"Robin Mayes" wrote in message ...
"CJG Now Thankfully Living In The North" wrote in
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So employing contractors, who clean the stations and trains at a cheaper
rate than employing more staff, who are more expensive isn't an
effective
use of labour?

No.....
I mean using existing staff effectively. Having staff at levels which
balance a trade off between cost and under-staffing

So you employ someone with a good grasp of the English language and safety
related procedures of the railway and contract out the cleaning (as it's not
part of the core business) isn't?

Yes. And I would make station staff useful during off-peak times.
And the reason contract cleaners are so cheap is because like all
other contract companies they look at the number of staff you need to
do a job effectively and then half it. Thus instead of a good job
being done and it costing a bit more. A crap job is done and their is
more money for extra managers