(06 Jul 2021, 2:24 pm)GNE6312 wrote 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.

Yeah it's what they're trying to say don't think they mean outright literally tho but I can imagine it being a, 'we want more money,' - 'sorry no money can't do that' - 'well why you repainting everything...?' scenario.

Must say that was basic salary there so excluding any overtime and was just using figures online (GNE site and a job application for SNE) so they might vary a bit in reality but obviously drivers aren't happy. The reviews of ex GNE staff leave a lot to be desired aswell. Stagecoach and Arriva being equally as bad but a lot of mentions of pay for GNE and favourites getting the overtime with unhealthy working hours which is never a good mix for morale.