Yellow Buses: we need more women drivers! (From Bournemouth Echo)

Jobs should be given on merit and not some politically correct agenda. Sexist claptrap hidden behind a "positive discrimination", balance for the company cloak.

.....and more drivers that can tell the time!

tramp_about_town wrote:
Jobs should be given on merit and not some politically correct agenda. Sexist claptrap hidden behind a "positive discrimination", balance for the company cloak.

completely agree, as a woman I would rather have a bus driver who is competent and I know I am safe than worry about whether yellow buses have filled their quota of women drivers.

Controversial But True wrote:
.....and more drivers that can tell the time!

Really, what a silly comment. Try being a bus driver in today's traffic conditions. They do their best to keep to time and do not benefit from running late - they just suffer ignorance like this.

On subject though, I do not like this sort of 'positive discrimination' at all. Does this mean a qualified male is less likely to be employed by Yellow Buses because he is a 'he'? (It appears so).

What has happened to your 'Equal Opportunities' and 'Equality' policies at Yellow Buses?

tramp_about_town wrote:
Jobs should be given on merit and not some politically correct agenda. Sexist claptrap hidden behind a "positive discrimination", balance for the company cloak.

Nowhere does it say that the jobs aren't given on merit. The story is about encouraging more women to apply. it is you, tramp, that is making the assumption that women applicants will be given preference. MCP?

muscliffman wrote:

Controversial But True wrote:
.....and more drivers that can tell the time!

Really, what a silly comment. Try being a bus driver in today's traffic conditions. They do their best to keep to time and do not benefit from running late - they just suffer ignorance like this.

On subject though, I do not like this sort of 'positive discrimination' at all. Does this mean a qualified male is less likely to be employed by Yellow Buses because he is a 'he'? (It appears so).

What has happened to your 'Equal Opportunities' and 'Equality' policies at Yellow Buses?

Muscliffe, I think contro's comment was a lighthearted joke. Calm Down Dear, to quote a recently departed celebrity.

WannabePM wrote:

tramp_about_town wrote:
Jobs should be given on merit and not some politically correct agenda. Sexist claptrap hidden behind a "positive discrimination", balance for the company cloak.

Nowhere does it say that the jobs aren't given on merit. The story is about encouraging more women to apply. it is you, tramp, that is making the assumption that women applicants will be given preference. MCP?

By targeting, no sorry, "encouraging" a particular group to apply, you may be missing out on talent in other groups and therefore the best people for the job. "Encouragement" should be equal. Employing one particular "encouraged" group "on merit" is not the same as employing people on merit.

WannabePM wrote:

muscliffman wrote:

Controversial But True wrote:
.....and more drivers that can tell the time!

Really, what a silly comment. Try being a bus driver in today's traffic conditions. They do their best to keep to time and do not benefit from running late - they just suffer ignorance like this.

On subject though, I do not like this sort of 'positive discrimination' at all. Does this mean a qualified male is less likely to be employed by Yellow Buses because he is a 'he'? (It appears so).

What has happened to your 'Equal Opportunities' and 'Equality' policies at Yellow Buses?

Muscliffe, I think contro's comment was a lighthearted joke. Calm Down Dear, to quote a recently departed celebrity.

Loving the quote, RIP Michael indeed - and I am sure he would have a view similar to mine on this!!.

But if this 'dig' by 'contro.' was light hearted I certainly missed that.

Especially as bus drivers on the road are certainly exposed to verbal abuse for timing issues over which they have no direct control.

Usual response from the Bournemouth moaners and groaners over a simple comment,it would give Yellow Buses a welcomed make over to replace half their driving staff who are grumpy looking male drivers (they could go and work in lost property out of the way) with upbeat females with twice the character and certainly more pleasant to deal with

muscliffman wrote:

Controversial But True wrote:
.....and more drivers that can tell the time!

Really, what a silly comment. Try being a bus driver in today's traffic conditions. They do their best to keep to time and do not benefit from running late - they just suffer ignorance like this.

On subject though, I do not like this sort of 'positive discrimination' at all. Does this mean a qualified male is less likely to be employed by Yellow Buses because he is a 'he'? (It appears so).

What has happened to your 'Equal Opportunities' and 'Equality' policies at Yellow Buses?

That is the alleged point of 'positive discrimination'.

It assumes that certain individuals already start from a point of disadvantage and therefore to 'even things up' they are given additional credit for simply being part of that qualifying group of individuals.

Fair? Of course not but that is todays "we must all love each other and be blind to gender, age, race or hair colour", irrespective of the problems this in itself will cause.

On a lighter note, do me a favour love..