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    Railway pension

    Company specific
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    DB CARGO MOBILE OPERATIVE

    T3 trained means you can shunt trains on a engineering possession. You will never drive a train whilst in a MO role. Your a ground shunter. Yes you will get a van to get around
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    DB CARGO MOBILE OPERATIVE

    You'll have all starts and times and different days but you can see in advance what your working. There are flex weeks which are rubbish and they can use you on whatever. Most of the shifts consist of brake testing trains or moving trains around with a yard driver ready for a mainline driver to...
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    DB CARGO MOBILE OPERATIVE

    I used to be a driver at DB so I know abit about the shunters role. Shifts are all round the clock 24/7. You don't have specific hours or start times
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    Learning contracts

    I know a few guys who left within the time frame and didn't have to pay sod all. They played the safety card and said they were losing concentration whilst driving and the job really wasn't for them blah blah blah and managed to get out of it that way.
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    Returning to work after a fatality??

    I wouldn't say it's Strange as everyone deals with things completely different. I know of many drivers who have shrugged it off as part and parcel of the job. I also have this mentality. Suppose it depends on background and previous jobs etc etc to
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    GTR St Albans drivers?

    Reading some of these comments is enough to put you off haha from what I gather the work is not very good and it would also put me off
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    EMR - Trainee Mainline Driver - Kettering (02/02/24)

    The salary increases to about 62k at STP once qualified for anyone interested
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    Train strikes and trainee drivers.

    Classroom training would resume but if out with a mentor doing your train handling you would strike to.
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    Any current C2C East Ham Drivers?

    Are C2C recruiting qualified drivers soon or something ? I've not seen anything ...
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    toc staff pass delivery time

    3 weeks for me
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    Wage add on’s

    Depends on the contract. Some TOCs are Sundays outside which won't be Included into the baseline advertised. Also London weighting for those working in and around London will be an add-on and will not be Included into the baseline. If it's a FOC you get travelling allowances and out of hour call...
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    DB Cargo - Trainee Train Driver (2021/2022)

    I can confirm this is true. Was only a matter of time the company is in s*** state
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    DB Cargo - Trainee Train Driver (2021/2022)

    If it makes you feel any better I have recently left DB cargo after 5 years To a TOC and I can gladly say you've dodged a bullet not going there although circumstances ain't great for you right now I hope you sort things out.
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    DB Cargo - Trainee Train Driver (2021/2022)

    Is that even legal ?
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