Make sure you do the research as it may be higher salary, but they are not recognised as a TOC, therefore no travel privileges or railway pension. I agree with what Raul said above it seems like the old boys in the industry as they don't have to worry about those things ie pension..
Personally the money is not enough compared to what you will lose as benefit over the years..
Do they take on trainees?
what else do you need?!!It’s varied and interesting, but I believe it’s very much, “Heres a bit of paper with what we want moving where, here’s your path, get cracking.”
not everyoneFrom the guys I’ve spoken to there, it’s more of (but not exclusively) a bit of a retirement home for very experienced old boys with massive route cards
who have taken their pensions and now have the flexibility to take a 37 somewhere random at very short notice in some cases yes. .
(its a lot more than 70k!!)£70k
(two of which are most likely to be passing ),is a high basic but, based on those other threads, I wouldn’t touch it with a ten foot barge pole.
5 day week
(paid for 12 hours rarely does a turn come any where near it)12 hour shifts
and therefore no repetitive boredom. ., no predictability
very good pensionno pension
lots of ROG drivers have never seen a Loco.no priv. No thanks! Strictly one for the loco enthusiasts
Do you know your shifts and rest days in advance @PhilTimo ? How much AL do you get? Is it a 4 day week?
Is it a 4 day week? No, 5. But bearing in mind you 'work from home' depending on where you are working, it is common to spend one day passing to work, then work three days, then pass home day 5. hope that makes sense