Good luck to Southeastern with this one, not sure they’ll be inundated with applicants.
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Good luck to Southeastern with this one, not sure they’ll be inundated with applicants.
Difficult to see many qualified drivers beating a path to their door, especially with the 45 mins location requirement.
If you live within 45 mins of a metro depot, you’ll also live within commuting distance of other TOCs with better pay, better work, or both in most cases.
If you live within 45 mins of a deep Kent coastal depot, you’re already working for them, as they’re the only game in town.
Please note that for the applicants must live within a 40 minute driving time of their chosen depot (40 minutes travelling time by public transport for our London Victoria and Charing Cross depots.
Unfortunately your application will not be considered if you do not meet the above requirements.
So that's booking on and off at anytime of the day (or night)...Your earliest start time could be 00:01 hrs and your latest finish time could be anytime as we operate a 24 hour railway.
Working hours
Rosters vary but are based over a 28 hour week;
I read within 40 minutes of Depot... That's interesting, to say the least...
Also,
So that's booking on and off at anytime of the day (or night)...
It would not be a surprise if it had been amended in between our posts.It did say 45mins earlier so that’s changed.
Some of the depots have night turns where you work the last one in, preps and first one out or just preps and the first one out.
Only if they fancy taking a massive pay cut to do the exact same route and traction day in, day out.Hastings could be popular with Brighton or Eastbourne drivers
Only if they fancy taking a massive pay cut to do the exact same route and traction day in, day out.
Can’t really remember the last time Southeastern recruited trainee drivers externally.
I’m guessing they mostly recruit internally and that’s enough to meet their needs?
Live within 40 mins of Charing Cross, by public transport. You might be expected to start/finish work any time of the day or night, and we certainly aren’t going to give you a taxi or parking...
So, in other words, that’s 40 mins from Charing Cross, by nightbus. That’s a pretty small radius!
Live within 40 mins of Charing Cross, by public transport. You might be expected to start/finish work any time of the day or night, and we certainly aren’t going to give you a taxi or parking...
So, in other words, that’s 40 mins from Charing Cross, by nightbus. That’s a pretty small radius!
Then the 'non-residential' status of London termini depots was also done away with, making getting to work a right pain for turns that started or finished at unsociable hours when there wasn't a train service in/out.
In making it difficult for the staff, the company have made it difficult for themselves.
SE, just like many other TOCs run a 24hr railway. You need to be able to get to wok on time and be able to get yourslef home. Anyone coming into this grade needs to be acutely aware of this.
This really doesn't inspire confidence if one travels day on day out with the TOC...I can see coastal depots holding some appeal for anyone wanting to relocate, but any qualifieds putting in for metro depots with SE would either have to be desperate (eg: about to be made redundant somewhere else) or certifiably insane.
I'm curious, what makes SE a less desirable TOC for drivers? To be clear, I'm not a driver, but it is a desire of mine to become a driver one day.
i reckon it’s better than working out of Camberwell London bus garage as a bus driver - for example. (Which I have done)
Not really relevant though is it?i reckon it’s better than working out of Camberwell London bus garage as a bus driver - for example. (Which I have done)
I'm curious, what makes SE a less desirable TOC for drivers? To be clear, I'm not a driver, but it is a desire of mine to become a driver one day.
Have southeastern not got a depot at Watford?
Have southeastern not got a depot at Watford?