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gogzirino
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Joined: 05 Aug 2007, 11:03

family freindly

Post by gogzirino »

just wondering if anybody could enlighten me on the family friendly hours that have been mentioned ,i have to knock my pan in on a rotten duty everyday that the manager has admitted is to long a walk, somedays i almost dont make the childminder and i am getting seriously stressed having to rush all the bloody time.
Lounge Lizard
EX ROYAL MAIL
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Joined: 06 Aug 2007, 21:54

Re: family freindly

Post by Lounge Lizard »

Royal Mail are Family Friendly in that within a few years they will have us all working part time from 9.45am to 2.15pm, times ideally suited to fit between dropping the kids off at school and picking them up again. :sad:
knackeredneedadayoff
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Joined: 05 Nov 2009, 18:19
Gender: Male

Re: family freindly

Post by knackeredneedadayoff »

then dont rush,you work your hours so you meet the childminder.
mydaily
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Joined: 07 Nov 2009, 07:03
Gender: Male
Location: Undercover in the UK

Re: family freindly

Post by mydaily »

Lounge Lizard wrote:Royal Mail are Family Friendly in that within a few years they will have us all working part time from 9.45am to 2.15pm, times ideally suited to fit between dropping the kids off at school and picking them up again. :sad:
point is they're not! I work 10-3 great on between kids at school but to get finished most days means cutting off.
Life's only rosey if you make it that way...... There is life outside of Royal Mail you know!
Lounge Lizard
EX ROYAL MAIL
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Joined: 06 Aug 2007, 21:54

Re: family freindly

Post by Lounge Lizard »

mydaily wrote:
Lounge Lizard wrote:Royal Mail are Family Friendly in that within a few years they will have us all working part time from 9.45am to 2.15pm, times ideally suited to fit between dropping the kids off at school and picking them up again. :sad:
point is they're not! I work 10-3 great on between kids at school but to get finished most days means cutting off.
- either that or your kids wait at school a while for you. :Very Happy That's the sort of dilemma you get when they move to a part time workforce. :sad:
carsnooty
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Joined: 01 Apr 2008, 01:09

Re: family freindly

Post by carsnooty »

you get the form to fill in from the manager, so if you think you need to start at 9.30 so your done by 2 then thats what you put in guy in my office starts 45 mins as his finish time was when he needed to pick up kids so now he has 45 mins to get there.