Conductor Commission

[rwalk365]

Hi,
Obviously it will vary day to day but how much do conductors earn from their commission, mine will be 5%, Just wanted to see if it would be a nice little earner on top of basic.

 

[Donhamer]

Which firm are you with?

 

[rwalk365]

Southeastern

 

[RPOMan]

It probably varies by conductor, those who sell the most tickets will earn the most!

 

[tsr]

At some companies it varies per amount - eg. 5% commission taken for an amount up to £x thousand per month, then 8% for tickets sold above that.

Some TOCs' guards don't take commission, I believe, and most revenue protection staff certainly don't.

Southern OBSs have a bit of a different scheme where they take 50p for any ticket sold. Great for short-distance fares, not so good for longer distances!

 

[grumblingalong]

I'm at 4%, working mostly penalty fare areas so not much to be sold on board, but still manage about 80-100 in a pay packet. Conductors on rural trains I believe tend to take about 300 per pay, but my base salary is higher. Hope that helps.

 

[RPOMan]

At some companies it varies per amount - eg. 5% commission taken for an amount up to £x thousand per month, then 8% for tickets sold above that.

Some TOCs' guards don't take commission, I believe, and most revenue protection staff certainly don't.

Southern OBSs have a bit of a different scheme where they take 50p for any ticket sold. Great for short-distance fares, not so good for longer distances!

I’m revenue protection and will be earning commission

 

[Spankthemonkey]

Midlands way, working rosters round at 5% i would make £175-£200 every 4 weeks, pushing reasonably hard (ie through after every station, chasing people out of toilets, shaking "sleeping" ticketless passengers, no railcard new ticket, local door at start of journey, full ticket checks at handovers etc) Offering no discretion on advances i could have made another £50-100 and perminent earlies would be worth another £150.

 

[JetStream]

Midlands way, working rosters round at 5% i would make £175-£200 every 4 weeks, pushing reasonably hard (ie through after every station, chasing people out of toilets, shaking "sleeping" ticketless passengers, no railcard new ticket, local door at start of journey, full ticket checks at handovers etc) Offering no discretion on advances i could have made another £50-100 and perminent earlies would be worth another £150.

That's reasonably hard?!

 

[Spankthemonkey]

That's reasonably hard?!

Aye, it's on the harder side of average I reckon. We're not RPIs and revenue is only ome of our duties.

 

[the sniper]

Midlands way, working rosters round at 5% i would make £175-£200 every 4 weeks, pushing reasonably hard (ie through after every station, chasing people out of toilets, shaking "sleeping" ticketless passengers, no railcard new ticket, local door at start of journey, full ticket checks at handovers etc) Offering no discretion on advances i could have made another £50-100 and perminent earlies would be worth another £150.

Conflict avoidance policy obviously hasn't made it to every TOC! While you'd be a hero to many here, you'd be nightmare for some Conductor Managers...

 

[rhys37429]

I don't relay on commission as i work permanent lates. If I get that elusive London ticket then that's just extra beer tokens for the month. Roughly get £30-£50 a month if I'm on the good jobs.

 

[185]

Conflict avoidance policy obviously hasn't made it to every TOC! While you'd be a hero to many here, you'd be nightmare for some Conductor Managers...

"If you're not writing reports, you ain't doing any work"

My old boss disagreed with me on this a number of times. Despite him being a CTM, he was never a guard himself... thus, easy for him to say.

 

[craigybagel]

I used to sell all £300 a day on average at my regional TOC (so £12 a day commission at the 4% we get) - then rather ironically an Intercity TOC in my region who has a reputation for being rather hit and miss when it comes to revenue protection was forced to install barriers at most of their stations that we serve and as a result our own takings plummeted. I'm being selfish if I complain though, business wise it does make sense.

 

[Monty]

Normally I average £150 a month in commission, we get 5% for every ticket sold at my TOC. That said I've done very well this week and hit my average in a mere 3 days, hooray for TVM failures!