(16 Aug 2026, 9:18 am)Shrek wrote I do find it crazy how it seems to work in the bus industry though. Every profession I've worked in you generally give 4-6 weeks notice period. From what I understand from one bus company, drivers literally walk out in a week.
There is an argument that it's the poorly managed companies that get hit by mass walk outs, but at the same time, you also can't blame companies trying to cut costs in their estate if it makes sense.
Yeah totally, I don't know the true answer but imo they needed to find a way to make the move more seamless, even if it meant doing something like hiring extra drivers at Stockton and moving stuff over in batches rather than in one go.
Even the best company in the world (which isn't Arriva) is going to lose a chunk of their workforce when they're expected to travel an extra 30 minutes each way every day if heading from the Redcar direction.
You'd be very naive to think otherwise. Mind speaking of money, it'd be interesting to see how much revenue they lose long time because of people moving to other modals of transport. If there's gap everywhere, the train could suddenly become very attractive down there similar to Northumbria in a way.