Agreed. Not sure if it used to be this high though? I know others start lower but often have incremental raises throughout the training whereas GWR trainee pay doesn’t?I don't know what you were expecting salary wise, but GWR is fairly high in terms of trainee salary
Freightliner was about the lowest I’ve seen at £20k with one or two increased within a year or so if memory serves me. SWR start on about £25k but have several increases, raising to about £36k within the first year.
£27.5k is very good when you consider what other jobs pay, and bearing in mind you’re quite a risk to them at this point as there’s quite some investment from the TOC in the trainee.