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Post by Alex on Oct 9, 2015 23:20:00 GMT
Just a quick question regarding starting employment with a company, if you already hold the PCV. How many companies offer new starters a higher rate if the licence is already held? I have seen an advert for Arriva which states the existing PCV holders will get a higher rate than the non PCV holders, and was wondering if this is common - or is it a case that you merely skip a band and still have to work way up to the highest? I'm asking for my girlfriend's brother-in-law, he is a PCV holder and the impression he gets is that it's different from company to company. The Arriva advert makes it clear what their policy is, but I've heard it reported (on union pages on the net surrounding bus strikes earlier this year) that if someone leaves a company, they have to start all over again on the scale with the new company etc..... I'm not asking for any figures or anything, just what the general jist is and if some operators are better than others  I recall in the 1990s if you had the licence (Stagecoach outside London) you went straight on to the top rate, but apparently this has changed since then..... |
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Post by intransit on Oct 10, 2015 1:34:41 GMT
I haven't seen the the advert to which you are referring to but I would hazard at a guess and say that the lower salary would be a trainee salary and the higher rate would be the going standard rate for a newly qualified PCV holder and nothing to do with how many years service you have had with another company, I very much doubt you would get any extra for having experience. The impression I get is that operators want to drive salaries down in order to have a good bids on routes that come up for tender and also to bring salaries in-line with other "driving jobs" HGV etc, as they get paid pretty poorly these days also....the horizon does look pretty gloomy!! They're all competing against each other, so it only makes sense to drive down costs from a board room level point of view... Don't take my word for it as I have only been in the game for 8-9 months and these are just my assumptions from stories I hear from other old time drivers and hopefully by my replying will kick off this discussion from older drivers  |
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Post by intransit on Oct 10, 2015 1:36:32 GMT
if you have an old contract that pays a good hourly rate.....hang onto it.....
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Post by smoothcriminal on Oct 10, 2015 13:28:04 GMT
Stagecoach you start on the lowest rate for a 'pcv holder' and have to work your way up although it's not very far up but takes 5 years.
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Post by Alex on Oct 10, 2015 14:10:02 GMT
if you have an old contract that pays a good hourly rate.....hang onto it..... Stagecoach you start on the lowest rate for a 'pcv holder' and have to work your way up although it's not very far up but takes 5 years. Thanks gents - just to mention, the chap I'm thinking of currently isn't a bus driver (he has his PCV licence but is doing a different driving job), so the leaving company thing wouldn't really apply in this case. I'm sure if he was still in the industry he could find this all out for himself  I can see how it works, the 'PCV Holder' rate is above the 'trainee from scratch' rate but still with progression. That is more or less what I expected it to be, and I'll pass on. Thanks again for replies |
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Post by jay on Oct 11, 2015 11:06:17 GMT
ALS is £9.30 for trainees £9.80 for PCV holders, after 8 years you get to go on the higher rate
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Post by M1104 on Oct 11, 2015 12:43:49 GMT
ALS is £9.30 for trainees £9.80 for PCV holders, after 8 years you get to go on the higher rate Is it true that the rate goes into time and a half within unsocial hours? |
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Post by jay on Oct 14, 2015 20:49:09 GMT
ALS is £9.30 for trainees £9.80 for PCV holders, after 8 years you get to go on the higher rate Is it true that the rate goes into time and a half within unsocial hours? After 8 years yeah Time and a third up until then and there are less unsocial hours |
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