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    Driving with contact lenses only

    I am a QTD and I wear contact lenses every day. I carry a spare pair of glasses with me as is the requirement (but also spare contact lenses too). For a medical they test you in both and then without.
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    The GTR talent pool.

    Thanks. Yeah I probably was taken out of context. I was under the impression this was a talent pool for all future employees, not just trainee drivers. Trainee train drivers salaries were budgeted for so there shouldn't be any problems, although some of you may have to wait a lot longer than...
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    The GTR talent pool.

    I'm not particularly disgruntled. I enjoy my job, I get paid well and have my pension to look forward to. I haven't applied for another job since getting my current job over 3 years ago. The information that I stated was provided to me by another manager within the company during a briefing...
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    The GTR talent pool.

    Firstly, apologies for that bad grammar. 0400 is a bad time to be both awake and coherent. If you have been given a start date then I don't see how that would be a problem as it would have to be already included and agreed in the budget. If you've had no word about a start date and you're in...
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    The GTR talent pool.

    No, I'm not a driver. The recruitment freeze is common knowledge among employees at the moment as we are unable to apply for anything internally. It has been officially briefed out along the lines of "if you have applied for anything at all, then you'll just have to wait until there's money in...
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    The GTR talent pool.

    Please be aware that GTR have run out of money and have implemented a recruitment freeze. I wouldn't expect to hear back from them until they have been awarded a bonus for ticketless travel. Also there are better companies to work for.

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