TfL jobs...

[rico]

I've just read that a ticket inspector for Transport for London gets paid £30k...

THIRTY THOUSAND POUNDS!!!!

The national average is what, about £18-20k and i'd bet nurses and trainee doctors don't get paid £30k. Nurses are an asset to our society, i'm sure the ticket inspectors don't collect more than £30k in fines a year...

THEN they go and put the tube, bus and train fares up... 3x inflation!

F*cking waste of our money...

[PetrolTed]

Market forces at work I'd say. Would you want to be a ticket inspector?

[JustTheTip]

For me it'd go in the same bag, with traffic wardens, labelled jobs I would never EVER do.

[rico]

PetrolTed said:

Market forces at work I'd say. Would you want to be a ticket inspector?

Well the article was talking about how they wanted support from the police... but what about nurses in the hospitals? Same paper (todays Standard) has a big feature on violence against nurses, arson attacks on A&E wards etc...

It just p*sses me off that jobs that really help the country as a whole are underpaid and poorly staffed because of this.

[Vixpy1]

Having worked on the railways for 5 years, and spoken to the railway inspectors which is a similar job, although not as well paid! I can quite understand how they are paid so much.. its a rubbish job and you get abused by the public all day!

[Raify]

PetrolTed said:

Market forces at work I'd say. Would you want to be a ticket inspector?

Not even for £100k p.a. !

[rico]

What about tube drivers then? Thats got to be a piece of the proverbial to do...

I dunno really. It just seems illogical to pay TfL staff so much compared to other industries. I, along with many other Londoners, wouldn't care so much if the service was half decent. Then i hear the Underground make a million quid profit a day...

[Vixpy1]

yes but tube drivers are paid 35K+

And they get about 9 weeks holiday per year!

[rico]

£35k?



Why did i bother with uni?

yes i know i'll be better in long run, but when i'm looking at grad jobs of between £15k and £25k its a bit strange...

[chim_knee]

PetrolTed said:

Market forces at work I'd say. Would you want to be a ticket inspector?

...or union forces. I personally have a bit of sympathy for TfL given that they are at the receiving end from disgruntled passengers (quite rightly) but also from a belligerent union.