Unveiling the Truth: My Month as a London Bus Driver and My Earnings

[@MrTasar]

Let me get this right; buses do get cleaned and mopped every night but people do people stuff unfortunately also can you help me reach 50k subs pls 😊

[@kevinthompson2217]

Yes they do I’ve seen for myself

[@Suliplayz5264]

question: are you ever able to just take a bus from the depot whenever you want and go for a joy ride in it?

[@rabbitss11]

mopped, you mean, moped is a two-wheeled vehicle with an engine

[@admirald.rifter1819]

@@Suliplayz5264 ofc not haha

[@Olivethebunny55]

​@@Suliplayz5264I wish😂

[@stuart2151]

I can't understand how people can't put rubbish in the bin. Drives me insane

[@83dude]

Cry more Greta

[@CK-vc4lq]

@@83dude just say you have no human decency

[@okenemem]

the new buses dont have bins

[@pauljordan4452]

@@okenemem One of the bus drivers who drove the school bus 30 years ago, I was 10, lost his temper with boys littering and was furious. He shouted "listen you fucking arseholes, I'm fucking sick of picking up shit!" So angry he couldn't avoid swearing.

[@JP-oe4ry]

driving a bus.....driving in london..driving a bus in London..those are 3 of my nightmares

[@Danofthedice]

I was a bus driver in Brighton for a good while. That was challenging at times, though I honestly enjoyed the job. I have been to London and ridden buses there numerous times, and I honestly think it would drive me insane!

[@danbus180]

I did 26 years driving them around lewisham then went over to a agency doing 4 days a week I earned £42k in 7 months I was doing 12 hours a day from sign on to sign off including paid brakes

[@bodazephyr6629]

One Agency is paying £21/hour plus £185/week bonus and that's outside London where cost of living is cheaper. This pay is online going to increase if the driver shortage gets worse.

[@Hunnacersofficial]

That’s like 6k a month, it must of been a huge amount of tax right?

[@nikoskaramarigos]

​@bodazephyr6629 which agency is that?

[@bodazephyr6629]

@@nikoskaramarigos IntSol Recruitment

[@danbus180]

@@nikoskaramarigos intergrated solutions

[@KeiranJohn21]

Haha no way. I watched your Asda video before I started driving for them. Now I’m starting my bus training and here you are again 😂

[@MrTasar]

Small world my friend 🤣

[@buzzukfiftythree]

It’s interesting to read the various comments on rates of pay. The fact is that we have enormous skilled labour shortages here in the UK. If companies want to attract more people to doing those jobs then they’re going to have to up the hourly rates. We have a government that supposedly believes in free market economy, yet artificially suppresses the minimum wage amount. We talk about ‘unskilled Labour’ yet most jobs these days require higher level skills than, say, 40 years ago. Have levels of pay kept up with inflation in most cases? Of course not. Except in the case of many business owners and senior management, and the gap between workers pay and that of bosses has grown and grown since 2010.

[@gravemind6536]

You can train to be a bus driver for free at most bus companies as the government fund it but the pay is poor for what it is, I got my license with stagecoach did the two years you have to do to pay back the bond, the issue is you only make good money if you put the hours in, there is loads of overtime to be had can easily get £900-£1000 take home a week working like a nutter but to work a healthy amount of hours you only get £450-£500 a week. Anyway once I did my two years I went and used some of the money I saved up from the overtime to go and do my HGV class 1 license and it was easy due to the experience of driving buses and the fact you automaticall get provisonal lorry entitlement when getting your bus license. earning as much now on a 45 hour week as I did when doing a 70 hour week with Stagecoach.

[@sLim88CPC]

@@gravemind6536 do you sleep in your bed every night or do tramping? Because that is where the biggest money on the lorries is. You can always earn more money, but can't earn time home back - my conclusion after years.

[@Greg-eq7pf]

I love vlog/videos like this, well made and very insightful to daily jobs and tasks that everyone not doing are often completely unawares of. I used to fix cars for a living which most people can imagine whats involved, 11yrs ago I moved into maintenance engineering at a food factory, I literally had no clue as to the machines, processes and skills involved in UK food produce until I changed career! Keep making informative vids dude, it's good for giving advise now and for the future everyone to look back on see how life and jobs were in 2023.

[@MrTasar]

Thank you very much

[@oilburner225]

I can't believe how long it takes to gain a bus licence. When I took my PSV licence (as it was known then), I learnt on a manual gearbox (no synchro) double decker. It was 4 days of learning and the test on the Friday, at the end of the driving test the examiner tested me on the highway code. Fortunately I passed. The same proceedure when I took HGV2 and then HGV1, both 5 day courses.

[@bodazephyr6629]

Yes plus now they must spend 5 days in the classroom doing the CPC course

[@kktomm]

Do you mean how little time?

[@oilburner225]

@@bodazephyr6629 yes I’ve done the CPC a couple of times but retired now. The CPC in my opinion is a waste of time.

[@mrwaltzerboy]

Not really got mine in 9 days. That includes theory, hazard perception, practical training plus test, module 2 and 4 cpc

[@HACKERHITMARKER333]

@@mrwaltzerboy what company u with

[@MikeSlater226]

I work for Stagecoach in Hull and I hate the cab fans so much especially when you’re trying to hear the customer haha. Good video man new sub here bro 👊

[@MetaFootballTV]

My dad worked for Stagecoach in Birmingham or Cambridgeshire, I think. Name Roger Wood.

[@HonestMan112]

Thats different tbf, in london customers dont ask for their destination so you barely have to hear the customer. Still, the constant fan would be annoying though I agree

[@FaithsStardust]

Thanks for uploading this and showing a side to London/a job I wouldn't have had access to before/I didn't know much about.

[@juandebermudez1435]

Did ~ “The management” ~ give you a positive critique of your video? It was well done, showed some interesting content and didn’t disparage, disrespect or show the service in a negative light. Positive PR.

[@chemistmanuk]

I know driving a bus in London is a stressful job but its easier than driving a bus outside of the Oyster area where drivers have to fiddle around with cash and worry about passengers overriding etc.

[@thatbusdriverguy4182]

I drove for Stagecoach in London, some of of loan drivers who come from NORTH of England say exactly what you say

[@bodazephyr6629]

I disagree, I've done it in central London and in the provinces and I think the job is easier outside of London, although the Oyster system is an advantage in London the extra stress outweighs that.

[@TheWildeFish]

But passengers outside London, especially small towns and countryside, are far more civilised. They don't have shielded cab doors for no reason here 😖

[@chemistmanuk]

@@TheWildeFish I live in Leicester and believe me - the drivers are well shielded too.

[@GillianDodrill]

Pool table in the canteen and 2 snooker tables upstairs. Also a "quiet room" upstairs. You can use it to pray or just sit and read. Good video. I hope you continue to like being a bus driver. Has it's ups and downs but, it pays the bills.

[@danielosdinia4258]

I work for Arriva in the north east and was surprised by this beautiful spacious rest area!. Our depot is a terrible old building!.

[@JohnResalb]

Yes, that other commentator is absolutely correct. As soon as you cross the tfl border, the drivers have to take cash. And there are no centre doors anywhere outside London, which makes double deckers appear to be much bigger than what they are in London. In remote areas, I've met drivers who take the bus home when the route finishes at 6pm, but they have to wash the bus before they go to bed.!!

[@jayboy1860]

Whats the chance scrolling through youtube your video pops up think lets give it a watch and so be hold i recognize you from the 121 im from the area good work bro 👍 thanks for ur service

[@vimtocrazy739]

Go ahead North East £11 per hour for first year. £12.85 after . You sign a bond which holds you for 2 years. If you leave in the first two years you need to repay up to £2000 . We’re on strike at moment .

[@richardsymons495]

Go ahead ( Plymouth City Bus ) £15 an hour, transfer down here.

[@andyphillips7437]

It is a good job that nobody stepped out from behind one of the buses as you drove in on your motorbike like a maniac....

[@lloydpenfold486]

I did think isn't there a 5 mph rule in the depot grounds?

[@Aquaowen]

I used to drive in Midlands, I've moved to London a few months ago and I personally like driving the buses better in London, more challenging, everyday is different and good money. You have a much modern canteen than our garage.

[@bodazephyr6629]

More money but not enough more to cover the huge cost of living in London

[@Aquaowen]

@@bodazephyr6629yeah but fortunately im living with my girlfriend so rent isn’t that much

[@83dude]

Nobody in their right mind would choose London over the midlands, people from the midlands are so friendly and the area looks amazing with all the old buildings and nature London however is a crowded miserable dump,I have lived in both areas and can't stand London

[@RileEren]

​@@Aquaowenis your wages ok?

[@Aquaowen]

@@RileEren It's good enough, however I'm changing my career and heading back to uni now. I know that I'm still owed my backpay for the pay rise that was meant to happen in April, I left in July.

[@Steven-qi4gm]

I can’t believe how quick you rode your bike between those buses in the yard. Someone could have easily stepped out.

[@nedseagoon5101]

I agree. Dangerous manoeuvre. Especially on an oily garage forecourt.

[@velogoo]

I agree, also it might be a hot day but I’d still wear safety gear starting with gloves on the bike

[@ZL54JK8]

Wasn't the film speeded up?

[@danielburke8517]

I also agree...the only reason I came here to say driving at 21 mph was ridiculously dangerous. I wonder what you are like driving a bus when customers get you angry. C.A.R.P. ( I shouldn't have to tell you what this means...😮

[@danielburke8517]

​@@ZL54JK8Yes the video was speeded up but 21 mph is 21 mph, slowing the video down or having the video speeded up doesn't make any difference in the offence committed under TFL health and safety 5mph max.

[@christopdeck3457]

That staff canteen was 10 x better than the one we had at Brixton garage.

[@lloydeelloyd]

That canteen has had a massive overhaul, it wasn't like that when I was there in 2009.

[@ChadLuca]

Is it free food?

[@RileEren]

​@@lloydeelloydwhen

[@lloydeelloyd]

@@ChadLuca no but rather subsidized

[@melokc7257]

Ah I miss 'on the buses' . Loved those guys. This vid. With you in it reminded me of it.

[@ayoubmalla843]

Make this guy go viral so he can leave his job. Respect to you bro keep it up and one day you can do content creation full time bro. Keep grinding

[@MrTasar]

Thank you bro

[@srgort9384]

Not a good idea to quit a job after 1 viral video why stick to 1 income when u can have 2 incomes.

[@chemistmanuk]

IMO being a bus driver is a sight more useful to society than being an “influencer” is.

[@bushusky]

@@chemistmanuk Seriously. The only people I watch are people with jobs or hobbies they actually like or are passionate about.

[@83dude]

Respect? No chance

[@mrwaltzerboy]

Working for the wrong bus company. Come to Oxford Bus Company were on 36k basic before any overtime and soon to get a pay rise.

[@lloydeelloyd]

Somewhere like London the shortage of drivers will be less than say Oxford so therefore the pay will be less especially at service work level.

[@danielosdinia4258]

Something many people don’t know is the fact that one would go under different tests and exams just to qualify to drive a bus and after that again would be assessment after assessment to keep the drivers up to the task. It’s 3 years I’m driving buses for Arriva and can say becoming a bus driver is harder than acquiring a science degree ( I acquired both so I’m qualified to compare these two).

[@PaulDean-y5o]

It's bad that the bus goes out dirty from the depot! 😢 Also, here in Hull, they tell you to press the button, then wait until the bus stops before standing up, its not good.

[@unitor699industries]

i drive a bus in rotterdam we get 19.1 euros an hour, and in the coming 2 years it will be raised till 21 euros, above that we get irregularity allowance

[@JohnSmith-qe6fb]

I drove a double decker bus for a major University in the US. The pay was low, but the clientele (students) were much better than my current patrons as a city bus driver!

[@dahman9672]

I did this job for 2 years treated like dirt for the most part by passenger's harrassed for being late by passenger's they think that u have a drink with a straw and little umbrella and just chiill😂

[@gravemind6536]

That pretty much sums the job up you get used and abused by the powers above you, the passengers are rude, ungrateful and at times downright idiotic traffic is a nightmare and nobody will let you out of bus stops let alone anywhere else. Its also a job where I feel like no matter what you do you just can't win. But I was trained for free and earn't some decent money in the 2 years I've done the job but I'm moving on to Lorry driving class 1 better money, driving nicer vehicles that are comfy and don't rattle like mad and no passengers sure the hours are still long but I won't be spending nearly as much time stressed and pissed off.

[@florinmilitaru3431]

So in birmingham national express pay 18.18 per hour and the rent its like 400 a month,you need to find a agency

[@andrejz2438]

6:19 😅😂That's how I as a postie check my van's tyre pressure too lol

[@netayconnection6236]

Lol its me Aysegul, you know me from Enfield as I use to work at a nearby shop. Good one, I will subscribe 👍

[@jison490]

But I want to ask,If the bus is moving, u shouldn’t move in bus because it is very dangerous.My recommended is still stay on the bus when is moving, and if is stop completely then walk down stair before one stop u want to alight.

[@paulsp2693]

what most people doing now is joining the company that helps you get the PCV licence,work for them for one year and join agency,presently agency drivers getting paid between £24-£27/hr,while fix employess get paid 17/hr,this agency driver are self employed,and take home more money then fix drivers,on top agency drivers can deduct all expences when doing tax return.

[@freefallu]

Best of luck in the new job , guess its not new for you now. But nice video and share the excitment of new work. Hope you are safe.

[@MrTasar]

Thanks 👍

[@stanthemafia]

Fun fact: About 7/8 years ago, I went for the job as a bus driver at Go-Ahead. I did the mini van test and failed. I wasn’t too sad because the money was SHOCKING. A few years later, I’ve got a licence to drive ALL Uk categories. The point I’m trying to make is, that test they make you do is stupid as if it’s your first time driving a vehicle like that, it’s not encouraging when you fail.

[@damian-transport-enthusiast]

Yeah, I definitely agree

[@83dude]

Not fun

[@EinkOLED]

It was my first time driving a van too. But I passed. They're looking for mirror checks, braking, speed and reading road signs. If someone is unable to drive a van safely, then how are they able to drive a bus safely with passengers? They need the right candidate for the job.

[@stanthemafia]

@@EinkOLED I clipped the kerbs, it was nothing to do with my driving

[@EinkOLED]

@@stanthemafia If you clipped the kerb that it is still due to your driving. The driving standards are high due to a reason. But it depends on which garage/depot you apply to. The instructor just wants to know whether you have the ability to pass your PCV, and whether you have the qualities to become a safe driver.

[@zcharged8294]

my G, thank you for revealing this. i may need to switch jobs if this is the case.

[@merc7paul]

Just started as a bus driver in Canada, good to see how it's all the same everywhere😂😂😂

[@davidray2529]

Spent 10 years on the buses went on to HGV class 1 driver hated the public earn twice as much on the wagons

[@Abc-li1ij]

How much money?

[@nicholasmarshall3191]

Last time I was on a bus, a conductor came around and used his ticket machine to give me my ticket. My parents moved us to the US soon after. The US, except for big cities,forces you to buy a car, as the public transportation is shocking.

[@sinkzscs]

Cool that you work for Arriva, in north Stockholm where I live we used to have Arriva too! Though 2 years ago Transdev took over, but that’s whatever

[@martyshep99]

Interesting video Mr Tasar, very informative. One thing tho bro, I am a biker too, treat yourself to some gloves on that bike man. Some cheap summer gloves are fine, your hands are your tools for driving a bus, if you come off the bike, the first thing you do it put your hands down and they will get damaged. Some cheap motorbike summer gloves.

[@JurivonStolzenberg14]

In manchester all bus companies now look for drivers and also pay for training. Around 11£ ph as trainee and more when passed licence .

[@73driver10135]

My training was 8 days 1 day on the 25s then out on the road in 1976

[@nedseagoon5101]

I had 4 days. Mon-thur. Test on the Friday morning. No pass, no job! That was 1994. Luckily I passed.

[@saffygraham3342]

Thought it was you had to come back and check, saw u this morning on the 121 lol must still be going good then

[@70kg589]

The 121! Great video very interesting 👍

[@shaun9089]

My first week now, passed the theory etc and had 7 hrs of driving lessons. I don't know what harder getting used to the size or the fact the wheels are behind me.

[@deezjohn-zd9ku]

It might be crazy but you could try being a bus driver in ireland! I heard it pays good:)

[@Ryan-dj6tl]

Good video for viewers. From the start I was wondering what garage you were based at, when I saw that roster booklet I had an idea as I had the same one. I was a driver at the same garage a few years ago now, I was on the 279 and did the 349/121 on rest days. I do miss the act of driving a bus still!

[@r05737]

In Manchester stagecoach drivers are earning 31k not too sure how much that is hourly

[@unrulyphxntom4397]

For a 38 hours a week, its 15.69 per hour

[@bodazephyr6629]

They're on £16/hour plus weekend bonus. Plus cost of living is much less in Manchester.

[@asaeed2484]

So when you see a bus messy like that, nobody cleans it? It just goes back out like that?

[@MrTasar]

There is cleaners that clean and mop the bus every night

[@RocketRabbittt]

I'd love to have this job and I'm actually saving for it but it's hard for me to memorize routes

[@MetaFootballTV]

My dad was a busdriver in the 70's/80's Did the Redhill route, among others. Name was Roger Wood.

[@83dude]

How much money did he steal?

[@MetaFootballTV]

@@83dude 😳 What kind of stupid question is that ?

[@NormanAbdullah-h5t]

You're like me,I ride my 900cc bike to work...I drive articulate and double decker buses beside the normal 12m bus.

[@ItzHussain]

big up MrTasar great video!

[@MrTasar]

Thanks bro 👊🏼

[@lacagrr]

How was the training? Do they take you far out on your practical test like motorway or what not or local roads

[@darrenfaux4882]

My first day tomorrow with Abellio (UK Transport London Bus)

[@emmanuelomafo2614]

how did it go?

[@darrenfaux4882]

So far so good. My test is next week.

[@RileEren]

​@@darrenfaux4882how much money do u get

[@TzoHill]

​@@RileErenhey I'm at Abellio now, you get between 550-620 a week (depending on the hours) for your first year. Hope that helps 🙏🏾

[@paultilly]

no speed limit in the garage then lol the way you drove that bike in there lol lol

[@KimB10M]

It's fun to see that you have a canteen, we don't have anything like that in Denmark. 😄

[@bodazephyr6629]

Driving in Denmark must be nice. How much do bus driver get paid there?

[@RileEren]

​@@bodazephyr6629are you English?

[@anthonyze]

Love the video brother. Keep it up

[@MrTasar]

Thanks! Will do!

[@therealslimgamey1]

Beware, especially as working long term as a driver, especially bus driver. It's bad for your health. You will have chronic health problems eventuality. Sitting down for long periods, pot holes noise and vibrations will at the very least cause MSK problems, tinnitus, that may be life long and more seriously, chronic kidney disease, digestive issues etc. If you don't drink alcohol, dont smoke, eat healthy, maintain a reasonable BMI and keep fairly fit you may be able to do this job for a long period. Not to mention, you will eventually get assaulted if you do the job long enough just by pure chance. If you dont look after yourself particularly well do not become a driver.

[@wtfisgoingon8587]

Bunch of sweeping generalisatons.

[@Sanity98]

I'm a support worker full time with £10.90 per hour, you sure £14 is too low? 😂

[@buzzukfiftythree]

I would say it’s your £10.90 that is way too low. But think about it - £14.00 an hour working and living in London is really not a living wage for the area. Most bus and train drivers do overtime in order to be able to afford to live. Support workers and bus drivers are skilled jobs. We’ve got used to the idea that £10 per hour in the UK is an acceptable rate of pay when it’s clearly not, especially with inflation currently running at 6% p.a.

[@washx2k755]

@@buzzukfiftythreeyea exactly U.K. economy is fucked

[@delboy7039]

He lives in London..!!!

[@mitzy123]

You should probably leave your job. That's criminally low

[@wild4fp]

I do support work. It's ok, only ok though. Is it adult or young people work? I'm on £16.50ph. I missed out on nights and would have been £18ph adding night payment. Sometimes I feel like driving a bus or lorry though. Hands on people work can be tosh. This in in North England.

[@OsmanOsmanmahamud2023]

I was bus driver 4 years thanks allaah. I never had accident

[@robertvaughan9759]

So did you actually clean the inside of the bus before you set off?

[@JurivonStolzenberg14]

My friend after training at Go North Manchester had all sorts of vehicle defects!!😅

[@Gabe071]

Awesome awesome 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@Ryanp194]

I’m a brand new driver at arriva London aswell 2023 start and am on 15.50. What you done to upset them to be on less??

[@HACKERHITMARKER333]

he crashed the bus 6 times

[@MrTasar]

Each garage is different when it comes to pay

[@ionutz89ful]

did you been paid for the month of training or what will happen? you can also work part-time? as in my case I cannot work weekends, and one more thing, I have online interview in 2 weeks, what do they ask you?

[@MrTasar]

You can’t work at any other job and you will get paid for training also tell them you can’t do weekends before you start and I forgot the interview questions but it is easy

[@neilmossey]

Brilliant video thanks - really wondered what its like. Can't wait to see more!

[@Zero-Investing]

Don't be this guy scene was funny 😂

[@MrTasar]

Its true 🤣

[@Gingerharry2011]

Had no one had a word about your speed in the depot on your scooter???

[@delboy7039]

So if you only do 'part of the route' what if someone was waiting for your bus on this 'missing' section.... I've been there when the bus simply doesn't turn up...!

[@RileEren]

@@delboy7039 hi what's your wages

[@lloydeelloyd]

I worked at that same Enfield garage for 9 months , in 2009 . Was at wood green for a few years before that . Wood green was strict af .

[@RileEren]

Why did you leave?

[@lloydeelloyd]

@@RileEren Very unsociable job and nasty passengers, I returned in 2011 and worked for 2 years at metroline. Since 2013, not done service bus work, my cpc expired in 2018 too.

[@jumpa654]

You've got yourself a subscriber!

[@povdrivehub]

Its a very low money bro, hopefully your channel go viral and make extra proper money ... I work for amazon like a dsp i make 5k a month for 6 hours a day ... Before that work like a class 2 for 12£/per h, its a shit money for do this ...

[@povdrivehub]

Outside of London*

[@MrTasar]

Thanks bro and yeah money is not that great specially in london

[@HACKERHITMARKER333]

@@MrTasar just rob banks

[@Delt1c9013]

Remember Ponders end when it had conductors and Routemasters

[@ionutbanu7028]

Hi. How much do you have to pay Arriva for the training, if you decided to leave ?

[@frglee]

Out in the sticks, low wages along with 'casualisation', zero hours contracts and part time working result in this being a very badly paid job for some. Locally to me they can't get bus drivers as a result and some entire rural bus routes have to be suspended for weeks at a time. Easily solved by paying living wages, full time contracts and decent work conditions, but many of the smaller bus companies used have had their contracts pared to the bone by pennypinching local authorities, starved of funds by national government.

[@buzzukfiftythree]

As you rightly say, local authorities are being starved of funds by national government and that’s one of the big problems of our time. One pays Council Tax to the local council, but central government largely takes that and then doles out money to the same councils by means of grants. Plus, as most bus services are provided by private companies, there is the question of how much are the bosses of those companies being paid.

[@CJMVector321190]

Not true if they have money for pride flags and their own high wages and pensions.

[@tridens6708]

100% correct rural Norfolk routes canceled without a car you stuffed

[@ItsMinion5]

I love the DW! What do you think about it?

[@treeriders]

So you check for mess but then don't clean it up, or am I misunderstanding?

[@MrTasar]

Bus gets cleaned up by the cleaners every night and thats not my job

[@treeriders]

​@@MrTasarDisgusting.

[@tyronesmith4622]

Really interesting video thanks ☺️

[@MrTasar]

My pleasure!

[@vPythonnn]

Just passed my Theory Hazard and Case studies you get out what you put in :)

[@theliamcooke]

Do you get paid during your training month?

[@Ryan-uh9le]

Yep

[@theliamcooke]

@@Ryan-uh9le is it standard pay or like a reduced pay? I've thought about doing this for a year or so just to change up my life

[@lloydeelloyd]

​@@theliamcookeit's reduced, when I was training in 2005 I was getting £200 a week. Monday to Friday and pretty long intensive days . Was starting at 7 and not getting off till 5

[@nzvii743]

at least arriva let you have shorts and a polo shirt, worked as a bus driver in nottingham and the company was shirt and tie and trousers no matter the weather, no air con in summer no heating in winter. proper shit experience I always say i'll never be a bus driver ever again. A lot more money in HGV driving. good vid tho mate

[@bobosborne1573]

Bruv I did buses for 10 years lol. I now do Hgv 6/4.pm mom/fri much more money stereo etc no horrible sour face public 😂😂

[@unknowng888]

This was a sick video.

[@befree9579]

I am suprised its £14 in London. Currently in Coventry its also £14 for new bus drivers.

[@neilredbar7344]

It's pretty piss poor for London Sainsburys Drivers on 3.5 tonne get 13.50!!

[@befree9579]

@@neilredbar7344 Their union needs to strike to increase for cost of living.

[@stanielsoncoochiesmellehsm6114]

​@neilredbar7344 but aren't sainsburys drivers doing more work like loading their trucks?

[@neilredbar7344]

loading a van takes 15 minutes by yourself unloading 10 mins but i dont have to deal with the public nor their noise and mess. freedom to take a break whenever i want stop and smoke whenever i want but anyway the point was that 14 for a bus driver in london is poor@@stanielsoncoochiesmellehsm6114

[@rsaccounts]

I make 20.17 5 years experience.

[@silondon9010]

Try working for Royal Mail in 2023, completely unachievable workloads 😢

[@Abc-li1ij]

Are you able to just work faster?

[@silondon9010]

@@Abc-li1ij people are walking over 2 marathons a week, it catches up with people in the End

[@Mrmallet777]

😂😂😂😂​@@Abc-li1ij

[@troygardner8870]

Less speed pulling into the yard on your moped naughty naughty! Also canteen is very nice!

[@jahdeldaniel4682]

How long do they take to call you before pre-screening, been 3 days

[@MetrolineSuperiorities]

Hey uhh by chance were you driving LT564 on the 259 this morning/afternoon, i think i was on your bus

[@markpritchard]

I used to be a bus driver in Shropshire and i was skint. I could only just live and i already had a psv licance when i started. Not only did i have no money but it was long hours for not much money. I only got paid while the bus was moving, and on some of are rural routes there was alot of waiting for which i wasn't being paid. I wasn't even paid while doing the walk around checks. Which is why i was only there a year. I moved over to lorries and although the hours are still stupid i earn alot more. My lorry also has air con in the cab and a decent heater. On the bus i was frozen in the winter and in the summer its like driving a green house.

[@germas369]

121 !!! lets go

[@Shakil.H94]

How you doing bro.. i know this vid is old. I wanted to ask what sort of interview questions they asked during your interview if you could let me know.. thank you

[@johnmills7716]

Route 121, I see. Usually Wright DAF buses (DW). Occasionally an Enviro 400 (T) gets allocated from the 279 route. Which is the best bus to drive? I've seen the grief drivers get from passengers, you should get more pay.

[@bodazephyr6629]

Imo the older Enviro 400 is the best, but the new model is not as good.

[@Londonproplayer2]

I spoke to Arriva bus drivers(Clapton)and they hate Arriva with passion lol

[@Da10thwonda]

So if there is a diversion & you don't use SAT NAV how are you meant to get around that???

[@MrTasar]

Controllers give you the direction but they teach most of the diversions anyway

[@davegravy1842]

Cheers what about the ticket machine is it hard to learn ? Also route learning any tips ? Great video cheers

[@konrad50023]

London doesn't do tickets for years now, he only has to enter his driver number, route and service.

[@IdeologieUK]

Hello mate, great video! Just a quick question. I've been self employed for many years but my business is not enough to support me, however I do have the odd amount of private work from time to time. On an average week, are there any days off or can you arrange days off to suit outside requirements (my plan to do some extra private work). Also, as to the medical, do they ask about anti depressants? ~Do you know if you can work as a BD if you take anti depressants? Cheers mate!

[@lgibbs446]

Hey man, hope you're doing well. Are you still currently driving?

[@MrTasar]

Update coming soon!

[@jonnyraff1241]

No daily check then? Also riding bike way too fast between those buses.

[@HACKERHITMARKER333]

its fine as long as u dont crash ur good so u can go 100mph if u want