tube drivers on 100k+

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6500923/M...

im in the wrong job. admittedly pretty grim to be underground all day but wtf

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GroundEffect said:

Pretty disingenuous (not surprising) from that lot that it also includes their employer pension contribution! For me that's 11% of my salary...I have never said my wage including what my company puts in.

Yes it's high, but clearly this must be related to the number of drivers willing to do it or the wage would be suppressed...

Or do Mail readers only care about market economics when it suits their agenda?

and how do you know perfect market economics are at play here and not the the mayor etc being mugs?

seems ludicrous salary even with pension in it especially with the perks:

"They also get a free annual travel pass, which are worth £3,548 and cover zones 1-9, eight and a half weeks of paid holiday and full pensions at 60. Those retiring at 50 get a reduced pension."

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Podie said:

Typical hatchet job reporting by the Wail.

They’ve included bonuses, pension contributions and overtime to come up with a headline..10 or do drivers have hit the overtime hard and the Wail have extrapolated this into a BS story.

Oh, and no - I am not a tube driver.

was actually sunday times article. what they worked some of their 8 weeks paid hol..

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Thesprucegoose said:

virgin westcoast train drivers are on 75k(ot etc) with 100% pension on retirement.

when i was a kid i wanted to be a train driver - dammit!

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Podie said:

So why link a Mail article?

Regardless, the point still stands. They’ve been disingenuous in the presentation of the figures. They are not on £100k salaries.

Cos you have to pay to read times articles! Yes most aren’t on 100k but what they’ are on seems high imho

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irocfan said:

The difference is what??? Come on I'm sure you can think of what it is...

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Has it dawned on you yet?


That's right it's not the tax-payer stumping up the bill nor is it a public service

exactly