(17 Nov 2022, 10:33 pm)Driver9*** wrote Are you me? I left Arriva a few months ago after 22 years of service. I'd just had enough. Being lied to and abused by punters and other road users always came with the territory but it had gotten completely out of hand over the last few years. I now work in a factory. Yes, it's monotonous work, but on the other hand, no abuse, no complaints, I get to start and finish at the same time everyday and it's far less stressful. All for only 40p an hour less than I was getting on the top rate at Arriva.

Haha no - but the similarities continue!  I also work in a factory, but in a year I've had three pay rises and earn far more now then I could ever imagine at GNE, and without killing myself to do it!

The driving was never an issue for me, even with the stress of traffic and other road users, it was just everything else   I work 12 hr shifts out of choice (and cos it pays a better hourly rate),  alternating patterns of day and night, but only work 14 days a month in total, my shifts are on a 4 week fixed pattern, and that works for me just fine.

Glad you've made the switch and have found a better way, that can't have been an easy decision having been there for that length of time.  Well done you.