In recent months to a year my co workers in various bit jobs have said I'd make a great train driver. But I have a few niggling questions before I spend a few hours combing already posted threads here.
The reasoning is
- I like the aesthetic and functioning of trains and have a passing interest in new types of trains as public transport. I seemed to know what that the STADLER Flirt trains or Class 345 were in trade journals 12 months before some Abelio staff were even aware of such proposals.
- Trains are a preferred method of transport getting to London and Heathrow and I've used the Norwich to Liverpool Street line multiple times its not even a chore.
- I can do long car journeys without breaks or breaking a sweat or getting agitated like some people.
- Watched various Transport for London documentary videos on how Train Drivers operate (their cabins).
What put's me off applying for Abelio jobs 2019
- Anxiety about being ripped off or short changed on annual Salary.
- Crossing a picket line where seasoned drivers "might" sneer at me for doing their job on the cheap (which ties into my last point)
- I'm not a team player and don't like workplace drama or gossip. I prefer to work alone. Ok the cabin means I might be doing just that, but the job description says "team people skills". That's not me sorry.
- Abelio Anglia claims to hire "nice people". But looking at some staff in uniform, local faces whom I know their history, I'd beg to differ! Very bullish sounding banter on the platform = cronyism?
- Reading glassdoor relatives that say Greater Anglia's work culture is "it's not what you know it's who you know". With recrutiment selection and work based on nepotism.
- Abelio always advertising jobs and taking, what 18 months, to actually get behind the controls of a c̶l̶a̶s̶s̶ ̶8̶0̶ STADLER Flirt train providing you complete all trials and exams.
Phew. Sorry for being demanding in my first post. But Greater Anglias recrutiment page doesn't tell half the story your forum does.
The reasoning is
- I like the aesthetic and functioning of trains and have a passing interest in new types of trains as public transport. I seemed to know what that the STADLER Flirt trains or Class 345 were in trade journals 12 months before some Abelio staff were even aware of such proposals.
- Trains are a preferred method of transport getting to London and Heathrow and I've used the Norwich to Liverpool Street line multiple times its not even a chore.
- I can do long car journeys without breaks or breaking a sweat or getting agitated like some people.
- Watched various Transport for London documentary videos on how Train Drivers operate (their cabins).
What put's me off applying for Abelio jobs 2019
- Anxiety about being ripped off or short changed on annual Salary.
- Crossing a picket line where seasoned drivers "might" sneer at me for doing their job on the cheap (which ties into my last point)
- I'm not a team player and don't like workplace drama or gossip. I prefer to work alone. Ok the cabin means I might be doing just that, but the job description says "team people skills". That's not me sorry.
- Abelio Anglia claims to hire "nice people". But looking at some staff in uniform, local faces whom I know their history, I'd beg to differ! Very bullish sounding banter on the platform = cronyism?
- Reading glassdoor relatives that say Greater Anglia's work culture is "it's not what you know it's who you know". With recrutiment selection and work based on nepotism.
- Abelio always advertising jobs and taking, what 18 months, to actually get behind the controls of a c̶l̶a̶s̶s̶ ̶8̶0̶ STADLER Flirt train providing you complete all trials and exams.
Phew. Sorry for being demanding in my first post. But Greater Anglias recrutiment page doesn't tell half the story your forum does.