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Maintenance (Current Employee) - Yorkshire - 23 September 2023
Typical day….Load vanTravel to siteSit in van all day because the safety methods used by NWR on days to access track don’t work, yet they don’t and won’t listen.Management are mostly dreadful but not all.Don’t expect any empathy, understanding or to be treated with any dignity. Everything they tell you in their briefs about how caring and understanding they are is nothing but false nonsense.Only staying as the salary is decent, a few years from pension and hoping for another round of voluntary severance in a few years time!!
Pros
Salary and pension
Cons
Oppressive management styles, concerns fall on deaf ears. Modernising Maintenance.
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3.0 out of 5 stars for Work/Life Balance
5.0 out of 5 stars for Salary/Benefits
3.0 out of 5 stars for Job security/advancement
1.0 out of 5 stars for Management
2.0 out of 5 stars for Culture
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