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British Rail I believe there would have been differing pay based on seniority but (I'm sure someone more senior than I will correct me if wrong) not based on area save for London weighting? Yes ultimately you can always leave, but its not like going from one cake shop to one paying more down...

It will be massively disruptive. Most drivers only voted for the action as a last resort - basically if the union and the company can't agree what we want then yes we will strike - but nobody wants to be losing pay which will be paid in December just before Christmas. You need to remember...

It is a last resort. What do you gain by not striking? Ultimately withdrawing your labour is the tried and tested way to make employers sit up and change their entrenched attitude. If you don't have that final card then you may as well give up and see your pay and conditions slip away to the...

I'm looking for comments on the WAFV test, from those that have done it, as I would be interested to hear of others experiences. I obviously need to be vague as I am employed by the TOC in another role. Three of us that I know of, all short sighted and wear glasses, have had the same issue...

So you expect the guard to know exactly what is happening on other services, what train you arrived on and why, therefore, you are asking for the ticket? With this attitude - expecting the guard to have knowledge which he/she couldn't reasonably have - you aren't helping yourself are you?

People who use big words or rarely used words or buzz words just to make themselves seem big

The point we are making is that it bad advice! Yes a crumpled suit looks poor, but we weren't suggesting wearing a crumpled suit. I assumed it's basic and obvious that clothes should be clean, with no rips or holes, fit well, be ironed or pressed properly etc. You say anyone can wear a suit...

Hmmmm. If you have cars coming up behind faster than you and you aren't overtaking for 30 seconds then the correct way to go would be to pull back in. However yes when you are doing 80+ then I'd take the view that they can wait.

Rhydgaled, any company is bound to want to put their own stamp on such a project. Why on earth would ATW want to leave a regional railways strip on the luggage rack and former operators dark blue internally? That's just a bit bizarre. Also your comments that you didn't visit the loo or bike...

In my company the assessment and interview are on the same day, so yours clearly works differently. It's true I made an assumption, however this is based on my own company and also the knowledge that dress at assessment can affect your chances of getting the job. Like any process, it is a...

Not if you were with me baybeh! There's sex and there's making love, there's a big difference.

Did you get the job? Have to ask as turning up to any interview in jeans and no tie would be a nono in my company. Suit and tie is surely a prerequisite for any customer facing job interview where a uniform is worn? I wouldn't consider any jeans and open necked shirt 'smart' wear for an...

Incorrect. They are actually brand new seats. There are also new and much improved lights internally, completely refitted and refurbed toilets, totally refitted and refurbed bike stowage which opens up the gangway between cars, passenger information system which admittedly is not yet fully...

Nah his posts often amuse me. I'm sure I should be laughing WITH him though...?

I presume they mean they can't guarantee any specific dates requested by trainees, as leave would have to be allocated around the training programme.

This guy thrives on winding people up, don't feed the troll.

Ah so you have been reading the Daily Mail? A lot of the people striking are on pay freezes and their pensions are no longer the golden eggs they were promised. It wasn't just teachers striking you know! To be honest, if I was a teacher (what a manky job) I'd be expecting what I was...

Gr8 post m8. Lol. Seriously, forum and text speak is almost another language now. Whilst it can be irritating at times, providing it isn't used in the workplace then it really isn't relevant if it is used here. I'm not sure if CNX is just pompous, patronising, old and intolerant or all...

Those who think strike action is ridiculous. They are either in a bubble or need to wake up to the fact that if we don't stand up for ourselves now, it will be too late. Ask yourself this: "the country can't afford it" we are told. Ok, so why aren't MP's having their pensions slashed and...

And even those who don't... What is the point in these? "Please don't skid into the back of my car?". Oh I was just going to look at that bit of skirt over there, not realise you have stopped and skid into you, seriously damaging both cars and injuring us both, but due to that sticker I...