Re: Driving light rail to give former teacher a new lease on life
  Prescott

Enthusiasts or other people who already know a lot about trams would come
onboard with pre-existing informed knowledge and that doesn't fit in with
this employer's wish to engage subservient drones who won't question
anything they're told. It's a sign of a poor employer, like those who chuck
out older people and just engage young ones because the older are likely to
know far more than the younger boss (particularly prevalent in the public
service). In the field of public transport I haven't come across this
attitude in the bus or ferry industries (but may be the case in rail?).
With the Sydney gen3 trams it predates Transdev as such an attitude was
expressed during the initial establishment of SLR, although some good ones
like Ted made it through. It also applies to wider recruitment of staff,
not just drivers. It doesn't auger well for tram operation in Sydney and
helps explain why IWLR has always been such a tanglefooted operation.

Tony P

On Sunday, 12 August 2018 22:30:26 UTC+10, Matthew Geier wrote:
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> https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/act/driving-light-rail-to-give-former-teacher-a-new-lease-on-life-20180809-p4zwgb.html

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> These upbeat articles about how great it is to be a tram driver.

> Just don't be too keen when you apply. Like reveal you are an enthusiast

> who volunteers with a tram museum.

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> Transdev in NSW has made it clear (by action) that enthusiasts are not

> welcome as employees on their trams.

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> I'm aware of at least two people who Transdev rejected at the application

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> of people they wanted.

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> I wonder if any other operators also employ enthusiast filtering of

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