(06 Jul 2021, 2:50 pm)Chris 1 wrote HR departments are waiting with baited breath!

I think the key word there is convince.  You'd struggle to 'convince' anyone!  I've always considered bus driving as a vocation type of job.  The industry - generally - doesn't have a very good reputation for treating staff very well and that's before you deal with the punters.  Given the responsibilities of the job, and the repercussions if it all goes horribly wrong then remuneration should be higher. 

I suppose to make it an attractive proposition, you'd have to highlight the freedom, the relative autonomy and the flexibility that shift work can bring.  Though no matter how hard you try, you're always going to struggle to sell driving around Leam Lane at night as an attractive proposition...

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It is, but if the comparison is no job then surely as soon as something else comes up paying more money then you're average bus driver with no affinity to the industry will just jump ship.  And who can blame them?  It just exacerbates the problem. 

I think the attrition seen in low wage environments probably back that theory up.
Regardless of the sector.

If someone can get 20p an hour extra up the road with a competitor, the chances are they will go to the competitor up the road. Particularly if money is the motivating or driving factor.

I often see and hear of organisations desperate to reduce staff turnover. They will do all sorts to try and reduce it. Except make the wage attractive or in some cases - competitive.