ROYALMAILCHAT

Hi, is it true that you have to work saturday and Sunday everyweek now in the new contract offer

Hey d.m.c. most likely Sat/Sun will be included in your contract, but you would probably get a Mon/Tues off instead. But you need to check and confirm with your LM.

I've noticed it's actually specified as so in some of the job adverts, even to the point of stating it's at a different delivery office on a Sunday so if that's the case in the advertised job when/if you apply then probably yes.

Having said that it won't always be the case, some of our new starters have ended up staying on vacant duties that no one wants and so slotted into whatever rotating day off came with the duty, as always with RM things differ from office to office.

Thanks for the replies!!

One thing i have learnt in my years at Royal Mail is things change on a regular basis ,the Monday to Sunday contracts basically mean they can do what they want as long as they give you the hours specified in the contract ,dont always think you will work specific days basically sign the contract and you'll be at their beck and call its just how things work at Royal Mail ,if your fine with whatever day you work from week to week im sure you will get on fine if your a person who likes to plan days with family maybe its not the job for you.

I’m pretty sure my original contract mentioned Saturday working and for what seemed like forever I never had a Saturday off, but then the longer you stay this becomes more flexible and you end up on the day off rotation which includes a Saturday. So I think
the contract just needs to include it so that you can’t object to being asked to work it.