goodbye royal mail

[arnold cheshire]

BYE

[stokes11eg]

God luck, I retired last year, and I look ,and feel, 10 years younger!

[postman nel]

so after 13 years..5 years of physiotherapy...and 3 months off recovering from surgery...royal mail have offered me ihr..so come end of may I shall be getting my social life back..sad to leave some of the lads..but as our office is going into van share think its the right time..enjoy

[flaminmoses]

only had 4 different jobs in my time.

one was a laugh but not fulfilling
one exploited its workers
one unexploited its workers but the boss was a t1t when it came to things financial
this one had its laughs but essentially was quite a demanding job....unless you had your own cushy walk.
overall i enjoyed it though.

good bye.

will be hanging about the forum though

[UnhappyGremlin]

only had 4 different jobs in my time.

one was a laugh but not fulfilling
one exploited its workers
one unexploited its workers but the boss was a t1t when it came to things financial
this one had its laughs but essentially was quite a demanding job....unless you had your own cushy walk.
overall i enjoyed it though.

good bye.

will be hanging about the forum though

And no doubt as time passes, and you hear ever more worsening stories from those still in jail, I mean RM, you'll think how glad you were to escape when you did.
Good luck.

[Stormproof]

I think they will be rid of me down the IHR route within the next 12 months. I've been diagnosed with COPD and I very much doubt I'll beable to continue in the job and the way its going I'll be glad to be out of it.

[stokes11eg]

I think they will be rid of me down the IHR route within the next 12 months. I've been diagnosed with COPD and I very much doubt I'll beable to continue in the job and the way its going I'll be glad to be out of it.

I'm starting to think R/M must have the highest percentage of workers paid off on health grounds! What a job!

[TrueBlueTerrier]

I think they will be rid of me down the IHR route within the next 12 months. I've been diagnosed with COPD and I very much doubt I'll beable to continue in the job and the way its going I'll be glad to be out of it.

I'm starting to think R/M must have the highest percentage of workers paid off on health grounds! What a job!

I think its accelerated since Crozier (although have no links to prove it) - I guess because of his claim of Spanish Practices and being only 60% efficient this gave management the green light to turn the screw and no we have the situation where after about 10 - 15 years working as a walking postie things start to break down. CDV and trolleys "may" extend the useful working life of an average postie but not enough to make this a School to retirement job.

[pekeroon]

I think they will be rid of me down the IHR route within the next 12 months. I've been diagnosed with COPD and I very much doubt I'll beable to continue in the job and the way its going I'll be glad to be out of it.

I'm starting to think R/M must have the highest percentage of workers paid off on health grounds! What a job!

10 years ago i never heard of anyone taking ihr
But over the years the walks have got far to big that it has got quite common to hear of ihr in my ex office
and some of the people are only in there 30's
Sad really it was a nice job 10 years ago

[UnhappyGremlin]

I think they will be rid of me down the IHR route within the next 12 months. I've been diagnosed with COPD and I very much doubt I'll beable to continue in the job and the way its going I'll be glad to be out of it.

I'm starting to think R/M must have the highest percentage of workers paid off on health grounds! What a job!

10 years ago i never heard of anyone taking ihr
But over the years the walks have got far to big that it has got quite common to hear of ihr in my ex office
and some of the people are only in there 30's
Sad really it was a nice job 10 years ago

What about this crammypostie1?
How do you explain this?

[flaminmoses]

I think they will be rid of me down the IHR route within the next 12 months. I've been diagnosed with COPD and I very much doubt I'll beable to continue in the job and the way its going I'll be glad to be out of it.

I'm starting to think R/M must have the highest percentage of workers paid off on health grounds! What a job!

10 years ago i never heard of anyone taking ihr
But over the years the walks have got far to big that it has got quite common to hear of ihr in my ex office
and some of the people are only in there 30's
Sad really it was a nice job 10 years ago

ihrs doubled in a 2 year period upto last summer.
think it may be a strategy leading upto privatisation.

[human1]

What kind of job you have managed to get ? more pay than RM?

[NWpostie]

Which would have been better IHR or voluntary redundancy, are they using IHR as a backdoor redundancy ?

[Lounge Lizard]

Breakfast ?

[stokes11eg]

I think they will be rid of me down the IHR route within the next 12 months. I've been diagnosed with COPD and I very much doubt I'll beable to continue in the job and the way its going I'll be glad to be out of it.

I'm starting to think R/M must have the highest percentage of workers paid off on health grounds! What a job!

10 years ago i never heard of anyone taking ihr
But over the years the walks have got far to big that it has got quite common to hear of ihr in my ex office
and some of the people are only in there 30's
Sad really it was a nice job 10 years ago

What about this crammypostie1?
How do you explain this?

The thing is, all these posties are genuinely ill--is it the job that does this? yes, in my opinion! I know myself, and probably many others, came to this job in peak condition, (one of the attractions for me was the excersise/outside nature of the job)--and within a few short years my body started to crumble under the strain, only sheer pervesity kept me going year! Thanfully, I've retired now, but all the plans I had for my retirement, includinf long walks along the West Highland Way etc are out the door.