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Recent content by philly1001

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    Backdated Pay for Company leavers

    I was told Feb payment from my previous toc due to the amount of claims to process
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    GTR Paydates

    Can anyone please tell me what the current pay dates are for GTR. Thanks
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    GTR DOC mobile

    Has anyone else done any psychometrics in january for gtr for this role?
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    Scs induction

    There's no parking. And it will be a urine sample
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    (Gateline staff) what’s your best and worse experience working Gateline ?

    Gateline on carnival weekend! I was either getting threatened, ask to "hold something" or getting chatted up!
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    Awaiting start with TFL

    i got a reply two week ago for a position i interviewed for in May....last year :rolleyes:
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    Is the juice worth the squeeze?

    Its just a job. at the end of the day if your lifestyle and routine don`t agree with it you`d end up just leaving anyway. your roster and routine actually sound good and if you really wanted to you could make the money. if the railway still appeals to ya maybe you should look at the operations...
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    Is being a rail enthusiast an advantage or disadvantage?

    interesting about taking home "work personalities". At one point i was answering my personal phone saying "can you confirm your location and if its safe to talk "
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    Is being a rail enthusiast an advantage or disadvantage?

    aint that taking work home with you ..
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    Career as a timetable planner

    25k is trainee planner money my toc, the rest are on at least 40
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    How frequent are drug + alcohol tests for drivers?

    A certain hr lady once said it works out roughly to 5% of staff a year per traincrew depots for randoms but obviously there`s for cause and the suspicious ones. I did get tested randomly twice in a year though a few years ago but know people that havent been randomed in 10+ years :|
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    Trainee driver wage drop

    Thank you for all the advice so far guys. To give a bit more context, i dont work for the toc that has offered me the driving job however it is part of a group of company all under the same parent group to the one i currently work for. After speaking to the hiring manager it was confirmed that...
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    Trainee driver wage drop

    Yes and a place on a course has been offered fairly soon. Realistically i cant clear off all debt and manage the mortgage etc in the time-frame before the course starts. Does anyone know wether you can defer the course or are they just likely to go with someone already prepared to start?
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    Trainee driver wage drop

    Hello all Im just wondering how people have coped with the lower starting trainee driver wage. Im in a reasonably well paid operations earning just a little under driver money. I`e always wanted to go driving and now ive got an opportunity to do so but the 30k plus drop in wages for what could...
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    ‘Driver’ isn’t the only job on the railway

    Most TOCS down south have really competitive salaries across all departments. Jobs in HR and Perfomance all usually attract anything up to 40k as a starting salary. Even NR TDA`s are on that as a starting salary and that is considered by some as an entry into railway type of job

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