How are the T's+C's some of the worst out there?? Mine seem alright!! I worked in a warehouse for 10 years, and at my last job, they truly were rubbish!!
The salary is the best money I have ever earnt, plus what you can make elsewhere.
Yes, sunday working is in the contract, but if you don't want them, they are easy enough to get rid of, there's a good chance someone else will work them. Okay, yes, if you can't lose them, and they can't cover the job, they'll pull contractual on you, but when you only have a black ink Sunday 11 weeks out of 36, I don't think that's so bad.
You get 4 block weeks of annual leave a year - one in winter, 2 in summer, and one in autumn. If you want to move them, that's no problem either, as long as there's a vacant block. Then you get floating days for you to take when you like.
You get a long weekend every three weeks built into the roster, (which is a 4 day week - did I mention that??) which means every three weeks you get Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon and Tue off.
They also do a final salary pension scheme - rare as rocking horse s**t these days.
If they expect you to work away from your home depot, they pay you travel time.
We get discount at a lot of Merlin Attractions, (although, to be fair, my wife works for a supermarket chain, who give a heavier discount than being an LM staff member gets you) discount with Orange, discount on Citroen cars. (I'd never buy one, but that's beside the point)
You also get free travel on your own company, (and companies that the parent company of your TOC owns) which is applied to your wife or civil partner, and your children til age 16. That free travel also entitles you to get quarter fare on all other TOC's, too.
So, explain to me exactly how the T's + C's are the worst for Conductors of any TOC??
As has been pointed out before, railway recruitment is the same with any TOC. Friend of mine got a job with FGW a few years ago as a Trainee Driver (he drives HST's now, lucky git) and he was on hold for that for nearly 18 months. It was only a chance conversation with someone that made him phone them to see what had happened with his application, right on the day they put out a new advert for Trainee Drivers. I have also had experience of applying for various other TOC's, and had much the same experience as a lot of people on here have been having.
Applied for London Underground, didn't even get a "Dear John".
Applied for FCC, their recruitment department wouldn't return the calls I made when requesting an update from them.
Virgin never acknowledged receipt of my electronic application form.
DRS's online application system didn't even work properly.
A touch of sour grapes on craigybagels' behalf, maybe...........
but be pro active !! if you got through the shift , the interview and medical youve done the hard bit 
but if they remember you , if you can build a rapport with someone there it can do you no harm
