Youngest Senior Man/Woman

[graffi]

I only popped in for a stamp .... Got persuaded to stay arrrrr 22 years

[fatherchristmas]

this will be my 25th Christmas started as a cadet still only 40 how long left

[AnotherLimey]

Most senior in my DO started in 1969....never took a days sick either!!

Bet they will still put you on a stage warning as soon as they get a chance though if you health fails at some point.

[taurus88]

i've got 29 years in and i'm 45.
joined straight from school as a cadet and thought i'd do a couple of years and move on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so much for that.

I think absolutely every person who lands a job as a postie thinks it will be a quick fix until something else comes up. I thought i would last a few months max...I've been at Royal Mail for two YEARS to the day! The problem is the job takes so much out of you that you don't have the energy to try and improve your circumstances.

Agreed, I feel as if I can do considerably better than working for RM (no disrespect to any of my comrades, I just find the job to be very, very draining on both a physical and mental level, so when I use the term better, I mean in terms of my own personal well being rather than anything else, though a full-time position elsewhere also would not go amiss), but I lack the motivation or energy at the end of the day to pursue any such opportunties or openings with anything other than a hopeful, half-hearted five minutes where I look at other jobs on the internet. All that being said, I don't dislike the job per se, I would just prefer something that left me with more energy to pursue the finer things in life when I come home. I like to play football and cricket, but increasingly I am finding that I am demotivated towards them because of my low energy levels. In other jobs I never felt like this. I hated the other jobs but their effect on me began and ended at the threshold where I entered and departed. Royal Mail doesn't even allow me two days off in a row on a regular basis to recuperate.

[Prawn Star]

I'm 27 years old and have done 11 years.....

[Big Daz]

I joined @ 16 and am 35yrs old, bloody sad jobs like life sentence lol.

SNAP

[Big Daz]

Unless a fellow former cadet leaves then I will be about 58 before I rreach most senior status.

Reckon I will hit top 10 in my mid 40's and top 5 in my mid 50's