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Progressing within RM?

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smok3y666
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Progressing within RM?

Post by smok3y666 »

I want a career, not a s**t job like the one I have now. I asked my manager what training I could get from RM to help me progress. He told me he would get a lesser, brainless, manager to talk to me. This never happened. I approached said lesser moron and asked him and was told I could only get training if it was beneficial to the depot. So, I emailed Adam and got the reply that all jobs are advertised on the local intranet and that RM is a none discriminating employer or whatever it's called. What that has to do with getting some training and what not is beyond me. So, I ask you: how the hell do I progress and get some training from RM to enable me to do something better than drive a knackered van around all day? BTW I don't want to be a manager.
k979aaa
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Re: Progressing within RM?

Post by k979aaa »

smok3y666 wrote:I want a career, not a s**t job like the one I have now. I asked my manager what training I could get from RM to help me progress. He told me he would get a lesser, brainless, manager to talk to me. This never happened. I approached said lesser moron and asked him and was told I could only get training if it was beneficial to the depot. So, I emailed Adam and got the reply that all jobs are advertised on the local intranet and that RM is a none discriminating employer or whatever it's called. What that has to do with getting some training and what not is beyond me. So, I ask you: how the hell do I progress and get some training from RM to enable me to do something better than drive a knackered van around all day? BTW I don't want to be a manager.
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steven100
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Re: Progressing within RM?

Post by steven100 »

If your still young get yourself to uni or college, i've just returned (big mistake) after completing 2nd accounting at uni. Seriously, the job is ******. Anyone young enough should get out before its too late.
fmrPOSTIE
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Re: Progressing within RM?

Post by fmrPOSTIE »

Depends what you wanna do OP. If you want to cross over to the dark side then you can put yourself up for an Acting pos. May get a posting at another office too. But this would be operations...not sure what else you can start with to be honest.

What about the graduate programme? You may be able to get a placement in of the 3 available business units.
Harry_Perkins
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Re: Progressing within RM?

Post by Harry_Perkins »

k979aaa wrote:Your in the same boat as me and meny others we can but a wait a final solution to all our problems
Yeah.... perhaps not the best way of putting it mate. I've now got an image of Crozier and his own personal army loading us onto to trains bound for Eastern Europe..... :shock: It is probably actually the sort of thing he actually has wet dreams about. :Very Happy
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DGP1
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Re: Progressing within RM?

Post by DGP1 »

Harry_Perkins wrote:
k979aaa wrote:Your in the same boat as me and meny others we can but a wait a final solution to all our problems
Yeah.... perhaps not the best way of putting it mate. I've now got an image of Crozier and his own personal army loading us onto to trains bound for Eastern Europe..... :shock: It is probably actually the sort of thing he actually has wet dreams about. :Very Happy
:shock: :nervous :nervous
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delboy
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Re: Progressing within RM?

Post by delboy »

Ask your manager to send you on the RM first aid course, at least it is a start.
piranha
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Re: Progressing within RM?

Post by piranha »

You should be entitled to a partial grant towards any fees if you do go back to college or uni (I have and got all fees paid), there are no career prospects in RM anymore unless you speak dutch maybe?!
RTI
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Re: Progressing within RM?

Post by RTI »

rm is the only company where if you want a promotion, all you do is ask.

or become so incompetent at your job, that they have no option but to get you out the way and bump you up, just to cause even more problems within the company.

RM IS A JOKE

managers have no man management skills, no managaement skills, no people skills or no common sense.

BUT

Thery do know how to follow orders, push a york around and make a great cup of coffee. not to mention all the bullying and harrasment.
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bedfordrl
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Re: Progressing within RM?

Post by bedfordrl »

:Applause :Applause
You forgot the browsing E-Bay skills and delegating skills.
tragictramp
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Re: Progressing within RM?

Post by tragictramp »

progress would be to get out and do anything else!
TrueBlueTerrier
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Re: Progressing within RM?

Post by TrueBlueTerrier »

bedfordrl wrote::Applause :Applause
You forgot the browsing E-Bay skills and delegating skills.
Only if by "delegating skills" you mean picking on the same people day in day out. :sad:
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