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Dublin Bus looking for Drivers

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    #572
    threegreen
    Registered Users Posts: 30 ✭threegreen


    blackduck38 wrote: »
    Nop. I pass the medical on 1st April. After medical i can't do more. I have no problem on garda vetting check, and the references are all good. So i think it is just a period of time until i will

    Love the confidence, I just hope they don't disappoint you!!


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    #573
    threegreen
    Registered Users Posts: 30 ✭threegreen


    Job offer......you little dixie. Woooohooooo.


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    #574
    Sisco14
    Registered Users Posts: 110 ✭✭Sisco14


    threegreen wrote: »
    Job offer......you little dixie. Woooohooooo.

    Well done!!enjoy the feeling, its great!


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    #575
    blackduck38
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17 ✭blackduck38


    threegreen wrote: »
    Job offer......you little dixie. Woooohooooo.

    Well done. See you soon hahahhaha


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    #576
    dubpeter
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭dubpeter


    threegreen wrote:
    Job offer......you little dixie. Woooohooooo.


    Post or phone call? Whats the next stage in process for you. Best of luck with it


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    #577
    Bena100
    Registered Users Posts: 8 ✭Bena100


    I got an offer today too. Delighted! Best of luck to everyone else.


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    #578
    halimc220
    Registered Users Posts: 43 ✭halimc220


    Hi all,

    Do I need previous Bus experience to get a job with Dublin Bus?


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    #579
    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    halimc220 wrote: »
    Hi all,

    Do I need previous Bus experience to get a job with Dublin Bus?


    You need a licence and cpc.


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    #580
    threegreen
    Registered Users Posts: 30 ✭threegreen


    dubpeter wrote: »
    Post or phone call? Whats the next stage in process for you. Best of luck with it

    Thanks pal. Phone call. As far as I'm aware it's 2 weeks training in phibsboro. What stage are you at?


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    #581
    halimc220
    Registered Users Posts: 43 ✭halimc220


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    You need a licence and cpc.

    Ofcourse I have both of them but I don't have previous experience, I heard other people failed after interview because they have no previous experience or they have recently passed D driver licence.


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    #582
    dubpeter
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭dubpeter


    threegreen wrote:
    Thanks pal. Phone call. As far as I'm aware it's 2 weeks training in phibsboro. What stage are you at?


    Still waitimg to hear back after medical. They had to talk to my gp


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    #583
    blackduck38
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17 ✭blackduck38


    I got the job :D


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    #584
    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    halimc220 wrote: »
    Ofcourse I have both of them but I don't have previous experience, I heard other people failed after interview because they have no previous experience or they have recently passed D driver licence.


    If you fit there driving needs then that is not a problem.

    A lot failed on driving and have been driving buses for years.


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    #585
    Andrew33
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,857 ✭✭✭Andrew33


    threegreen wrote: »
    Job offer......you little dixie. Woooohooooo.

    Well done. How long between your medical and getting offer?


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    #586
    blackduck38
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17 ✭blackduck38


    Andrew33 wrote: »
    Well done. How long between your medical and getting offer?

    For me it was 14 days. Good luck


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    #587
    Andrew33
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,857 ✭✭✭Andrew33


    blackduck38 wrote: »
    For me it was 14 days. Good luck

    Heading for three weeks now.


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    #588
    dubpeter
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭dubpeter


    Andrew33 wrote:
    Heading for three weeks now.


    Im in the same boat pal.


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    #589
    Andrew33
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,857 ✭✭✭Andrew33


    dubpeter wrote: »
    Im in the same boat pal.
    Got a phone call less than an hour ago.
    Starting in mid May.
    Hopefully you'll hear soon.


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    #590
    threegreen
    Registered Users Posts: 30 ✭threegreen


    Andrew33 wrote: »
    Well done. How long between your medical and getting offer?

    Exactly 2 weeks pal.


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    #591
    Fazzio
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭Fazzio


    Hi all, hope u are all well,

    Got the call 2 days ago with the job offer :)

    Have to say - a bit concern about all outsourcing and strike, don't get me wrong I am over the moon that I got in but... scared I changed a job last time in 2008 and things as you all know went very south back then .. now I am 7 years with current employer no future there but "safe" and well established (shifts, very old contract, redundancy if things go wrong) Its only last two years since things got better and 7 years ago I went trough hell as the "last one in, first one out" Afraid of this happening again.

    In other words - if I was a private body hired to manage the 10% of DB routes, I wanna have those recently hired drivers that are on low money and are easy do let go (little or no redundancy) all with in the law. Not strait away - in year or two ... and get cheap staff some with forged licenses .... I have seen it happen...

    And again, happy to get onboard , wanted to work for CIE for long time, just bit affraid, thats all - new morgage doesn't help with the decision either :)

    What you all think ?


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    #592
    burgermasters
    Registered Users Posts: 224 ✭✭burgermasters


    Just got the call for an aptitude text next week, fingers crossed it will go ok.


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    #593
    Andrew33
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,857 ✭✭✭Andrew33


    Fazzio wrote: »
    Hi all, hope u are all well,

    Got the call 2 days ago with the job offer :)

    Have to say - a bit concern about all outsourcing and strike, don't get me wrong I am over the moon that I got in but... scared I changed a job last time in 2008 and things as you all know went very south back then .. now I am 7 years with current employer no future there but "safe" and well established (shifts, very old contract, redundancy if things go wrong) Its only last two years since things got better and 7 years ago I went trough hell as the "last one in, first one out" Afraid of this happening again.

    In other words - if I was a private body hired to manage the 10% of DB routes, I wanna have those recently hired drivers that are on low money and are easy do let go (little or no redundancy) all with in the law. Not strait away - in year or two ... and get cheap staff some with forged licenses .... I have seen it happen...

    And again, happy to get onboard , wanted to work for CIE for long time, just bit affraid, thats all - new morgage doesn't help with the decision either :)

    What you all think ?

    I think 7 yrs with current employer is worth thinking about.
    As you say, you could be with Dublin bus a year and get tossed out. Who knows!


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    #594
    Fazzio
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭Fazzio


    Andrew33 wrote: »
    I think 7 yrs with current employer is worth thinking about.
    As you say, you could be with Dublin bus a year and get tossed out. Who knows!


    Other think just came back to me, DB did this back in 2009, laid off new staff after a year, topic is around board.ie as well


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    #595
    Andrew33
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,857 ✭✭✭Andrew33


    Fazzio wrote: »
    Other think just came back to me, DB did this back in 2009, laid off new staff after a year, topic is around board.ie as well

    Do you have the link to that tread? Find it hard to believe


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    #596
    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Fazzio wrote: »
    Other think just came back to me, DB did this back in 2009, laid off new staff after a year, topic is around board.ie as well

    They never got let go though.

    They put them on the 4day late that's where that came out of.


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    #597
    dublinstevie
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 86 ✭✭dublinstevie


    Roughly 300 drivers retiring within the next year so i would doubt very much Dublin Bus be letting anyone go after taking them on.


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    #598
    Fazzio
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭Fazzio


    So maybe I should be more optimistic than , forgive my concerns , i think I am just wrecked by what happend to me few years back , i worked for free to keep the job in private company and all sorts of things way way out of job description.

    Back to happy then, see you mid may :)


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    #599
    Fazzio
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭Fazzio


    Andrew33 wrote: »
    Do you have the link to that tread? Find it hard to believe

    I am a new user so cant post urls and links but it comes up in google if you type topic + boards.ie

    witch is:

    Dublin Bus Bleak future unemployment

    again it was 6 years ago - and someone mentionet they keept jobs in the end


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    #600
    cdebru
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,761 ✭✭✭cdebru


    Fazzio wrote: »
    Other think just came back to me, DB did this back in 2009, laid off new staff after a year, topic is around board.ie as well


    No they didn't they did voluntary redundancy which was taken up by senior staff, no guarantees but it is unlikely anyone will be leaving DB, that's even if the tendering goes ahead as planned, unless you want to transfer to a new operator. ( might be worth considering if you maintain your terms and conditions and get marked in on one of the routes straight away it is currently taking about 10 years in DB to get marked in.)


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    #601
    Andrew33
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,857 ✭✭✭Andrew33


    cdebru wrote: »
    No they didn't they did voluntary redundancy which was taken up by senior staff, no guarantees but it is unlikely anyone will be leaving DB, that's even if the tendering goes ahead as planned, unless you want to transfer to a new operator. ( might be worth considering if you maintain your terms and conditions and get marked in on one of the routes straight away it is currently taking about 10 years in DB to get marked in.)
    I think they cannot leave you as a spare for longer than two years now.


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