corrour station

[garryh]

anyone got any info on the corrour station house .the corrour estate management released a statement saying the new lease owners began trading on 1st of February .cant seem to find any info about new venture.

Garry

[paulr]

I spoke to the wee woman who ran it a few times late last year. She said the estate weren't renewing their lease and it was being taken over by the youth hostel association.Shame it was a nice friendly wee place to spend an hour waiting for the train.

cheers

Paul

[Clan Chief]

Bloody expensive though! If I recall correctly I payed 3.50 for a plate of soup. I had a a packet  of soup and a wee stove in my rucky too. I was a bloody fool.

[Black-Don]

Wisnae cheep for a pint either. I seem to recall you had to buy cans of cider if ye wurny a real ale man like, ye ken. Eether that or go bust on bottled beer. :roll:

[Fishtales]

I found this.

http://www.syha.org.uk/news/news_events__special_offers/news_articles/2010/march/corrour_station_house.aspx

I also found this.

http://edinburgh.gumtree.com/edinburgh/63/53731463.html

They have got to be having a joke with the conditions of work. ?5.80 an hour live in but they will levy a charge for utility costs, change the number of hours you work at a whim, have computing skills, food hygiene and cover at short notice. You would need to be desperate to take that on for that salary.

[corsican dave]

They have got to be having a joke with the conditions of work. ?5.80 an hour live in but they will levy a charge for utility costs, change the number of hours you work at a whim, have computing skills, food hygiene and cover at short notice. You would need to be desperate to take that on for that salary.

a lot of us in the leisure industry work at that salary level! (off subject, i know, but i thought it needed pointing out. sorry)

[Fishtales]

I am well aware of that, Dave The point was the job was live in and they were charging a levy on utility costs, whatever that covers, it is in the middle of no-where so you can hardly commute. They are guaranteed most of the wages back through the bar so they are loosing very little. I have also met managers that would take time off just for the sake of it on a whim and that would mean the 'cover at short notice' would come in. Under those conditions they will get the person they deserve, not the person they are looking for

[corsican dave]

true! fortunately we've managed to avoid that situation with the shop so far, but it's only a matter of time!

the people who own these businesses (my bosses, for instance) seem to have no grasp of the fact that they'll eventually lose customers through poor service.

it's a shame, especially when you consider how idyllic corrour could be with happy and contented staff.

maybe fred could be persuaded to invest :lol:

[IanR]

So you're on ?5.80 per hour. And required to own a car, insure, fuel and tax it. And have your hours messed about at a whim. And pay a fee for "utilities".

I've just sent an email. I doubt that I'll get the job.  :


Ian.

[corsican dave]

So you're on ?5.80 per hour. And required to own a car, insure, fuel and tax it. And have your hours messed about at a whim. And pay a fee for "utilities".

I've just sent an email. I doubt that I'll get the job.  :


Ian.

care to send one to my boss, too? :lol: