the car interior between pupils for Covid. It wouldn't be worth it for an hour lesson. With so many people looking for instructors as lessons were stopped for months it's hard to find one anyway.

Yes, it’s absolutely fine to ask that, and as a gesture of goodwill, can’t you offer to make up the hour at another time?

If not, it’s still fine to ask.

Reasonable to ask given it is a condition of the job that you do this and it is not long term. Just don't do Mondays as that really looks bad, and probably not Fridays.

@FelicityBeedle

HAve you tried other instructors? I’ve never heard of one only doing 2 hour lessons

In rural areas it's extremely common.

The drive from my town to the nearest test centre is forty minutes. You need a two hour lesson just to get there and back

I did have an instructor that offered three hour lessons due to driving distance. Halfway through he'd send you through the drive-thru at McDonalds and would buy you a meal

Our instructors where we live only do 2 hour lessons and they don’t do them at the weekends so you’ve basically got to be 12 to book in advance.

Can you take your lesson 8-10 and be dropped at work and work 10-6 to make your hours as they should?

Depends entirely on the requirements of the job in terms of hours and how much they value you as a potential employee, apart from the fact that you currently can't drive.

You must be in demand for them to have employed you without a current driving licence if that's an essential for the job. Otherwise, they'd have just chosen someone with the same skills but also with a driving licence.

Talk to them so you can work out between you how to pass your driving test ASAP while still meeting the needs of the business and getting established in your new job. Have you already been taking lessons and how far are you from being ready for your test? Would an intensive course and going through your test ASAP be the way to go, even if it means taking some leave to do it? Have you actually got a driving test booked? I thought there were still delays due to the covid backlog?