The problem is that the industry at large is broken - smaller companies can offer a surprisingly different option - take for example Garnetts - if I lived closer to Bishop I would have been seriously tempted.

The race to the bottom is real. It always used to be first group that used to be the lauded disciplinary kings for tea and biccies, but gne takes it to another level. The donkey has to have some carrot to be motivated not just a stick, and if the only motivation is to not be hit by the stick then the donkey will only do as much work as it needs to do to avoid the stick - so who’s the real donkey?

Psychometric tests are used as a filter system to bring down application numbers and to see if someone can fit into a box - nothing else. It doesn’t guarantee a thing - in fact it smacks of lazy recruitment and elitist aspirations. You try and get into the prison service and I can tell you, the amount of hoops and tests they put you through during the application process and training, people still fail.

At least half the drivers I used to work at, at my depot left either before or shortly after me, some had been there as short time, most had been there 5-10 years or more - so you tell me where the problem is again?