XC rosters

[Matt34028]

Hello

Does anyone know how the rosters work on XC? Is it a true 4 day week? Does anyone have any insider info?

Many thanks!

 

[trolleyman]

Which grade are you looking for?

 

[Matt34028]

Driver

 

[Zerothebrake!]

It depends on the depot - Derby had a hybrid link at one stage which was part 5 day/part 4 day but at my place they are separate and you have the option of going into one or the other.

Our 4 Day Link has 15 lines with either a Wed/Thu RD or a Fri to Tue long weekend.

The game changer for me was getting the 5 annual leave days back for your Spring, Summer & Winter leave weeks now which were forfeited.

 

[RBSN]

It depends on the depot - Derby had a hybrid link at one stage which was part 5 day/part 4 day but at my place they are separate and you have the option of going into one or the other.

Our 4 Day Link has 15 lines with either a Wed/Thu RD or a Fri to Tue long weekend.

The game changer for me was getting the 5 annual leave days back for your Spring, Summer & Winter leave weeks now which were forfeited.

I’m hoping to join XC Leeds as a qualified but I understand they don’t recruit very often

 

[Matt34028]

So you end up doing lots of 7 days on the bounce then?

I don’t quite understand how it can be called a 4 day roster?
Also what is the deal with the 5 days?

 

[Zerothebrake!]

Re the 4 Day:- You're getting two consecutive days off a week with a 5 day long weekend every third week in the rota - and those RDs are set in stone so you can plan well ahead.

In the 5 day there are 35 lines of work with every fifth week being 7 days off with a Sat to Mon 3 day mini weekend every seventh week and a single RD on all of the other lines.

You'd have to squirrel your way onto the LDC if wanted to have every weekend off..

 

[Matt34028]

So would you say the 4 day week is better?
I take it therefore you end up working two, 7 day stints on the bounce?

 

[221129]

So would you say the 4 day week is better?
I take it therefore you end up working two, 7 day stints on the bounce?

If it's like ours then itll be 7days on 2 days off 7 days on 5 days off and the repeat

 

[Zerothebrake!]

It depends on what suits..I'm not a fan of early starts but when I get them the most that i'll do is four ( I find it's the fifth one that pushes me over the edge! ) and you don't do two 7 day stints on the bounce as the 4 Day Rest Day pattern is Mon+Tue,
Wed+Thur, & Fri+Sat - which with the Sunday off aswell takes you back onto a Mon +Tue making the five day long weekend. Some prefer to have the whole week off in the 5 day rota - but then the 4 day link is twice the size of the 5 day at another depot in my region.

 

[Matt34028]

Ah ok, what do you mean you only do 4 early turns? How does that work?

 

[class 9]

XC Leeds depot has 3 main links, 5 day, 4 day & hybrid(mixture of the 4 & 5) although they aren’t true 4 or 5 day links as sundays are outside the working week (which you have to do unless you can get someone to do it for you or resources can cover it, which these days is increasingly rare)
Not sure when the next qualified vacancy will arise as 8 qualified have started in the last 18 months or so.

 

[class 9]

Re the 4 Day:- You're getting two consecutive days off a week with a 5 day long weekend every third week in the rota - and those RDs are set in stone so you can plan well ahead.

In the 5 day there are 35 lines of work with every fifth week being 7 days off with a Sat to Mon 3 day mini weekend every seventh week and a single RD on all of the other lines.

You'd have to squirrel your way onto the LDC if wanted to have every weekend off..

LLC at Leeds are only released 1 day a week, which is a midweek day, then do their booked work weekends included.

 

[Zerothebrake!]

It was a joke.

 

[Zerothebrake!]

Unless there's a Sunday before ( our earliest one is a 06.38 start which I can live with) you only work four days in that week.