A Days Work For A Dublin Bus Driver

dublinbuster

a look at a real roster for a days work for a db driver
this is the new 145 bogey roster, both the donnybrook and bray based ones.
posters moaning about a long commute to work, well this is what DB drivers have to put up with after they get to work, your job dont seem to bad now does it?
you wonder why db buses dont run?
wonder no more, this is why driver would go sick, very tiresome doing a duty like this day in and day out, remember spare drivers only get 24 hour notice of what they are working, try have any life with work shifts like this.
You still think DB bus driving is a handy job and DB have zero problems hiring and retaining drivers?

imgur.com/a/RMf0AcV

this is what the sections are
1 report
2 depart
3 place
4 break start
5 place
6 report
7 depart
8 place
9 finish
10 place
11 sign off
12 spread
13 relief
14 work

(error on first dbrook duty, 6 should be 14:58)

myshirt

I'd love to drive a Dublin bus.

amcalester

Don’t like it change job.

dublinbuster

amcalester wrote: »

Don’t like it change job.

thats exactly what happens
so wonder no more as to why buses dont turn up
doing this type of shift day in day out you are going to get sick of it pretty quickly

vg88

dublinbuster wrote: »

wonder no more, this is why driver would go sick, very tiresome doing a duty like this day in and day out, remember spare drivers only get 24 hour notice of what they are working, try have any life with work shifts like this.

You're roster looks very nice. Airline crews do significantly longer hours with minimum breaks. Wow 24 hours that's a day notice, when flying you get 1.5 hour notice to turn up at the airport.

No sympathy from me, it's called a job which you do get good pay for.

dublinbuster

moloner4 wrote: »

You're roster looks very nice. Airline crews do significantly longer hours with minimum breaks. Wow 24 hours that's a day notice, when flying you get 1.5 hour notice to turn up at the airport.

No sympathy from me, it's called a job which you do get good pay for.

fab roster, get up before the birds to get to work, spend 3,4 or 5 hours on a unpaid break and get home after the sun has gone down.
no wonder DB has zero problems recruiting staff, sure who wouldnt want to work those hours with only a text today at 10am informing you that you are working one of these wonderful shifts tomorrow.
nothing so joyful as finishing a 11am start duty at 2100 and knowing you will be on a 7am start and 1900 finish the next day, truly invigorating.

vg88

dublinbuster wrote: »

fab roster, get up before the birds to get to work, spend 3,4 or 5 hours on a unpaid break and get home after the sun has gone down.
no wonder DB has zero problems recruiting staff, sure who wouldnt want to work those hours with only a text today at 10am informing you that you are working one of these wonderful shifts tomorrow.
nothing so joyful as finishing a 11am start duty at 2100 and knowing you will be on a 7am start and 1900 finish the next day, truly invigorating.

If you hate it so much why not apply for somewhere else?

end of the road

myshirt wrote: »

I'd love to drive a Dublin bus.

apply then. let us know how you get on.

amcalester wrote: »

Don’t like it change job.

nope improve it and make it a better job instead.

bucketybuck

dublinbuster wrote: »

a look at a real roster for a days work for a db driver

If I tried to list out my "roster" it would melt a bus drivers head, but then I don't have it in me to "go sick".

dublinbuster

bucketybuck wrote: »

If I tried to list out my "roster" it would melt a bus drivers head, but then I don't have it in me to "go sick".

so either on the dole and your roster consists of crawling out of bed to to watch tv and eating crisps all day or a work martyr, grave yards are full of them who die young

Pkiernan

Self driving buses please

dublinbuster

Pkiernan wrote: »

Self driving buses please

not a concern for any current bus driver, wont happen in our work life time, which is unfortunate as the redundancy pay would no doubt be very high

spurshero

Anybody that’s not happy in a job should leave and get another . Not be on the internet giving out about it .

bucketybuck

dublinbuster wrote: »

or a work martyr

Otherwise known as "anybody who can do a decent days work without whining".

Want to hear a funny story? In my company there is only one thing the foreman, service manager and aftersales manager are agreed upon, and its that we will never hire anybody who came from Dublin bus workshops. Not one of us has ever worked with anybody worth a damn who came from there, the attitudes bred in that work environment are just horrendous.

myshirt

end of the road wrote: »

apply then. let us know how you get on.

Can't apply. The union boys have it all wrapped up for their current members. Hard for another man to get in on it.

Anyway, I was serious. I would love to drive a Dublin bus. Im an anarchist and I don't give a f#ck about the general public, so I'll gladly take the overinflated wages for driving a bus.

dublinbuster

myshirt wrote: »

Can't apply. The union boys have it all wrapped up for their current members. Hard for another man to get in on it.

Anyway, I was serious. I would love to drive a Dublin bus. Im an anarchist and I don't give a f#ck about the general public, so I'll gladly take the overinflated wages for driving a bus.

August DB are hiring keep eye on web site, open to all.

dublinbuster

bucketybuck wrote: »

Otherwise known as "anybody who can do a decent days work without whining".

Want to hear a funny story? In my company there is only one thing the foreman, service manager and aftersales manager are agreed upon, and its that we will never hire anybody who came from Dublin bus workshops. Not one of us has ever worked with anybody worth a damn who came from there, the attitudes bred in that work environment are just horrendous.

things that never happened #35,765

Stephen15

dublinbuster wrote: »

im a one off, made in the image of god almighty

So how come you work as bus driver just wondering?

dublinbuster

Stephen15 wrote: »

So how come you work as bus driver just wondering?

jesus was a humble carpenter

TheQuietFella

myshirt wrote: »

I'd love to drive a Dublin bus.

It's a thankless job in my opinion!
I've seen a few guys being verbally abused by the cream of Dublin commuters
but maybe they're used to it and heard it all before but I assume you don't become immune to it.
What a terrific job these drivers are doing transporting us around our nations capital with little or no credit!

jim salter

dublinbuster wrote: »

jesus was a humble carpenter

Jesus didn't exist

TheQuietFella

jim salter wrote: »

Jesus didn't exist

Oh yes he did!

JayRoc

spurshero wrote: »

Anybody that’s not happy in a job should leave and get another . Not be on the internet giving out about it .

That's silly. People give out about their jobs all the time.

If something is wrong should we quit or try to improve it?

Collie D

Are you the guy who has been on two or three times before to give an insight into driving a bus?

Why start a thread and immediately go on the offensive? I'm sure driving a bus is a difficult job and most would acknowledge that but you don't do yourself any favours with these threads.

If anything you just raise hackles. Do you bring this attitude to work? Are you aggressive and snide towards your passengers each day?

I'm hoping you're the same guy as I would hate to think there are so many of you driving around all day pissed off at the job, the passengers and the world in general.

Doctors room ghost

Did someone get off the bus and not say thanks?
Ungrateful bastids and you there driving them around out of the goodness of your heart.

You get paid to do a job like the rest of us. If you don’t like the job try something else

Fighting Tao

If someone is so unhappy in their job that they start a thread on the internet about it, then it’s time for them to change jobs. Especially when they have so many lives in their hands.

end of the road

myshirt wrote: »

Can't apply. The union boys have it all wrapped up for their current members. Hard for another man to get in on it.

Anyway, I was serious. I would love to drive a Dublin bus. Im an anarchist and I don't give a f#ck about the general public, so I'll gladly take the overinflated wages for driving a bus.

nope. we already know what you stated is factually wrong given plenty of drivers have come from the outside via the various recruitment drives the company have gone on.

jim salter

TheQuietFella wrote: »

Oh yes he did!

On no, he didn't

Wishbone Ash

dublinbuster wrote: »

.....You still think DB bus driving is a handy job and DB have zero problems hiring and retaining drivers?....)

It seems odd then that private operators lose so many drivers to Dublin Bus where they go for better pay and terms and conditions of employment.

dashcamdanny

Its not a bad job. The new bills are a killer though. With zero turn around time when you get to your terminus.

This is why your buses are not arriving. I stopped caring about being on time.

Trick I learned to survive the day is to not give a sh1t about what passengers do as long as they dont set the place on fire with me in it. Pay what you want, do what you want.

. I just smile, drive and try to draw a bit of craic out of passengers on the way.


As a spare man, I bring my own vasoline at this stage. All my duties are over 8 and half hours with 55min break for the day.

I work the same hours as many senior men and they do an extra day.

dublinbuster

myshirt wrote: »

The union boys have it all wrapped up for their current members. Hard for another man to get in on it.

Collie D wrote: »

Are you the guy who has been on two or three times before to give an insight into driving a bus?

unhealthy level of paranoia on display, seek help

dublinbuster

dashcamdanny wrote: »

Its not a bad job. The new bills are a killer though. With zero turn around time when you get to your terminus.

This is why your buses are not arriving. I stopped caring about being on time.

Trick I learned to survive the day is to not give a sh1t about what passengers do as long as they dont set the place on fire with me in it. Pay what you want, do what you want.

. I just smile, drive and try to draw a bit of craic out of passengers on the way.


As a spare man, I bring my own vasoline at this stage. All my duties are over 8 and half hours with 55min break for the day.

I work the same hours as many senior men and they do an extra day.

It went way over the head of most poster who replied, this man get its.
You post here complain about DB, well now you know why bus dont turn up on time and goes missing, drinking/smoking upstairs, other anti social behaviour, drivers get screwed by rosters so dont care, just turn up and do bare minimum , put in zero extra effort.

Fighting Tao

dublinbuster wrote: »

It went way over the head of most poster who replied, this man get its.
You post here complain about DB, well now you know why bus dont turn up on time and goes missing, drinking/smoking upstairs, other anti social behaviour, drivers get screwed by rosters so dont care, just turn up and do bare minimum , put in zero extra effort.

We get it. Some drivers hate their jobs. There’s people in all forms of employment just like them. I’ve told some of my colleagues to find new jobs. Why should us that do care have to put up with their stinking attitudes? Why should customers have to put up with it too? The problem is that the dissatisfied people have become so lazy that they don’t want to improve and can’t be bothered. They prefer to moan rather than change their lot because finding another job means that they actually have to work if they start new employment.

Stephen15

Tbh as a passenger I couldn't care less if the person driving the bus I am getting isin't the most polite or friendly individual as long as the he/she gets me there on time and in one piece. Others should feel the same in my opinion. I couldn't give a shíte about their customer service skills if they have or not as long they don't decide to take it on me and other and other passengers.

What do people expect from bus drivers?

pjohnson

dublinbuster wrote: »

It went way over the head of most poster who replied, this man get its.
You post here complain about DB, well now you know why bus dont turn up on time and goes missing, drinking/smoking upstairs, other anti social behaviour, drivers get screwed by rosters so dont care, just turn up and do bare minimum , put in zero extra effort.

And expect better pay for it or go on strike

bucketybuck

dublinbuster wrote: »

just turn up and do bare minimum , put in zero extra effort.

Dictionary definition of a Dublin Bus employee right there.

The problem is that you want to blame the rosters, or the management, or the government, or the public, or whatever it is you can blame this week, when the fact is that lads like you would have the same attitude if you were working on a lemonade stand.

dublinbuster

bucketybuck wrote: »

Dictionary definition of a Dublin Bus employee right there.

The problem is that you want to blame the rosters, or the management, or the government, or the public, or whatever it is you can blame this week, when the fact is that lads like you would have the same attitude if you were working on a lemonade stand.

spoken like a true door mat.
take what ever your given and be grateful
dont dare try improve your lot in life
people like you have the country the way it is
complain about everything, and still vote for the same people every election

pjohnson

dublinbuster wrote: »

spoken like a true door mat.
take what ever your given and be grateful
dont dare try improve your lot in life
people like you have the country the way it is
complain about everything, and still vote for the same people every election

Everyone elses fault as usual eh?

dublinbuster

pjohnson wrote: »

Everyone elses fault as usual eh?

your a door mat
take your lumps and like it
i highlighted why you would be waiting for a bus that never arrives
drivers would work to rule and not put in any extra effort
give the drivers a woeful roster, expect a unenthusiastic responce
i would not be surprised if those who believe its fine roster are FTP holders on the dole, experience is they are the biggest complainers of all

enricoh

bucketybuck wrote: »

Otherwise known as "anybody who can do a decent days work without whining".

Want to hear a funny story? In my company there is only one thing the foreman, service manager and aftersales manager are agreed upon, and its that we will never hire anybody who came from Dublin bus workshops. Not one of us has ever worked with anybody worth a damn who came from there, the attitudes bred in that work environment are just horrendous.

The brother in law works in said workshops. He used to fill me in on the work practices and wasters in the place. Fast forward a few years and he has turned into one himself! I would say virtually unemployable at this stage!

dublinbuster

enricoh wrote: »

The brother in law works in said workshops. He used to fill me in on the work practices and wasters in the place. Fast forward a few years and he has turned into one himself! I would say virtually unemployable at this stage!

things that never happened #35,766

pjohnson

dublinbuster wrote: »

your a door mat
take your lumps and like it
i highlighted why you would be waiting for a bus that never arrives
drivers would work to rule and not put in any extra effort
give the drivers a woeful roster, expect a unenthusiastic responce
i would not be surprised if those who believe its fine roster are FTP holders on the dole, experience is they are the biggest complainers of all

Yeah and why dont you get your unions to demand better rosters? But no. In the last few minutes alone you've been posting in threads about how you expect a pay rise to match LUAS drivers. Why dont you lot forget about the money and demand a better roster? But no ye are happy when ya get more money and then completely forget about your roster issues.

pjohnson

dublinbuster wrote: »

things that never happened #35,766

I thought inefficent work was a product of bad rosters? Why are now denying that inefficent workers are present?

Cookie_Monster

dublinbuster wrote: »

things that never happened #35,766

how would you know?

PokeHerKing

I'm a little confused by your OP. How many hours do you work and how much do you get paid?

Is there health/pension or any other add-ons included with your pay?

John_Rambo

jim salter wrote: »

On no, he didn't

He's behind you!!!

Fighting Tao

dublinbuster wrote: »

your a door mat
take your lumps and like it
i highlighted why you would be waiting for a bus that never arrives
drivers would work to rule and not put in any extra effort
give the drivers a woeful roster, expect a unenthusiastic responce
i would not be surprised if those who believe its fine roster are FTP holders on the dole, experience is they are the biggest complainers of all

Why don’t you look for a job elsewhere?

dublinbuster

pjohnson wrote: »

Yeah and why dont you get your unions to demand better rosters? But no. In the last few minutes alone you've been posting in threads about how you expect a pay rise to match LUAS drivers. Why dont you lot forget about the money and demand a better roster? But no ye are happy when ya get more money and then completely forget about your roster issues.

money solves all problems
throw enough money at a problem it will go away
the fact that db pay about 10k more than go ahead for driving must be eating you and others alive
the pay rise will at the very least match luas, most likely exceed, the freak out here will be epic
bad roster equals no extra effort, this in turn equals buses not running, this in turn equals fines for db, this in turn equals improved rosters

dublinbuster

Fighting Tao wrote: »

Why don’t you look for a job elsewhere?

why fight hitler?
he is only killing people on continental europe
he will leave the uk and usa alone

enricoh

dublinbuster wrote: »

things that never happened #35,766

Maybe your right, he could be a Russian spy or anything really! I'm going to look at him at a whole new light now!

dublinbuster

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

how would you know?

should the onus to provide proof not be on the poster who made the initial claim?