AnonTubeDriver

You get taught certain concentration tricks/tips.

Changing driving position - sit for one station, stand for the next

Commentary driving - say out loud what you see in front of you.

Put the air con on,

Etc

It’s not for everyone, it’s why before you get the job they do a series of tests to determine your ability to concentrate whilst doing repetitive tasks.

Getting a galaxy caramel from the vending machine.

Train Operators (Tube drivers) have a ban on voluntary overtime, so any overtime would be compulsory.

On some lines, most notably the Piccadilly atm, drivers earn a fair bit of overtime through no fault of their own - it’s not their fault they are an hour late off work, and 40 minutes the next day, etc, etc.

That are a number of factors behind that - poor management, lack of drivers, lack of proactivity from service control, etc. Drivers do not actually enjoy finishing work late regularly (in line with most people) as it ruins their life outside work.

That article was also very misleading - it included pension payments and benefits like staff travel, whilst comparing that figure against the base salary of other careers (excluding pensions and travel benefits for pilots for example) and was, in my view, deliberately manipulative to paint tube drivers in a bad light, because it did not make that clear, and even then that those salaries are earned by a few highly skilled members of staff like test train operators who have a very different role to that of a normal tube driver.

You get paid sick leave.

You take as long as you need.

Children, staff and BTP.