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Pfrizzy10
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Post by Pfrizzy10 »

Can’t remember what date I started at Royal Mail, anyone know how to easily check this? Can I check on the people app somewhere?
SMS1969
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Pfrizzy10 wrote:
31 Dec 2025, 17:52
Can’t remember what date I started at Royal Mail, anyone know how to easily check this? Can I check on the people app somewhere?
Look at your first payslip on the app, that will tell you the first week that you started.
qwerty2
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I started 26 years ago and still remember the exact date!!!!
What's wrong with these young people :left: :left: :left: :left:
Jefferson Starfish
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Post by Jefferson Starfish »

SMS1969 wrote:
31 Dec 2025, 18:29
Pfrizzy10 wrote:
31 Dec 2025, 17:52
Can’t remember what date I started at Royal Mail, anyone know how to easily check this? Can I check on the people app somewhere?
Look at your first payslip on the app, that will tell you the first week that you started.
Does it go back to the 80s?
ted_e_bear
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Post by ted_e_bear »

Ask your manager/Dom support it'll be on the seniority list for a start, should be pretty easy for someone to check.
yellowbelly
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Post by yellowbelly »

Pfrizzy10 wrote:
31 Dec 2025, 17:52
Can’t remember what date I started at Royal Mail, anyone know how to easily check this? Can I check on the people app somewhere?
Didn't you get a hard copy of your contract?
Rve83ndxd
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Post by Rve83ndxd »

Pfrizzy10 wrote:
31 Dec 2025, 17:52
Can’t remember what date I started at Royal Mail, anyone know how to easily check this? Can I check on the people app somewhere?
It's in the Personal Details of your pension.
Peabrain22
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Post by Peabrain22 »

When you got an email saying that you were successful a start date will be on it.. I never deleted that email
claretandblue
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Post by claretandblue »

Rve83ndxd wrote:
31 Dec 2025, 22:03
Pfrizzy10 wrote:
31 Dec 2025, 17:52
Can’t remember what date I started at Royal Mail, anyone know how to easily check this? Can I check on the people app somewhere?
It's in the Personal Details of your pension.
Only if you were over 18 when you started.
taurus88
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Post by taurus88 »

Used to show your start date on the holiday sheets, as well.
Barnacle
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Post by Barnacle »

Pfrizzy10 wrote:
31 Dec 2025, 17:52
Can’t remember what date I started at Royal Mail, anyone know how to easily check this? Can I check on the people app somewhere?
Ask your unit rep. They’ll know.
’You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.’