John Rowland wrote:
Boltar wrote:
On Oct 6, 4:44 pm, Roland Perry wrote:
In message
,
at 08:27:07 on Mon, 6 Oct 2008, Boltar
remarked:

Why? Surely you're just paid to drive trains , not quibble about
where FFS. As long as you're trained on the stock and taxis are
provided to/ from home late/early in the day whats the problem?
Is the commute in your proposal part of the working day?
Huh?
A free taxi is one thing, but riding in it in your own time is
another.
Well, see in the real world commuting isn't part of the working day.
My working day starts at 9am. That means I have to be at my desk at
9am , not getting out of bed at 9am. The commuting is something I have
to do to get to work. I'm sorry if the poor darlings at LU have an
issue with having to do the same but it seems to me thats a case of
tough ****.

In the real world you know your place of work when you choose where to live
and vice versa. If your company has a habit of finishing your shift all over
the city, you would normally be on paid time until you get back to your
normal place of work (but not back to your house).

My last three jobs have all had a clause in the contract stating "Your
normal place of work is X. However, the employer is based on sites X, Y
and Z and your normal place of work may be reallocated to sites Y or Z",
so I don't have much sympathy for that argument.