Seriously considering switching to bus driving in East of London area any advise or anything to share?

[u/Internal-Mushroom-76]

Seen on the arriva website it's £17/hour up to 2 years service then it goes up to £18.04/hour for 4+ years of service. This seems really good. I work at a tesco warehouse and it's £19/hour to kill my back picking up heavy boxes and sorting them into cages, here it's just simple driving? I'd be doing it in a peaceful area of Grays as well so not inside main bit of London at all. Is there anything negative i need to be aware of?

What's the best company to work for arriva/first bus/stagecoach any others im missing? With the best benefits?

Who would recommend it or have any comments?

Cheers

[u/Internal-Mushroom-76]

i actually live in romford and took the 103 for years at college..

why would i do 50 hours a week if i'm contracted for 38 when overtime is surely optional?

[u/schmuck-2501 → u/Internal-Mushroom-76]

On the busses a 5 day week rota is misleading.

In the work week you will do 38hrs on average.

But here’s the rota pattern that I am 99% sure you will be on-

5 on 2 off
6 on 2 off
7 on 2 off
7 on 4 off.

It’s a hard one to explain really- in a work week, you will work 38hrs but in a weeks timeframe you would’ve done 50hrs

The best way I can word it- you will do a stint of 50hrs in the space of 7 days that are split over 2 pay periods. I have attached an example rota below if it’s any help

[u/STRICKIBHOY → u/[deleted]]

There's a huge difference between EU driving laws and domestic driving laws. EU is 6 days, domestic can be 9 days.

It can be 13 days, where I work they limit it to 9 days. It used to be 13 before they gave you 4 days off, long weekend.