This was also the case for the 35 years I worked there...
One lad in particular was always whinging about hating it and I said why do you stay then..??
I then said I will tell you why, where else will you get well over £40k a year for just driving a forklift round for a 8 hours a day..??
You would be on less than half doing if you were a new starter or doing it in the Vantec warehouse over the road...
And when you get your final salary pension (which still existed then !!) at 55 you might get up to £20k a year off them...
So if you live 40 years they will pay you up to £800,000 for not even going there ever again or doing anything for it, how crazy is that...
He said oh well I deserve it for putting up with all this s**** for so long...
So I said well just remember that every time you whinge then how lucky you are...
Needless to say he never left and retired a few years ago with his nice pension, must have realised where he was better off...
Now I know that pension has gone now for the new starters, but the wages are ticking up nicely, and the way you are treated at work is a lot better now along with the much lower targets per man these strange days,
So if you can get your head around a bit of graft, keep your nose clean and if your ambitious look for an opportunity to progress or improve your skills it could still work out decent for you hopefully...