Leaving royal mail anxious about future

[genesis]

if you are going to go at least get the lump sum which is about £16k, and just rest up.

I have been quoted less than that as I'm on a 30 hr contract.

Are you sure ? I thought being invalided out of royal mail was the same for parttime contracts and the same rights with regard to the severance payment.

[markis]

if you are going to go at least get the lump sum which is about £16k, and just rest up.

I have been quoted less than that as I'm on a 30 hr contract.

Are you sure ? I thought being invalided out of royal mail was the same for parttime contracts and the same rights with regard to the severance payment.

I think the difference is that IHR means that you are unable to to your duty in the next 9 months, while the other one is that you will not be able to work again.

[POSTMAN]

34 weeks pay+various bits for a 30hr contract will be less than 34 weeks pay+various bits for a 40hr contract.

[fishtank]

He deliberately stated for the hard of understanding that it was the constant pain that was causing him the stress not working for RM and still you "missed" the point.
You're starting to look desperate for trolling opportunities Tman.

And he also said he's had the foot pain for three years now, so if/when he takes the advice and works for himself, finds he can't work and has no money coming in, he'll be somehow better off then, will he?

What is your point?
That invented,possible scenario would equally apply if he took any job,found he couldn't work and had no money coming in.
Of course he wouldn't be better off if everything went pear-shaped but he has to do something and the physical pain caused by a job that is mostly walking coupled with the undoubted stress of that constant pain means it will probably have to be something outside RM.
The poster who gave him advice simply put forward the idea that working for himself might give him the extra flexibility needed to manage his condition...that idea does have some merit.

Your post had nothing to do with his welfare.
It was just another "if you can't hack it in the piss easy world of RM you'll never survive in the outside world" post.
We know how little you think of us Tman,it oozes from every post you make...a bit like pus.
You have a very unhealthy mix of hubris and contempt for others.
You must be a joy at parties.

[genesis]

34 weeks pay+various bits for a 30hr contract will be less than 34 weeks pay+various bits for a 40hr contract.

Another reason not to go part time.

[Tman]

It was just another "if you can't hack it in the piss easy world of RM you'll never survive in the outside world" post.
We know how little you think of us Tman,it oozes from every post you make...a bit like pus.
You have a very unhealthy mix of hubris and contempt for others.
You must be a joy at parties.

Even worse for you Fishy, I don't think anything of you...good bad or indifferent.
As for the rest of it, the bitter rant of a Celt comes to mind. You need to lighten up for the good of your health.

{And I still wouldn't recommend self-employment to anyone in the current financial climate. Not even clever skilled people....}

[wiganpostie]

If you think you have identified a business opportunity then I'd say go for it. I was self-employed for about five years, and it was the best job of my life. I won't say exactly what it was, but it involved sitting down in front of a computer and spouting whatever tosh popped into my head. So a bit like Tman, really.

[krussel]

I do think that Tman has a valid point about starting a business in the current climate.

I think if you are already doing something as a paid hobby which has a strong demand then you could expand it into a business to bring some money in. If you just have an idea only, that could be risky.

Have you exhausted every avenue from RM such as extended light duties etc. ?