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Post by mattb7tl on Sept 17, 2023 21:09:52 GMT 1
I don't think the go ahead recruitment paid off. I believe they are reducing services outside the first area to help with the timetable improvements. I believe that could be the result of internal issues over at go ahead as a whole too judging by comments under the posts of the managing director on social media. I am quite shocked there isn't more part time roles, especially on weekends. Seems like a missed opportunity.
(hope that isn't too off topic?)
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2023 21:31:54 GMT 1
I don't think the go ahead recruitment paid off. I believe they are reducing services outside the first area to help with the timetable improvements. I believe that could be the result of internal issues over at go ahead as a whole too judging by comments under the posts of the managing director on social media. I am quite shocked there isn't more part time roles, especially on weekends. Seems like a missed opportunity. (hope that isn't too off topic?) Don't forget about that woman bus driver who got sacked for being too short as well! I know she got reinstated, but it didn't exactly promote GNW in a very good light of treating their staff right
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2023 21:45:55 GMT 1
I don't think the go ahead recruitment paid off. I believe they are reducing services outside the first area to help with the timetable improvements. I believe that could be the result of internal issues over at go ahead as a whole too judging by comments under the posts of the managing director on social media. I am quite shocked there isn't more part time roles, especially on weekends. Seems like a missed opportunity. (hope that isn't too off topic?) I don't think the go ahead recruitment paid off. I believe they are reducing services outside the first area to help with the timetable improvements. I believe that could be the result of internal issues over at go ahead as a whole too judging by comments under the posts of the managing director on social media. I am quite shocked there isn't more part time roles, especially on weekends. Seems like a missed opportunity. (hope that isn't too off topic?) Don't forget about that woman bus driver who got sacked for being too short as well! I know she got reinstated, but it didn't exactly promote GNW in a very good light of treating their staff right The current comments over working conditions at Go Ahead Group at the moment are mostly directed towards Go North East rather than North West, Where the current MD is the same guy who oversaw the incident over height mentioned (plus has overseen previous strikes at Arriva Yorkshire (2016) & NE (2019) with Go North East now starting striking), If you look on the North East Bus Forum there is a fair amount of discussion over that. The frequency reductions at GNW Cheetham Hill Depot are probably for similar reasons Diamond gave up some of their routes early as well due to Drivers starting to make the move to their new operators early (or moving outside the industry, as Stagecoach also don't have the best reputation when it comes to how they treat their staff.)
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Post by Father Dougal McGuire on Sept 17, 2023 22:42:21 GMT 1
Another thing that may be worth a mention is many companies and depots have different pay rates depending on length of service. For example just the other day myself and some other colleagues were opening pay slips and discussing pay. One was on New Starter rate and the other on the middle or "B-Rate". I'm on "A-Rate" and personally just do 36 hours with no overtime (never have), he was on the 42.2+ hour rota and was only getting £20 more a week than me working and was working 6.2+ more hours. Then in terms of sick pay, my sick pay is more £p/h than their normal rate and I'm not entirely sure that the new contract drivers get company sick pay or if it's just statutory...
I do somewhat agree that for the first year or so be on a lower rate and pay back the licence cost (if starting with no licence) but after that everyone on the same rate providing they are good drivers, no major bumps or incidents that were their fault. But I think it could be disheartening from their point of view seeing other drivers doing the same job and being paid more.
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Post by tinrocket on Sept 23, 2023 15:13:24 GMT 1
As an occasional user of the 164 I feel sorry for drivers when they reach Leeds Bus Station and are heading straight out to Pontefract on the 140/141! Do they get a break at Ponte or Selby?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2023 15:37:24 GMT 1
As an occasional user of the 164 I feel sorry for drivers when they reach Leeds Bus Station and are heading straight out to Pontefract on the 140/141! Do they get a break at Ponte or Selby? Depends if they are late or not. Turnaround times on a 164 to Selby today have no turnaround time, so they got straight back. Turn around times at Pontefract is about 5 minutes, so they should get a few minutes at Pontefract, depending if they're on time. But also driver changeovers change at Castleford, so a driver coming off a 164 onto a 141 at leeds, will probably change drivers at Castleford.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2023 17:08:20 GMT 1
I don't think the go ahead recruitment paid off. I believe they are reducing services outside the first area to help with the timetable improvements. I believe that could be the result of internal issues over at go ahead as a whole too judging by comments under the posts of the managing director on social media. I am quite shocked there isn't more part time roles, especially on weekends. Seems like a missed opportunity. (hope that isn't too off topic?) Don't forget about that woman bus driver who got sacked for being too short as well! I know she got reinstated, but it didn't exactly promote GNW in a very good light of treating their staff right The current comments over working conditions at Go Ahead Group at the moment are mostly directed towards Go North East rather than North West, Where the current MD is the same guy who oversaw the incident over height mentioned (plus oversaw the Arriva Yorkshire Strike & looks like he will be on 3 out 3 now with Go North East), If you look on the North East Bus Forum there is a fair amount of discussion over that. The frequency reductions at GNW Cheetham Hill Depot are probably for similar reasons Diamond gave up some of their routes early as well due to Drivers starting to make the move to their new operators early (or moving outside the industry, as Stagecoach also don't have the best reputation when it comes to how they treat their staff.) The current MD of GNW had left Arriva a considerable length of time before the Arriva Strike
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2023 17:51:37 GMT 1
The current comments over working conditions at Go Ahead Group at the moment are mostly directed towards Go North East rather than North West, Where the current MD is the same guy who oversaw the incident over height mentioned (plus oversaw the Arriva Yorkshire Strike & looks like he will be on 3 out 3 now with Go North East), If you look on the North East Bus Forum there is a fair amount of discussion over that. The frequency reductions at GNW Cheetham Hill Depot are probably for similar reasons Diamond gave up some of their routes early as well due to Drivers starting to make the move to their new operators early (or moving outside the industry, as Stagecoach also don't have the best reputation when it comes to how they treat their staff.) The current MD of GNW had left Arriva a considerable length of time before the Arriva Strike Sorry my mistake, just double checked & realised it was the 2016 Yorkshire strikes he oversaw, plus Arriva NE 2019 Strikes before moving to GNW later that year (still not a good track record as that makes it 4 out of 4)
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2023 17:53:39 GMT 1
The current MD of GNW had left Arriva a considerable length of time before the Arriva Strike Sorry my mistake, just double checked & realised it was the 2016 Yorkshire strikes he oversaw, plus Arriva NE 2019 Strikes before moving to GNW later that year (still not a good track record as that makes it 4 out of 4) And in fairness he inherited the GNE strikes as he was given the poisoned chalice to run as well as GNW when the previous MD left hurriedly
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2023 18:06:42 GMT 1
Sorry my mistake, just double checked & realised it was the 2016 Yorkshire strikes he oversaw, plus Arriva NE 2019 Strikes before moving to GNW later that year (still not a good track record as that makes it 4 out of 4) And in fairness he inherited the GNE strikes as he was given the poisoned chalice to run as well as GNW when the previous MD left hurriedly He managed to stop the GNE strikes he inherited in 2022 before they had happened but there are fresh strikes due to start this weekend due to the major reduction in work conditions. As he's been there over a year at this point I think it's fair to say these are happening fully under his watch.
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Post by westyorkshirebus on Sept 27, 2023 10:48:39 GMT 1
And in fairness he inherited the GNE strikes as he was given the poisoned chalice to run as well as GNW when the previous MD left hurriedly He managed to stop the GNE strikes he inherited in 2022 before they had happened but there are fresh strikes due to start this weekend due to the major reduction in work conditions. As he's been there over a year at this point I think it's fair to say these are happening fully under his watch. But probably ultimately caused by the mess left by the previous MD And at this point surely anyone in a strong union would ballot for strike action to see if they can get something, considering how rampant they are at the moment
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2023 16:01:14 GMT 1
He managed to stop the GNE strikes he inherited in 2022 before they had happened but there are fresh strikes due to start this weekend due to the major reduction in work conditions. As he's been there over a year at this point I think it's fair to say these are happening fully under his watch. But probably ultimately caused by the mess left by the previous MD And at this point surely anyone in a strong union would ballot for strike action to see if they can get something, considering how rampant they are at the moment I Agree the previous MD left a mess but some of the changes (reductions) to working standards for the staff are not the correct way of cleaning it up, especially at a time when your wanting to keep as many staff as possible plus encourage more people to come & work for you - The MDs track record for stuff like this speaks for itself.
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