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Postie to Parcelforce?
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amhopkins1
- Posts: 33
- Joined: 12 Apr 2018, 19:46
- Gender: Male
Postie to Parcelforce?
Has anyone changed job from postie to a Parcelforce driver? Seen a local job and wondered if it’s worth the change
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smok3y666
- Posts: 734
- Joined: 21 Dec 2008, 10:47
- Gender: Male
Re: Postie to Parcelforce?
I worked at PF before going to RM and if you don't mind driving then i'd say it was the PF was the better of the 2 to work for. I moved because I could afford the reduction from FT to PT (at the time) and our local PF moved further away. Same manager mindset though.
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Wullie10
- EX ROYAL MAIL
- Posts: 699
- Joined: 30 Jul 2017, 12:07
- Gender: Male
- Location: Retired
Re: Postie to Parcelforce?
Everyone hasamhopkins1 wrote: ↑14 Jul 2026, 08:54Has anyone changed job from postie to a Parcelforce driver? Seen a local job and wondered if it’s worth the change
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twoloops
- Posts: 2002
- Joined: 24 May 2017, 20:52
- Gender: Male
- Location: Sheffield
Re: Postie to Parcelforce?
I did wonder what had happened to parcel force because our DPR drivers seem to be taking all the large packets?
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Hitcher
- Posts: 1475
- Joined: 20 Sep 2009, 09:59
- Gender: Male
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qwerty2
- Posts: 2011
- Joined: 30 Jun 2009, 00:42
- Gender: Male
Re: Postie to Parcelforce?
Yes I’ve seen them in bigger vans than ours doing smaller packets
And apparently they don’t collect from people’s houses anymore we’re doing it
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Mr Rush
- Posts: 3140
- Joined: 05 Aug 2011, 14:27
- Gender: Male
Re: Postie to Parcelforce?
Yes, I've had the recent pleasure of collecting a few very large items from customers and slapping a Parcelforce Express label on it. I'd love for the company to explain their strategy as to which parcel courier branch of their parcel courier company does what, assuming there is one.
The machine stops.
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neviboss
- Posts: 217
- Joined: 02 Aug 2021, 16:18
- Gender: Male
Re: Postie to Parcelforce?
I'm really enjoying collecting 30kg from Post Offices in my tiny van now PF are no longer collecting from PO's!
I also have one customer I regularly collect PF express items from that are too big to go in our yorks.
Not really sure what PF do now?
I also have one customer I regularly collect PF express items from that are too big to go in our yorks.
Not really sure what PF do now?
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Rve83ndxd
- Posts: 231
- Joined: 09 Sep 2023, 10:56
- Gender: Male
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Woody84
- Posts: 189
- Joined: 02 Nov 2024, 12:02
- Gender: Male
Re: Postie to Parcelforce?
Shouldn’t you be refusing them?
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77SAMPOST77
- PARCELFORCE
- Posts: 369
- Joined: 20 Sep 2022, 15:49
- Gender: Male
Re: Postie to Parcelforce?
A lot more parcels now we got rid of collections .
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SpacePhoenix
- MAIL CENTRES/PROCESSING
- Posts: 12069
- Joined: 12 Nov 2008, 17:03
- Gender: Male
Re: Postie to Parcelforce?
Wasn't there talk at one point over the last year or so of the possibility of PF being merged into RM?
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TopperGas
- Posts: 3340
- Joined: 13 Feb 2021, 22:46
- Gender: Male
Re: Postie to Parcelforce?
Is that even possible when RM seems to be delivering more parcels than ever this summer, if they are volumes must be way up on last summer?
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Whippy
- Posts: 37
- Joined: 23 Mar 2024, 06:34
- Gender: Male
Re: Postie to Parcelforce?
I seen a large bike in my DO. It was delivered to the customer via PF and we had to collect it when the customer decided they didn’t want it. Make it make sense
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Mr Rush
- Posts: 3140
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- Gender: Male
Re: Postie to Parcelforce?
It's bloody confusing for people on the receiving end because they're getting updates and messages all branded Royal Mail and we haven't a clue.
I got a notification my item was arriving the other Monday via us. Great, I'm my own postman so that's very convenient for me - I know it's not going to be sitting on the doorstep all day. Sorting finishes and there's nothing for me in the yorks (emphasis plural). Message arrives when we're midway through the slog: you're item has been delivered by Royal Mail! Eh? I can only assume it was Parcelforce. Meanwhile we were busy delivering f***ing kitchen appliances.
The machine stops.