Greater Anglia recruiting for qualified drivers (again)

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I think the intensity of the work is the main downside now, obviously varies by toc but they constantly want more and more and more without giving much in return.
We've been on stp diagrams for probably a year now and they are awful, 9h50 jobs with 2 20 minute pnbs etc.
People are just mentally drained.
Constantly being taken off route refresher days so the drms can tuck you up with another pile of rubbish.
Like I say I know some tocs have some good work so it can be good but its just finding that work and its not much good if you're not in an area to work for a toc that has better work.
If you compare it to many other jobs outside the railway then we are lucky to have this job with the pay and terms , travel etc but there are definite downsides to it so it is a balance, I think people feel a bit trapped in some ways as there's not much outside the railway that can match the positives but on the flip side they don't always have to deal with the downsides of our job either.
I'm not ungrateful for this job, far from it but I've heard many people recently say if something else came up they'd consider it if it was comparable in pay.

Sounds like we drive for the same company!!