They may not tell you the results if the medical was following a conditional offer of employment. I’d imagine the next stage for most with be the formal offer. They may only get back to you regarding the medical if there’s a problem with it.
They may not tell you the results if the medical was following a conditional offer of employment. I’d imagine the next stage for most with be the formal offer. They may only get back to you regarding the medical if there’s a problem with it.
and I really want to go to SE!!
OMG why ?
I asked first....
SE does not have the greatest of reputations. They are also being severely underpaid in the driving grade and its leading to an increasingly low morale. A lot of people do not see a stable future either. Lots of rumor and speculation on the future of Southeastern isn't helping either.
Ring the Medicentre directly and chase up your results. As you have a offer on the table you are time sensitive. Certainly push SE a little too.
Being happy at work is a big priority and the grass isn't always greener. SE lost another Driver to London Overground recently (literally last week)
Vic is also changing. They are expanding to become a very large depot (circa 100 Drivers) and they are going towards a metro depot. There is some discussion to get a few mainline routes but that is ongoing and with the changes at Orpington it may impact Vic and other depots as work gets reshuffled. There is a pay deal currently in the process. Vic is actively recruiting so you have a high chance of getting a space on a course for next year or potentially late this year.
Either way the clock is ticking on your Arriva application. You need to chase up SE/Medicentre.
If you’ve been offered a start date my personal view is you’d be silly to pass up the opportunity regardless of what the TOC is like to work for. If you have two start dates on the table, then of course you have the choice, but if it’s just the one with no guarantee of the other, you might regret turning down any offer and may not get another.SE have given me an October start date!!
If you’ve been offered a start date my personal view is you’d be silly to pass up the opportunity regardless of what the TOC is like to work for. If you have two start dates on the table, then of course you have the choice, but if it’s just the one with no guarantee of the other, you might regret turning down any offer and may not get another.
Go for the better pay. I know ya said you’d rather be happy, but after 3 years you’ll be driving past other TOCs thinking..... that ****’s on more money than me and does half the work! The routes are all the same and that “better” one you envisaged becomes as boring as any other. I drive the much loved north wales coast and it gets on my nerves after the 8th trip of the week. I’ve read that messroom thread too and vic sounds awful.
Haha you’re right, was the same with the routes when I was bus driving!! That messroom thread really put me off but I’m so glad I read it coz I’d be so upset to go there and discover how bad it is!! Signed my contract with ARL and taking it to the office today
Haha you’re right, was the same with the routes when I was bus driving!! That messroom thread really put me off but I’m so glad I read it coz I’d be so upset to go there and discover how bad it is!! Signed my contract with ARL and taking it to the office today