(22 Mar 2015, 12:50 pm)aureolin wrote Trying to recruit 300 struck me, thinking they're perhaps looking at expansion?
300, from their own figures, would be almost 20% of their existing workforce, which is a massive turnover if it's simply to cover attrition? That being said, their new approach to recruitment is a massive positive in my opinion - looking for customer service experience as a must have, rather than the PSV licence.
I noticed the customer service patter too.
Someone can be the best driver in the world, but if you can't communicate and present a professional image (being the contact between depot and customers), then there is no point doing the job.
(22 Mar 2015, 12:55 pm)MarcTheA4 wrote Maybe expansion in that case. Unless I've gotten myself confused again, with QCS - they can pick up extra work in other areas if they're given it or something? So Chester-le-Street might become ruled by Stagecoach, etc.?
They may be recruiting extra employees in the case of this. Didn't realise that was what you were hinting at in your first post.
No, wasn't hinting at anything.
Three possible reasons I can think of, but whichever reason is the official one - QCS is there lurking regardless.
There are a whole lot of questions still hanging with regard to QCS, so to recruit up to 300 new employees, leads to a lot more questions than answers.