(21 Jan 2025, 10:22 pm)Storx wrote No-one cares basically. Once management alienate the staff to the stage of strikes it always happens. No doubt be a lot of working to rule for anyone who doesn't love the job and it ends up with the mess like now and that's ignoring those who bolted.

Sad because they actually had some decent staff in the past ie. Dan on here but seems most have gone now. Heard a lot of the old guard were lost with the Chester Le Street farce aswell. 

The only people who like GoNorthEast are the fanatics around who can't take criticism. Not worth talking to people like that though as you'll just get abuse for stating facts. The public certainly don't and are a lot more vocal than on here. 

Arriva isn't much better tbh for similar reasons but least they seem to be on the up a bit after the takeover.

im gonna hold my hands up and say i originally didnt like dan, but you're right he's probably the most decent one there. i've came to realise that when dan was at GNE, he's always been a good bloke, he was just sticking up for the wrong company. and now, northstar is doing absolutley bits (in a good way obvs) and i hope he gets some north tyneside/newcastle contracts. did the 643 for the first ever time in my life just before the new year (never even done it with previous operators), and i've never enjoyed being on an ALX so much in my life. buses: pristine, staff: sound as a pound, timekeeping; haven't seen one major complaint yet! GNE could never!

i fully understand why he was sticking up for gne so much tho, im assuming he wanted to get higher up the ladder to make it a better company, its just a shame he wasn't able to.

i honestly believe, if dan was able to get to the very top of GNE say a few year back to turn it around, franchising wouldn't even be a conversation right now.

i do agree and accept its not just GNE with this issue, but the amount of complaints and issues compared to stagecoach is unreal