Speaking of playing with peoples lives, surely Arriva Trains Wales take some beating. In 2009 I passed the whole selection process for a Drivers position at Pwllheli & passed everything from application form through to final line manager Interview and medical and got a letter confirming I had passed the lot and we're just waiting for a start date.
I almost got ready to hand my notice in! Also cancelled any plans for holidays this year (had to miss three holidays in total), visited Pwllheli numerous times looking at houses, spent ages looking at houses online, worked loads of overtime in a job I didn't like (awful bottom link work at the time!) to save up money for the house, etc. Turned down the chance of applying with several other jobs that came up as I thought I'd got this one.
I kept phoning them every month & they kept telling me the job start date is a couple of months away. 6 months later got a letter saying the job is subject to recieving government funding. Phoned them again and they told me not to bother them again & they'd contact me if they have any news.
18 months later I got sick of waiting for them to contact me, emailed them for months on end then finally got a reply saying they do not have *any* plans for recruiting trainee mainline drivers!!! 2009/2010 was a horrendous pair of years thanks to ATW!!
