C2C fare rises..

[Phippsy]

You'd want £37k to have to start a silly o'clock in the morning.

Yeah thats the thing isn't it, early early starts and then late late finishes!

Your not wrong there lads i have been starting work at 04:15 this week although i have been sitting indoors all finished by 10 am :), although as mk said we do also get a minimum of 14 weeks off a year.

I also agree with (southend lady i think ) the senior management are as you expect.. very out of tune with what you passengers have to put up with when things go wrong, i do feel for you all, on the flip side c2c has been the best operating toc for 3 years now in the whole country. So it could always be worse folks ;)

 

[stoy_redstar]

work will pay for mine:whistling:

 

[BrettieAngell]

Your not wrong there lads i have been starting work at 04:15 this week although i have been sitting indoors all finished by 10 am :), although as mk said we do also get a minimum of 14 weeks off a year.

I also agree with (southend lady i think ) the senior management are as you expect.. very out of tune with what you passengers have to put up with when things go wrong, i do feel for you all, on the flip side c2c has been the best operating toc for 3 years now in the whole country. So it could always be worse folks ;)

14 weeks off a year!! :stunned:

 

[Phippsy]

Yes im afraid we do, its tough but just about do-able. the only down side is the shifts, which you do get used to after a while.

 

[MK Shrimper]

14 weeks off a year!! :stunned:

Ah but if you think you already get 104 days off a year, plus bank holidays and your leave entitlement.

 

[BrettieAngell]

Ah but if you think you already get 104 days off a year, plus bank holidays and your leave entitlement.

How much annual leave do you get?

 

[BrettieAngell]

Yes im afraid we do, its tough but just about do-able. the only down side is the shifts, which you do get used to after a while.

what qualifications do you need?

 

[MK Shrimper]

How much annual leave do you get?

25 days + 8 Bank Hols. Pretty standard I think.

 

[OldBlueLady]

25 days + 8 Bank Hols. Pretty standard I think.

Same as the old man gets from Visa.

 

[BrettieAngell]

25 days + 8 Bank Hols. Pretty standard I think.

I get 20 days but then i'm getting 3 and a half days extra for chrimbo.

 

[MK Shrimper]

I get 20 days but then i'm getting 3 and a half days extra for chrimbo.

Get the opportunity to buy and sell leave as well, though how it works is a bit torturous!

 

[Davros]

i take it train drivers get free train travel as well?

 

[MK Shrimper]

i take it train drivers get free train travel as well?

Hmmm...not sure TBH. Probably for the TOC they work for.

 

[Firestorm]

i take it train drivers get free train travel as well?

My Grandad used to , but that was pre-privatisation days

 

[MK Shrimper]

My Grandad used to , but that was pre-privatisation days

If you were employed by BR before privitisation in 1994 with no break in service, you still are entitled to free travel to/from your place of work and 16 free trips anywhere in the country - plus reductions on international travel, 75% off of other things such as the London Underground, Newcastle Metro for example.

 

[Gremlin]

i take it train drivers get free train travel as well?

Not only do they not have to buy a ticket for the train they're driving, they actually get paid for it too. Scandalous I reckon.

 

[Kenny]

Anyone know what the increases are on National Express Liverpool Street line? I dread to think.

One of my mates has been working on that line for about 15 years, was chatting to him the other day and he thinks NE are unlikely to keep hold of the franchise in the long term so don't expect much in the way of investment/improvements over the next few years.

 

[Mad Cyril]

The cheapest way to get from Benfleet to Canary Wharf was to buy daily returns at £10.60. This has now risen by a whopping 25%.