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being a rep ? what are pros and cons

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nuns
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being a rep ? what are pros and cons

Post by nuns »

what are pros and cons of being a rep?
noggin1969
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Re: being a rep ? what are pros and cons

Post by noggin1969 »

what are pros and cons of being a rep?
From my prospective, pros not many if you are doing the job correctly. But self-satisfaction of helping others. Cons going slightly more doolally than I already was and a divorce. Then passing on the baton to others :left: :crazy: :left: :nervous
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Post by Woody Guthrie »

Every day as you walk in the door you are accosted by at least half a dozen people who think they are being bullied because they are being asked to do some work.

Ignore them all, the people who really need your help will give you time to get a coffee before approaching you.

Once in a while you'll be offered a biscuit. Don't take it. It's probably poisoned.
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97gaz
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Post by 97gaz »

Woody has pretty much covered the cons. As for the pros, well they are...Erm...Erm..Give me a minute....
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Re: being a rep ? what are pros and cons

Post by Yamr1 »

Pros helping people that appreciate your help
Cons to many to mention
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Re: being a rep ? what are pros and cons

Post by Acca Dacca »

pros - if you want favours from managers or to be manager its a foot in the door
cons - if you dont want favours from management or to be a manager, everything
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Post by clashcityrocker »

Pros - sometimes you get to stick it to the man.
Cons - they will never forgive you for it.
Cons - it is like being a primary school teacher
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Re: being a rep ? what are pros and cons

Post by Tman »

Cons, being expected to achieve the impossible, defend the indefensible, agree with everyone's expectations of working for RM, and get the guilty exonerated; if you can't achieve the last you're clearly the most useless rep there ever was.
Pro's.. that'll need some thought.
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Post by POSTMAN »

This might help, posted by a learned member before he went rogue...
NEW REPS GUIDE
I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
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The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.