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Recruitment advice please.

An 'unofficial' forum for those who either work for Royal Mail or are looking to work for Royal Mail through the Angard Staffing Agency.This is an open forum.
aquiel
Posts: 2
Joined: 19 Jun 2017, 10:55
Gender: Male

Recruitment advice please.

Post by aquiel »

Hi

I am attending a recruitment interview on Monday, can anyone let me what the shift expectancy is? Do you get offered full weekly shifts on a week to week basis or is it just day to day? how regular/irregular can it be? Just worried that there may be too many 'work free' days to the point I will struggle to pay bills/rent etc...

Thanks for any advice.
tabact
Posts: 338
Joined: 21 Sep 2011, 15:31
Gender: Male

Recruitment advice please.

Post by tabact »

You can't rely on work from Angard to pay bills, potentially you could go weeks between a single shift especially at this time of the year. I'm getting 1 or 2 four hour shifts a week at the moment and this is a lot better than some other mail centres. Treat Angard as a top up for another job and even if not getting any shifts at least you can put on a cv that you are employed if currently unemployed.
NW11851
Posts: 374
Joined: 09 Mar 2017, 14:24
Gender: Male

Recruitment advice please.

Post by NW11851 »

If you are going to work as an Angard, you will just receive texts approx. 1 hour prior to a shift start.

At the beginning, being in the National Minimum Wage of £7.50. As the weeks progress, you will be offered ever-fewer shifts. When you money rockets after 12 weeks you may find yourself with INE 4-hour shift every FOURTEEN days.

Not the best Employment if you have fixed bills to pay. SORRY
aquiel wrote:Hi

I am attending a recruitment interview on Monday, can anyone let me what the shift expectancy is? Do you get offered full weekly shifts on a week to week basis or is it just day to day? how regular/irregular can it be? Just worried that there may be too many 'work free' days to the point I will struggle to pay bills/rent etc...

Thanks for any advice.