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    Is being a train driver all it's cracked up to be?

    The basic production lads up north in Sunderland, utterly smash themselves out every day in the Nissan plant for around 25k, and i can guarantee that the job is more physically demanding then MOST jobs out there. Its not a bad wage up this way, so something double that will always be appealing...
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    Trainee Train Driver - Virgin Trains East Coast

    I`m also out, what is weird is that, while at work last night somebody higher up than me asked me "have you heard owt yet?" regarding the job and i told him i had just been knocked back, by the end of the shift i was being trained up for a new promoted role. Its a role i have done before in...
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    Trainee Train Driver - Virgin Trains East Coast

    How have people been completing the "Quality, Diversity & Inclusion document. " Print out, write with pen, scan back in?
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    Trainee Train Driver - Virgin Trains East Coast

    Well after ignoring the "be patient" advice and emailing again, it turned out my application never made it through, so i resent it and they were nice enough to forward me onto the checking test, i took one practice run, and then went in for the main thing, as somebody else said "whats done is...
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    Trainee Train Driver - Virgin Trains East Coast

    Sorry but coming from the Automotive sector, this is not how things are done in my world, if i had of simply waited, i would have missed out as they have appeared to have mislaid a few applications, including mine. No harm in asking for an update, especially after 1 month.
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    Trainee Train Driver - Virgin Trains East Coast

    Hi all, i have been lurking on this thread and a few others since around the 8-oct, preferring to stealth read instead of getting involved :) I applied on the 10th (according to the email in my gmail sent folder) and never heard anything back, that is until yesterday when i seized the moment...

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