Northern, driver tie in period

Indy3995 · 11 Jul 2018

Hi all, does anyone know if there is a contractual tie in period once qualified as a driver at Northern.
For example: you can't leave without paying back thousands in training fees if you leave the company before 2 years.

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142094 · 12 Jul 2018

I haven't worked for Northern so have no idea about their contracts etc, but across the industry very few if any other companies will take on drivers as qualified who are still within their 2 year PQA status.

Owen T · 12 Jul 2018

I left Northern after a few months with no contractual tie-in or payback, and moved to a new company within the two year PQA period, have known others do the same.

Cyclist · 13 Jul 2018

I've read stories on this board that if you leave during the tie-in period you should just ignore the requests for money and take advice from your union. They don't appear to be legally enforceable or most TOCs arent willing to do it anyway.

Owen T · 13 Jul 2018

Reading stories on this board is all well and good but, I know many on the railway who have been in this scenario and not one ever had a TOC even mention it, including me so this isn’t a story

Scare-mongering and good ol’ railway rumors.

Cyclist · 13 Jul 2018

Owen T said:
Reading stories on this board is all well and good but, I know many on the railway who have been in this scenario and not one ever had a TOC even mention it, including me so this isn’t a story

Scare-mongering and good ol’ railway rumors.

I wasn’t implying that the stories were false. I called them “stories” because I can’t verify it having never been in the situation.

Owen T · 15 Jul 2018

Cyclist said:
I wasn’t implying that the stories were false. I called them “stories” because I can’t verify it having never been in the situation.

No you wasn’t implying that the stories were false, I was

dilbertphil · 15 Jul 2018

142094 said:
I haven't worked for Northern so have no idea about their contracts etc, but across the industry very few if any other companies will take on drivers as qualified who are still within their 2 year PQA status.

Sorry but that's totally wrong I know numerous drivers who have moved on in their PQA period. One left Northern for TPE after 6 months.

Bucephalus · 15 Jul 2018

Yeah, I doubt the tocs would get away with the bond thing that bus operators get away with. Hopefully there is no even hint of a tie-in because the freedom to leave means more driving jobs for the rest of us

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