LUL staff £36,000??

[ItchyRsole]

Agency worker at my work today who works on London Underground, Overground & mainline said that station staff are on 36k PA. I found that hard to believe for general station staff.

Anyone know if true & if not roughly what they are on? I'm happy where I am but am looking for openings for my nephew.

Thanks.

 

[TheVicLine]

About £25,000 so still not bad for the work, station supervisors are on about £36,000 or maybe a little more.

 

[yorkie]

A Customer Service Assistant (the people you see on gatelines etc) are paid over £30k/year.

https://uk.linkedin.com/jobs2/view/18492977

The £36k figure you quote must be including greater responsibilities or perhaps include overtime(?)

 

[bengley]

CSAs are on £30,079
Supervisors are on more than £40k but I don't know the exact figure, I think it's close to £50k
Ticket office staff and Station Control Room Assistants are on £36k.

I'm a CSA

 

[Tubeboy]

I am a member of TFL staff. Bengley is correct.

CSAs earn £30,079. Ticket office and control room assistants are on £36k. I'm a control room coach, training new staff etc, so I get £38,500.

Supervisors are split into different grades, depending on the size of the station and the resultant responsiblities. Salary ranges from 44-54k

However with the station reorganisation plans due to come into force early 2016 most staff will be doing the job a grade above but for the same rate. For example, ticket clerks will be working as the lowest grade of supervisor but will be on their current ticket office salary.

 

[ItchyRsole]

Some good wong being thrown about on the underground!

Cheers.

 

[ralphchadkirk]

Some good wong being thrown about on the underground!

Cheers.

Indeed. I'm sure a lot of people wish that their job paid £30k at entry level!

 

[Wyvern]

Cost of living very high in London though.

Do other rail staff still get London weighting on their pay?

 

[causton]

Cost of living very high in London though.

Do other rail staff still get London weighting on their pay?

Yes, it seems to broadly follow the old Network Southeast area, depending on how many miles you are from central London by train (at least with my TOC).

 

[302PS]

Jesus what are the drivers on?

 

[Emyr]

Caffeine and antidepressants?

 

[Tubeboy]

Train operators are currently on £49, 673.

Our four year pay deal comes to an end in April. So a new one will be starting soon. Yes we are on very good money, but as said, London is a very expensive City, in particular, housing.

 

[TomHaley]

Caffeine and antidepressants?

that made me chuckle.

 

[387star]

Train operators are currently on £49, 673.

Our four year pay deal comes to an end in April. So a new one will be starting soon. Yes we are on very good money, but as said, London is a very expensive City, in particular, housing.

Surprised not nearer 60k but achievable with overtime

They should all be paid well I ovoid not want to work on the London Underground!

 

[Tubeboy]

Drivers don't do overtime per se, working rest days is forbidden. They get overtime through service problems, getting back to the depot/booking off point late etc.

 

[ItchyRsole]

Indeed. I'm sure a lot of people wish that their job paid £30k at entry level!

Exactly. That's shocked me.

Spoke to a pal who's a ticket office clerk for Govia on the TL line & he gets just over £19k!! In what I would say is a much harder job.

 

[302PS]

Train operators are currently on £49, 673.

Our four year pay deal comes to an end in April. So a new one will be starting soon. Yes we are on very good money, but as said, London is a very expensive City, in particular, housing.

not as much as i expected to be honest considering the csa pay... up here first tpe drivers are on 1k or so short of that and dont think northern will be far behind after pay talks

 

[dmncf]

Indeed. I'm sure a lot of people wish that their job paid £30k at entry level!

It's a bit strange realising that when station staff call BTP for assistance, the PCs who arrive are paid less than the gateline staff! Perhaps LU should have BTP PCs staffing all its gatelines to save money.

 

[jamess115]

Exactly. That's shocked me.

Spoke to a pal who's a ticket office clerk for Govia on the TL line & he gets just over £19k!! In what I would say is a much harder job.

This is what Metrolink are paying their newbies to drive LRV's! I know the cost of living is a lot different between Manchester and London.. but really? 19K ? :eek:

 

[ChiefPlanner]

"LUL" always been paid well ....as an Operations Manager with total responsibilty for a certain part of what was BR - a good while back I was paid just over £30K - a manager for LUL with just performance duties and no on call , direct depot responsibiity , dealing with Railtrack , managing the control and performance regimes etc etc (oh yes + safety) , got 40% more.

No wonder he was quite content...!

 

[notadriver]

On the main line only senior managers usually get more than drivers. Typically supervisors and station managers get less.

 

[plastictaffy]

Why is RDW forbidden??

 

[ItchyRsole]

This is what Metrolink are paying their newbies to drive LRV's! I know the cost of living is a lot different between Manchester and London.. but really? 19K ? :eek:

Shocking isn't it.

I saw a list of internal vacancies he had last week, platform staff (dispatchers) £15k disgraceful. Problem is the railway is a great industry to work in and they will still get 100's probably 1000's wanting those jobs for the perks / pensions alone.

 

[jon0844]

Train operators are currently on £49, 673.

Our four year pay deal comes to an end in April. So a new one will be starting soon. Yes we are on very good money, but as said, London is a very expensive City, in particular, housing.

And you obviously have to take off a large sum from that salary to cover a season ticket......

 

[ItchyRsole]

And you obviously have to take off a large sum from that salary to cover a season ticket......

That's the same for everyone though regardless of income?

 

[Emyr]

Why is RDW forbidden??

Staying alert when tired is harder in the dark.

Spending too much time in the dark can lead to depression.

 

[TheVicLine]

That's the same for everyone though regardless of income?

It's subsidised, free travel on LU and an interest free loan and 75% of an annual season ticket. So better than what everyone else pays.

Why no RDW for drivers? Didn't know that.

 

[Met Driver]

It's subsidised, free travel on LU and an interest free loan and 75% of an annual season ticket. So better than what everyone else pays.

Why no RDW for drivers? Didn't know that.

The free travel is not 'subsidised' by anyone.

LU has reciprocal agreements with certain TOCs which mean their employees get a similar discount on LU services, in return for the season ticket discount afforded to LU staff.

No RDW is a long standing agreement with the Trades Unions, the result of which is more Train Operator jobs, and no reliance on overtime to cover unfilled vacancies (thus no long term driver shortages as seen elsewhere recently).

 

[bengley]

On top of our good pay we also get 10 weeks annual leave :P

 

[jon0844]

That's the same for everyone though regardless of income?

As said later on, I was pointing out that they don't have to pay anywhere near the same! Thus no £2k, £3k or more coming off the net income.

It's a good gig and I'm not knocking it. No point moaning about it paying exceptionally well as anyone that is in any way jealous can simply apply and take advantage themselves!