First Glasgow launch new £4k bonus scheme as drive for existing PCV licence holders to join the business ramps up

First Glasgow’s drive for new recruits ramped up today with the launch of a substantial new £4000 joining bonus for existing PCV licence holders.

The firm, which is the largest bus operator in the Glasgow area and one of the city’s biggest employers, has vacancies at its Blantyre, Overtown, Scotstoun, Dumbarton and Caledonia depots.

First Glasgow is offering drivers with an existing Passenger Carrying Vehicle (PCV) licence a whopping £4000 joining bonus, which is paid in two parts; first £2k after 6 months and then the second payment after completion of the first year of employment.

Last month, the company launched an enhanced pay and conditions package for trainee drivers including a new starter rate of £11/hour rising to £12.85/hour with a further pay rise pending.

Drivers can earn over £30,000 per year with overtime. There is the opportunity to work 4,5 and 6 day weeks in addition to more flexible part-time shifts available such as a 25-hour working week (5 hours a day) across the Greater Glasgow area.

First Glasgow Head of Operations, Paul Clark, said: “We currently have an active recruitment campaign underway, and we are making every effort to attract new entrants to the industry with flexible working patterns for drivers in Glasgow for example.

“One thing that is clear, is that people are keen to become bus drivers and serve their local communities, so we are working to make that process as easy as possible and doing everything we can to attract new talent to the industry.

“Now with the launch of improved new starter rates, flexible working patterns, our new PCV licence holder signing on fee, the influx of new state-of-the-art zero emissions electric vehicles and our new PCV licence holder bonus scheme, there has never been a more exciting time to join Glasgow`s premier bus operator, First Bus.”

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