Go North East respond after bus drivers hit out over pay rise
Go North East respond after bus drivers hit out over pay rise
"A NORTH EAST bus company has been accused of "wasting thousands" on paint jobs in favour of a "suitable" pay rise, creating ill-feeling among employees, it has been claimed.
Go North East, which operates services across County Durham, Teesside and Tyne & Wear, has been criticised for rebranding buses instead of offering a four percent rise.
It has since been claimed that some services facing disruption are suffering problems due to a number of staff walking out over the level of pay in recent weeks."
Full story: https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/1...-pay-rise/
One worth following. Ballot is on Wednesday.
(06 Jul 2021, 7:47 am)Adrian "A NORTH EAST bus company has been accused of "wasting thousands" on paint jobs in favour of a "suitable" pay rise, creating ill-feeling among employees, it has been claimed.
Go North East, which operates services across County Durham, Teesside and Tyne & Wear, has been criticised for rebranding buses instead of offering a four percent rise.
It has since been claimed that some services facing disruption are suffering problems due to a number of staff walking out over the level of pay in recent weeks."
Full story: https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/1...-pay-rise/
One worth following. Ballot is on Wednesday.
(06 Jul 2021, 7:47 am)Adrian "A NORTH EAST bus company has been accused of "wasting thousands" on paint jobs in favour of a "suitable" pay rise, creating ill-feeling among employees, it has been claimed.
Go North East, which operates services across County Durham, Teesside and Tyne & Wear, has been criticised for rebranding buses instead of offering a four percent rise.
It has since been claimed that some services facing disruption are suffering problems due to a number of staff walking out over the level of pay in recent weeks."
Full story: https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/1...-pay-rise/
One worth following. Ballot is on Wednesday.
This was mentioned by Martin in his Facebook live stream. But seriously why go to the media to spread a story round
(06 Jul 2021, 8:18 am)Micheal Aaron This was mentioned by Martin in his Facebook live stream. But seriously why go to the media to spread a story round
(06 Jul 2021, 8:18 am)Micheal Aaron This was mentioned by Martin in his Facebook live stream. But seriously why go to the media to spread a story round
(06 Jul 2021, 8:18 am)Micheal Aaron This was mentioned by Martin in his Facebook live stream. But seriously why go to the media to spread a story round
(06 Jul 2021, 8:18 am)Micheal Aaron This was mentioned by Martin in his Facebook live stream. But seriously why go to the media to spread a story round
(06 Jul 2021, 8:34 am)Ambassador I imagine it'll be union led to try to shape public opinion which very rarely works but Union thinking is somewhat archaic and simplistic.
2% is a really good offer in a period when it's hard to justify a pay rise when your business has been essentially state funded for the best part of a year, a reality check is needed (even if the Go Ahead share price is fairly healthy)
There's lots of private (and public) sector employees who have faced long periods of furlough at reduced pay and in a lot of cases redundancy and would murder their own granny for a 2% raise.
(06 Jul 2021, 8:34 am)Ambassador I imagine it'll be union led to try to shape public opinion which very rarely works but Union thinking is somewhat archaic and simplistic.
2% is a really good offer in a period when it's hard to justify a pay rise when your business has been essentially state funded for the best part of a year, a reality check is needed (even if the Go Ahead share price is fairly healthy)
There's lots of private (and public) sector employees who have faced long periods of furlough at reduced pay and in a lot of cases redundancy and would murder their own granny for a 2% raise.
(06 Jul 2021, 7:47 am)Adrian "A NORTH EAST bus company has been accused of "wasting thousands" on paint jobs in favour of a "suitable" pay rise, creating ill-feeling among employees, it has been claimed.
Go North East, which operates services across County Durham, Teesside and Tyne & Wear, has been criticised for rebranding buses instead of offering a four percent rise.
It has since been claimed that some services facing disruption are suffering problems due to a number of staff walking out over the level of pay in recent weeks."
Full story: https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/1...-pay-rise/
One worth following. Ballot is on Wednesday.
(06 Jul 2021, 7:47 am)Adrian "A NORTH EAST bus company has been accused of "wasting thousands" on paint jobs in favour of a "suitable" pay rise, creating ill-feeling among employees, it has been claimed.
Go North East, which operates services across County Durham, Teesside and Tyne & Wear, has been criticised for rebranding buses instead of offering a four percent rise.
It has since been claimed that some services facing disruption are suffering problems due to a number of staff walking out over the level of pay in recent weeks."
Full story: https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/1...-pay-rise/
One worth following. Ballot is on Wednesday.
Plus Martin even said that no company is making money. Especially after all the stuff that was said last year about public transport not being safe.
I still saw people complaining when Go North East put out there brand new Coaches and the X Lines X84/5 saying that they wasted money given by government
The rebrand of buses is to get people out there to use buses more. For all we know. These investment into the Coaches for the X9/X10 or any other route that has been rebrand. That it has slightly increased passenger numbers than it did before
Adding trips like the X11 or the B1 or having vintage bus services on them helped number as well
Like Martin said no company is making massive profits
(06 Jul 2021, 9:14 am)GNE6312 Why criticise the staff member for criticising the company when if this was GCT or arriva people would be all over it and would be mega criticising the company but with GNE people are quick to defend them
(06 Jul 2021, 9:14 am)GNE6312 Why criticise the staff member for criticising the company when if this was GCT or arriva people would be all over it and would be mega criticising the company but with GNE people are quick to defend them
(06 Jul 2021, 9:35 am)streetdeckfan Because the criticism makes absolutely no sense!
The amount they have spent on repaints/vinyls is probably an order of magnitude smaller than what would be required for even an extra 1% in pay.
They'd probably have to repaint the entire fleet several times over to even come close to what they've offered.
(06 Jul 2021, 9:35 am)streetdeckfan Because the criticism makes absolutely no sense!
The amount they have spent on repaints/vinyls is probably an order of magnitude smaller than what would be required for even an extra 1% in pay.
They'd probably have to repaint the entire fleet several times over to even come close to what they've offered.
(06 Jul 2021, 9:14 am)GNE6312 Why criticise the staff member for criticising the company when if this was GCT or arriva people would be all over it and would be mega criticising the company but with GNE people are quick to defend them
(06 Jul 2021, 9:14 am)GNE6312 Why criticise the staff member for criticising the company when if this was GCT or arriva people would be all over it and would be mega criticising the company but with GNE people are quick to defend them
(06 Jul 2021, 10:18 am)MurdnunoC I guess. But the novelty must wear off, and even the most ardent enthusiast must get jaded after a while.
You have an affinity towards buses. What would make you change career?
(06 Jul 2021, 10:18 am)MurdnunoC I guess. But the novelty must wear off, and even the most ardent enthusiast must get jaded after a while.
You have an affinity towards buses. What would make you change career?
Interesting question. For me personally, it's something I've always wanted to do and I'm still stubborn and naieve enough to do it. One day, once the kids are older. The shift work is what it is, and working with people you're always going to be in the wrong irrespective if you're a bus driver or shop worker. Ultimately though it all boils down to money. It would be a pay cut for me. Assuming the top end of the scale is £11.50-£12.00 ph I could just about get passed my wife. But not the minimum wage training and £9.00 ish starting rate.
(06 Jul 2021, 11:23 am)Chris 1 Interesting question. For me personally, it's something I've always wanted to do and I'm still stubborn and naieve enough to do it. One day, once the kids are older. The shift work is what it is, and working with people you're always going to be in the wrong irrespective if you're a bus driver or shop worker. Ultimately though it all boils down to money. It would be a pay cut for me. Assuming the top end of the scale is £11.50-£12.00 ph I could just about get passed my wife. But not the minimum wage training and £9.00 ish starting rate.
(06 Jul 2021, 11:23 am)Chris 1 Interesting question. For me personally, it's something I've always wanted to do and I'm still stubborn and naieve enough to do it. One day, once the kids are older. The shift work is what it is, and working with people you're always going to be in the wrong irrespective if you're a bus driver or shop worker. Ultimately though it all boils down to money. It would be a pay cut for me. Assuming the top end of the scale is £11.50-£12.00 ph I could just about get passed my wife. But not the minimum wage training and £9.00 ish starting rate.
Nice to see the usual lot are defending GNE at all costs as usual. The wage for GNE is absolutely crap especially those at a starter wage of £18,300 which is below the Living Wage of £18,525. Good on them for wanting more especially when they didn't get a wage increase in 2020. In context Stagecoach have jobs available at £9.91/hour which works out at £19,066.84 a year rising to £22876.36 after 5 years.
There's no excuse not paying above the living wage.
(06 Jul 2021, 1:48 pm)Storx Nice to see the usual lot are defending GNE at all costs as usual. The wage for GNE is absolutely crap especially those at a starter wage of £18,300 which is below the Living Wage of £18,525. Good on them for wanting more especially when they didn't get a wage increase in 2020. In context Stagecoach have jobs available at £9.91/hour which works out at £19,066.84 a year rising to £22876.36 after 5 years.That's shocking. GNE should be held accountable for that. If they have enough money to pointlessly repaint & rebrand buses then they have enough to pay staff. Besides stagecoach have no brands and most their buses are bog standard yet they still get passengers. Arriva have a relatively old fleet with few liveries (only MAX, the 2 Sapphire liveries & their 3 corporate liveries) yet they get alot of passengers so they can't say branding brings passengers. Not to mention they could have saved the money to pay staff by not replacing the 15 plate buses on the red kite last year.
There's no excuse not paying above the living wage.
(06 Jul 2021, 1:48 pm)Storx Nice to see the usual lot are defending GNE at all costs as usual. The wage for GNE is absolutely crap especially those at a starter wage of £18,300 which is below the Living Wage of £18,525. Good on them for wanting more especially when they didn't get a wage increase in 2020. In context Stagecoach have jobs available at £9.91/hour which works out at £19,066.84 a year rising to £22876.36 after 5 years.That's shocking. GNE should be held accountable for that. If they have enough money to pointlessly repaint & rebrand buses then they have enough to pay staff. Besides stagecoach have no brands and most their buses are bog standard yet they still get passengers. Arriva have a relatively old fleet with few liveries (only MAX, the 2 Sapphire liveries & their 3 corporate liveries) yet they get alot of passengers so they can't say branding brings passengers. Not to mention they could have saved the money to pay staff by not replacing the 15 plate buses on the red kite last year.
There's no excuse not paying above the living wage.