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Southern Rail STRIKE details
- Thread starter Ernest
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Yoda
English & European
Don't you mean race to the top £60000 pa is similar pay to what most doctors and solicitors earn it's getting pretty close to the limit when Mr Corbyn wants to tax you 50p in the pound.
I know, I saw (and would agree). However that isn't the question I'm asking.
Baker lite
Banned
Don't you mean race to the top £60000 pa is similar pay to what most doctors and solicitors earn it's getting pretty close to the limit when Mr Corbyn wants to tax you 50p in the pound.
You stated that in your opinion "they get paid to much"so in your ideal world they should really be having a pay cut?
Therefore a race to the bottom,in My opinion they are worth every penny of their salary,also in My opinion Doctors,nurses,firefighters,Police should all get much,much more salary but if you think cutting a train drivers money is going to increase the salary of vital public sector workers I fear you are wrong.
As for solicitors,I wouldn't wipe my arse on those dirty *****.
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pearl
Well-known member
I just checked Journey Planner and 8.25 or 8.41 from LRd not running! Thanks Again!
I'm not suggesting a pay cut at all, I'm questioning how the pay scale has got so out of hand.
Baker lite
Banned
Why is it out of hand?
Train drivers know their worth ,so do their employers,if you think paying someone 60k in THE most expensive part of the country is "out of hand" I fear for this country ,I really do.
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Baker lite
Banned
Until you need one....
Won't get Me,I'm part of the union.
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60k is a large sum of money especially for 35 hrs work per week, good luck to them, but striking, really.
And that sums up exactly what is wrong with the railways!
Deadly Danson
Well-known member
No, I wouldn't agree that that's a good enough reason because it's a slippery slope to GTR just not employing enough OBSs and then bit by bit they will be gone. I think an employer should employ enough staff to get the job done and that should mean ample spares around the network to cover the usual eventualities. At the moment either an OBS appears or they don't and no explanation is given so it could be they just never allocated one for that trip, someone went sick or got delayed or were never rostered at all etc but we never know. Then if that's the case and a wheelchair user wishes to get on, we have to tell them that we are not allowed to let them on - pretty demeaning and annoying (not to mention illegal) for them and soul destroying for us. I would have the exceptional circumstances when we can run without one personally for when disruption is severe -i.e a fatality or complete closure of a main line etc. I'm not unreasonable - my job is ultimately to get people from a to b but I would like to do that safely and for those people to have a qualified member of staff on board to look after them if at all possible.
Deadly Danson
Well-known member
It's a good wage (or will be by Oct 2019) but what we're being paid has nothing to do with this.
Deadly Danson
Well-known member
No, GTR have never guaranteed an OBS on all their services without a whole host of exemptions.
So you would do it without a pay rise as long as there is a guard on the train?
Deadly Danson
Well-known member
Yes.
I know it's the safety aspect and to be honest I agree up to a point, but you are running a service that the public pay for.
So when a bit of flack comes your way are you surprised?
Deadly Danson
Well-known member
Sure, but unless you think I should accept more money to operate in a less safe and less accessible manner then it's not relevant. And as other posters have said, I think other professions are underpaid rather than us being overpaid but neither is my fault.