Would you find this misleading on a job ad?

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A job which requires driving- they advertise 'access to company cars' but it turns out that's only if your car has broken down/MOT, so last resort, AND if that car isn't in use by another staff member. It's just not really what I thought.

Access isn’t exclusive use of though nor is it promising a company vehicle
did you query it when you applied as it does appear vague

I wasn't expecting to have my own private car but feels a little misleading

Access to a pool vehicle is usually dependent on other staff needing etc
did you ask them about specifics or did you take the job assuming you’d use that car?

It’s something I’d clarify at interview, if use of a company car was important to me. It’s not particularly misleading in a job advertisement, it’s just something to follow up when deciding whether or not to take the job.

well they aren’t going to write all the details down in an advert for goodness sake,

if the car was important to you you should have asked, but I’d not assume access to one meant you had your own, just you could access it if required, which you can

I once had someone query it at Job interview, we’d never mentioned cars, st the end I said to him do you have any questions for me, he said yes do I get a company car. Young lad in his twenties, I was like no mate, you don’t.

I asked 'can staff use these cars for work' in the interview, they said yes. Not, no, only as a last resort.

Yes, misleading. Ability to drive is one thing but If they expect you to provide your own vehicle that should be very clear, as your insurance could increase considerably to cover business use ( as distinct from commuting).

Yes, that is misleading. If the default is to use your own car and the car pool is an 'if all else fails' fallback, they should say 'own car required' - it's possible people might apply, particularly young people, who can drive but don't run their own car.

I once applied for an academic job which was advertised as full time and when I was at the interview they mentioned it had "become" a job share. I was not shy in telling them that I thought the ad was very misleading and I would not have wasted my time applying for a job share. They still offered me the job. I declined and wrote to the university to complain. Their explanation was that it was intended as a full time post. However an existing employee returning from maternity leave wanted to drop down to half time hours so they decided to make it a job share. So the incoming person gets all the shit hours and jobs. Yeah, right.

I don't know why posters are falling over themselves to say that's perfectly reasonable. If an ad says access to company cars, I'd expect access to company cars when needed for work. I wouldn't expect a car full time for personal use, but neither would I expect to need my own car for business use.

It is something I'd check at interview, but I agree that's misleading.

That is really bad. Did they really think people would go "Oh, half the salary not the full salary - fine!" Let alone the excellent point you make that if you are filling in the gaps on someone else's job share rather than mutually agreeing one, you will indeed end up with the shitty end of the stick.

If they require you to provide your own car for work, they need to put this in your contract and finance it properly, ie pay the HMRC recommended 55 p per mile.

They should also offer the option of hiring a car for you to use, if the pool cars are not available.

What sort of job/pay is it? The expectations on car users is probably different if you're well paid so could reasonably be expected to afford to run a decent car rather than a low paid person who might not be able to afford a car, or at least not one that's reliable for putting a lot of miles on and/or getting to work appointments on time - if meeting their business requirements depends on their employees having decent cars, they should take responsibility for the cost etc.

I have decided to leave this job for other reasons, i also underestimated the commute, it's taking me 40-45 minutes in rush hour during school hold, could be an hour each way in term time.
My car is 14 years old with 134,000 miles on the clock, it's paying under 28k, luckily I've got a role paying more and much closer.