(24 Sep 2021, 10:07 pm)Driver9*** wrote So how many other entry level jobs require you to undertake training to pass a test that costs around £2000 and has to be repayed to the employer if you leave the job within the first two years?

I'm not surprised at non bus drivers like Ambassador putting down the job we do, but disappointed at someone like yourself who has actually done it (I assume).

I'm not putting down the job, which is why I made that clear in the post, but please look up the definition! Entry-level isn't the same as unskilled/manual.

Every job is as important as the next in my opinion, which is why I'd never put a job down. If those stacking shelves in supermarkets, as you referred to above, didn't exist, then no one would be able to go to a shop and buy any food. Much the same as someone who refills coffee machines, which we all tend to make use of in a workplace.

As a reference to your point about training costs. There are plenty of graduate jobs right across the UK that are entry-level, yet the cost of achieving a degree is up to £28,000 (over 3 years) in University fees alone. Whilst I've personally never worked in the transport industry, I've taken qualifications and training at the employer's expense on a similar basis, where I'd be liable to pay back a percentage of the cost if I left (of my own will) within 18 months of being qualified. I think that's pretty standard with externally assessed training/qualifications, otherwise people would use certain employers as a stepping-stone to pay their fees.