GTR Station Assistant

[SprinterMan]

After finally finishing Uni after 5 long years, and a month of hell working on a Holyhead to Dublin ferry I finally have my dream job! I am now a station assistant (customer service rep and train dispatcher) for Great Northern. Currently on a 6 month fixed-term contract but have been told that unless I do something really stupid I will be kept on permanently afterwards. I have been at it for 3 weeks now and I am loving the job. Does anyone have any advice for me for the future? I would love to build a career on the railway.

Adam

 

[FGW_DID]

After finally finishing Uni after 5 long years, and a month of hell working on a Holyhead to Dublin ferry I finally have my dream job! I am now a station assistant (customer service rep and train dispatcher) for Great Northern. Currently on a 6 month fixed-term contract but have been told that unless I do something really stupid I will be kept on permanently afterwards. I have been at it for 3 weeks now and I am loving the job. Does anyone have any advice for me for the future? I would love to build a career on the railway.

Adam

Don't do anything really stupid!!!

Stick to the rules, regs and procedures, someone's life and your freedom may depend on that!!

 

[SprinterMan]

Don't do anything really stupid!!!

Stick to the rules, regs and procedures, someone's life and your freedom may depend on that!!

Yeah, they showed us the CCTV of that Merseyrail Guard in training, I found it hard to sleep that night tbh

Adam

 

[whoami]

Are there any sprinters on the Great Northern network?!

 

[Firestarter]

After finally finishing Uni after 5 long years, and a month of hell working on a Holyhead to Dublin ferry I finally have my dream job! I am now a station assistant (customer service rep and train dispatcher) for Great Northern. Currently on a 6 month fixed-term contract but have been told that unless I do something really stupid I will be kept on permanently afterwards. I have been at it for 3 weeks now and I am loving the job. Does anyone have any advice for me for the future? I would love to build a career on the railway.

Adam

What you study at uni?

 

[ungreat]

Are there any sprinters on the Great Northern network?!

No thankfully!

 

[grumblingalong]

No thankfully!

There's nothing wrong with the small end of a 153..........

 

[whoami]

No thankfully!

Reference to OP's username.

 

[SprinterMan]

Are there any sprinters on the Great Northern network?!

My local station used to be Sudbury (Suffolk), hence the SprinterMan moniker :P

What you study at uni?

Accounting & Economics

Adam

 

[Simon11]

I'm surprised you went for a station assistance role? Are you keen to work on the front line or just the railway in general?

Would you consider working in the head office, as there are plenty of roles in finance and commercial departments which will take advantage of your degree?

 

[SprinterMan]

I'm surprised you went for a station assistance role? Are you keen to work on the front line or just the railway in general?

Would you consider working in the head office, as there are plenty of roles in finance and commercial departments which will take advantage of your degree?

Yeah, I just wanted to get into the industry to be honest, I prefer to be front line staff as it is more involving I did not enjoy my degree and am glad to see the back of it to be honest

Adam