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Recent content by Glover2013

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    Free Travel DfT TOCs

    Couldn’t agree more. I know that rail staff travel isn’t a priority for all members of staff but it could be a valuable negotiation tool in a future deal!
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    60 minutes, sometimes 45, help me understand.

    How many times can you be burned by the same broken promise in life before the party in control (I.e. the employer) put an end to it. It’s both harsh for the applicant and the reality of trying to control what is a huge financial investment for the employer. ‘Recruitment teams are small’ is...
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    GTR - Trainee Train Driver vacancies (07/12/20)

    Fair enough. Thanks for asking!
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    GTR - Trainee Train Driver vacancies (07/12/20)

    Thought I would see you here on this forum! Also interested to hear if they would take on qualified drivers. Can anyone confirm if this is the number for GTR HR: Thought I would see you here! I’m also interested in hearing if GTR are accepting applications from qualified drivers. Can anyone...
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    Qualified driver applying for a trainee driver position

    Thank you very much for this!!!
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    Qualified driver applying for a trainee driver position

    Brilliant. Thanks for all your help.
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    Qualified driver applying for a trainee driver position

    Cool. I’ll enquire through hr. Cheers!
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    Qualified driver applying for a trainee driver position

    Thank you very much for this! So are you saying I should direct my application to the ‘Operations’ department at Southern? Are Operations contactable through Hr?
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    Qualified driver applying for a trainee driver position

    Thanks for this. Long shot I know but do you know if TL will be recruiting qualified drivers at Gatwick airport anytime soon? Or at any other depots?
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    Qualified driver applying for a trainee driver position

    Brighton ideally. I’ll reach out to hr. Cheers!
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    Qualified driver applying for a trainee driver position

    Thanks for your advice. I had no idea that recruitment was split between qualified drivers and trainees. I’ll go down the hr route!
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    Qualified driver applying for a trainee driver position

    Looking for some advice please, especially from qualified drivers who have moved TOC. I'm a qualified driver of four years, currently employed and with a clean safety of line record looking to move to a depot in the South East of England. I recently applied for the trainee train driver...
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    Transfer of Railway pension to another TOC

    Thanks for replying. Very helpful! Didn’t know about the CPI RPI factor.

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