Hey Schnapser,
I haven't seen you around much in some time. Are you doing good ? ... Still driving freight trains?
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Yes, but I start growing tired of it. I like the job, you see. But the company is a mess (nobody seems to care about anything and we keep losing contracts) and the collective labour agreement is crap: it forces us to work up to 10 (even 11) hours during daytime (day being from 05AM to 00AM), or if the train is late it forces us to guarantee we stay at work up to 3 hours after the scheduled shift end, almost always without paid overtime. And overtime is ridiculously low, 18% more than regular base pay by day, 35% by night.
We had a 100€ gross monthly minimum pay rise almost two years ago (diluted in three smaller rises during 16 months), but it didn't even cover the inflation of 2022 alone. Then, a large portion of our wage (from 30 to 50%) comes from additional, variable compensations (which are part of the salary, it's not something extra they gift you for goodwill), whose amounts have been the same for over 20 years now. I't like having 30-50% of your wage cut by 50% in 20 years of cumulated inflation. Major worker's unions don't seem to care about it, they only care about people who work on regular 8-hour shifts, or who work in the offices, who are the vast majority of the employees.
I see in Germany there has been something like a one-week-long train drivers' strike. Glad to hear that. Here it's almost impossible to do something like this.
So... I need to work more hours, my wage keeps getting eroded, my savings keep getting eroded, I still haven't found a decent house to buy (there's plenty, but all overpriced), nor a woman to love.
So, no, I'm not doing good. At all. How about you?
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So you still like to drive trains, just not under these work conditions and for what you get paid?
Yes here we had a 1 day strike in November, a 3 day one early January and then the 5.5 day strike last week. That was planned to be a 6 to 6.5 days long, but got cut short when both sides agreed to re-start negotiations. So now there won't be another strike before March 4th at the earliest... but hopefully they'll come to an agreement in the meantime.
See, I do understand the union and support their right to strike, being in a union myself. But I depend on the train to get to work, and without a car getting there on time during the strike was very problematic. Working from home is only feasable for office jobs, so I'm out of luck in that regard.
I'm doing fine healthwise and pretty ok in all other aspects of my life right now. Aside from a health scare before Christmas for my young nephew all my family is doing good. So right now... I'm pretty content.
I hope thing will start looking up for you. keeping my fingers crossed
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TY for the train! I'm impressed someone solved it in less than 5 minutes O.o Took me 17min!
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Wanted to do the train thingy, so here's my go for it. :)
So here's the jigidi puzzle for the giveaway.
(it's not simple but doable in 30-40min max(if you do it slow and steady etc.), only 108 pieces, it took me 19min, just do sides and dog first)
Puzzle picture is dog at my grandparents. (same dog as my profile picture)
All of them are level 2+ restricted.
Giveaways (9 games in total) end on february 4th, Sunday.
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