Pros
A lot of the frontline staff there are fantastic people and really fun to get along with.
Cons
- Far lower salary than anyone else in the transport sector who performs our role (being expected to fulfil the role of incident commander) - Very hard to get leave approved. Last year, it took six months and much prompting before leave was approved, this year so far, over a month and a half and still counting, despite several reminders to my line manager - Bad contracts with clauses that more or less mean you can be used to fill in for any other department at any time, leaving you without the opportunity to focus full time on the core principles of your role - Management unwilling to hear grievances or suggestions - Very hard to get equipment or adequate training for your role. Most of the time, it is self-learned with no opportunity for formal, nationally recognised qualifications - Never an adequate level of staff, seemingly widespread issues with staff retention in multiple areas due to all-round poor morale in the frontline workforce, mostly due to poor rostering and management unwilling to work with staff to work on improving rostering situation - All-round toxic work environment which has fostered a management vs. workforce culture