London underground staff

[Diddums]

Christ.

 

[ttaskmaster]

What are we saying, it's ok to risk your life if there's another couple of grand a year to be made.

If you follow the PTS (or Lucas, if you're on the Underground) training you'll have been given, there should be no risk in the first place.

 

[Blackjack Davy]

My other half is a CSA (Customer Service Assistant) for London Underground and she earns a lot more then 22K! There paid by the hour and when she got first got the job I worked out on an hourly basis she was earning more than me (at the time I was working as a management accountant for a US based insurance firm). The work staff that you see working for LU are backed up by the strongest union in the country, jobs are well paid and come with very generous benefits w(is why bloody train travel is so expensive in this country).

Yes they're paid way too much money but what can you expect when the govt cave in to every demand or strike? Theres been a replacement bus service for the almost constant rail strikes here for getting on for year now and still nothings been done should have sacked the lot of them long before now theres tons of immigrants legal or otherwise who'd love their jobs at half the wages.

 

[stockhausen]

That's some impressive grammar and spelling for a management accountant. I think that may be the reason she was earning more than you.

LOL - Nice one Cyril, Nice one Son

 

[Jez]

Wow, who put 50p in the ********?

I thought that it was quite funny

 

[Jean-F]

Yes they're paid way too much money but what can you expect when the govt cave in to every demand or strike? Theres been a replacement bus service for the almost constant rail strikes here for getting on for year now and still nothings been done should have sacked the lot of them long before now theres tons of immigrants legal or otherwise who'd love their jobs at half the wages.

As much as I dislike the RMT and ASLEF taking the ****, and holding the travelling public to ransom, I’d like even less the spectacle of LU saying, “How low are you prepared to go wages wise for a job?”
That’s just a race to the bottom.

 

[A2Z]

Been working for the Underground 6 years now.

CSA2's earn £26k at the moment, CSA1 £33k. Will be increased by at least 2.5% as soon as the unions agree to the latest pay deal.

I started as a CSA1 and during training I had to go to Acton Town to do a live track walk. Did I ever have to go on the track in my 4 years as a CSA? No. Anything regarding the track will become the responsibility of the Supervisor (my current role) and they will be the ones to go on the track if needed, unless it's something major.

Since becoming a Supervisor I have only had to go on the track once to pick up some keys someone dropped. We have a number of ways we ensure safe working when on or near the track. Including the most obvious one - turning the current off! I certainly would not say we are 'risking our lives'. There is a number of Rule Books which tell us the exact procedure to follow in a number of circumstances. We are trained very well. The reason we get paid as some people like to say 'too much' is because we are expected to know exactly what to do when things go wrong.

 

[Tony Edwards]

No it’s not.

Its dead get over it.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...iety-john-richards-grammar-lazy-a9229106.html

A society launched to protect the apostrophe is shutting down due to what members have described as “laziness”.

John Richards worked in journalism for much of his career and started the Apostrophe Protection Society in 2001 after he retired.


But at the age of 96, Mr Richards is closing the society, which lists the three simple rules for correct use of the punctuation mark.

Writing on the society’s website, he said: “Fewer organisations and individuals are now caring about the correct use of the apostrophe in the English language.


“We, and our many supporters worldwide, have done our best but the ignorance and laziness present in modern times have won!”

Mr Richards claimed the biggest problem was not people misusing the apostrophe but not using it at all.

He also said the issue had been made worse by large companies like Lloyds Bank and Waterstones.

Mr Richards continued: “The biggest issue I have is not that people get it wrong and put the apostrophe in the wrong place – they just don’t use it altogether.

“In many ways it’s been completely abandoned and people and business just don’t use it at all, they leave it out.

 

[Tony Edwards]

I thought that it was quite funny

Thank you sir/mam.

 

[SideWinder]

And suddenly the thread is derailed.

 

[Dirk Diggler]

We'll need to get it back on track

 

[Diddums]

Its dead get over it.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...iety-john-richards-grammar-lazy-a9229106.html

No it's not.

 

[nst68]

And suddenly the thread is derailed.

We'll need to get it back on track