Discover the plusses of Busses (ie they come off better than a building)

ant said :

(looks around furtively) the driver was a cop, moonlighting for extra money, and he thought there were doughnuts in there (runs away).

As the crow flies, he only missed the donuts by 10 metres. At least by the direct route he was taking, 20 metres if you have to walk around the obstacles.

I’m constantly astonished by the ineptitude of people doing recruiting in this town. they have NO idea. They somehow think that you can shove people into boxes and stick them on the shelf, and when you finally require them, they’ll be patiently sitting there, waiting for your call. NOT!

Lol… Oh so that’s what happened… I thought that pathology place was getting a refurb…

Yeah, I knew a guy who applied for a bus driving job with ACTION 3 years ago. (He had been a van driver in Sydney)

6 months after he put in his application they contacted him. Then over the next 18months he had an interview, driving test and a physical (with approved GP). Then they told him he could start on a (low) trainee wage with a guaranteed 20 hours a week (?) for a year.

In the 2 years from when he put in his ACTION application to when they finally offered some trainee work he had found a high paying job elsewhere. Not a shock that ACTION is having trouble recruiting. You make more money driving politicans in Comcars and the hours are only bad during sitting weeks. Apparently Aust Post is having similar trouble to ACTION recruiting postie bike riders.

ant said :

The ads for drivers I saw said you had to have a truck-type licence. That screens out many potential applicants right there. In the current labour market, you’d really think they’d understand that, to get good people, yes ACTION you will have to actually train them.

I believe ACTION will train you (and pay for said training) if you are going for a full-time bus driver job but you need to DIY if going for part-time work.
I know an ex-work collegue left and went driving buses for a while, reckons it was good money with all the penalty rates (shift allowance, meal allowance etc). The downside that I see to it is that your hours aren’t standard. This week you might be doing 7-4 and the next you might be doing 12 midday-8 and the following week something different again.

I can’t believe that I have missed the annual Kippax Fair extravaganza exciting event for the 2nd year in a row (I have only been in Canberra 12 months). The event last year was a wash-out I gather, the flooding of the shops in November.

I had to work late on Thursday and missed out on all the latest excitement. So I guess I have to wair until 2009 now for something interesting to happen out this way.

I’m disappointed he didn’t try to jump a couple of cars first…

The ads for drivers I saw said you had to have a truck-type licence. That screens out many potential applicants right there. In the current labour market, you’d really think they’d understand that, to get good people, yes ACTION you will have to actually train them.

[rolls eyes disparingly] knowing ACTION driving is “main job” status. And has anyone bothered to check out (application forms)just to see what they have to go thru to get a part time job?! Kind of explains why they are so short (not the driver themselves). Saw a bit in CT saying the info sessions for recruitment normally get 200 people; last one got 21. So, they are really only short of drivers to do the shifts that the fulltimers don’t want. Composite wage too. One pay for any day, or shift. ACT prison officers have that too; union trying to dump it. Do ACTION buses have ‘hand’ brakes?

I hope that nobody was hurt … is this an approved ‘express’ route?