questions - Why is it hell?

[fishtank]

I smell a troll.

I smell burgers....next door are havin a BBQ.

[General Mannerheim]

I smell a troll.

Have you tried an airwick?

[jaylime]

I smell fishfingers the kids teas ready,either that or the mrs is home from work.

[pony]

I've been doing this job 2 and half years and am still looking for something else!

The main problems as I see it are that they are piling more and more work on you - but still expect you to do it in the same time, and that when you do go over they try their best to make you feel like you are taking the piss and have no right to expect to be paid more.

The job itself would be ok if not for the shambolic way the company is run and the bullying approach of the managers.

This is it really.
You'll walk in and you will have to finish prepping your walk.
Van driver will have gone awol and you'll be sat about 30 mins waiting.It will be counted as your break,even though you can't relax cos you think he will be back any minute.
You'll have a 4 hour + round,plus you'll prob have to take 10 mins of a lasped walk and you'll finish an hour after you're finish time.
Manager will think you're tossing it off and make you feel bad about claiming ot.You may not even want ot and just want to finish on time.
Either way you'll be the slow new kid and full timers will complain that you are coming in at 10 and geting same money as them.Part time hours plus a bit of ot wont make you get paid the same as them but they will think that for some reason :).
Soon you'll be taking 6 lots of leaflets that make bags stupidly heavy and you will get payed 12 quid for the trouble.
When you get home you'll ache and probably go to bed early.
Its hard work these days.I used to work on a building site and i never felt as bushed as i do now.

A thing which annoys me these days is this flexability crap.Just because they can't balance mail volumes,they expect me to work an hour over my time because monday and tuesday i made an hour (30 mins each day)(this wont happen a lot :) ).Thats all well and good but i didnt ask to finish early and its not really convenient to finsh late and walk round for 5 hours.
Complain and you are made to feel like you're not a team player and not pulling your weight.

[Lounge Lizard]

I smell a troll.

I smell burgers....next door are havin a BBQ.

Or the wind's in the wrong direction and it's a busy day at the Pet Crematorium.

[brothermagrew]

Pony as far as I know the CWU have never officially entertained this Royal Mail concept of team players, but I could be wrong.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

I smell a troll.

I smell burgers....next door are havin a BBQ.

Or the wind's in the wrong direction and it's a busy day at the Pet Crematorium.

Only last week we cremated a relative of mine - but don't worry I still had a chuckle at that (am I evil )

[POSTMAN]

I've been doing this job 2 and half years and am still looking for something else!

The main problems as I see it are that they are piling more and more work on you - but still expect you to do it in the same time, and that when you do go over they try their best to make you feel like you are taking the piss and have no right to expect to be paid more.

The job itself would be ok if not for the shambolic way the company is run and the bullying approach of the managers.

This is it really.
You'll walk in and you will have to finish prepping your walk.
Van driver will have gone awol and you'll be sat about 30 mins waiting.It will be counted as your break,even though you can't relax cos you think he will be back any minute.
You'll have a 4 hour + round,plus you'll prob have to take 10 mins of a lasped walk and you'll finish an hour after you're finish time.
Manager will think you're tossing it off and make you feel bad about claiming ot.You may not even want ot and just want to finish on time.
Either way you'll be the slow new kid and full timers will complain that you are coming in at 10 and geting same money as them.Part time hours plus a bit of ot wont make you get paid the same as them but they will think that for some reason :).
Soon you'll be taking 6 lots of leaflets that make bags stupidly heavy and you will get payed 12 quid for the trouble.
When you get home you'll ache and probably go to bed early.
Its hard work these days.I used to work on a building site and i never felt as bushed as i do now.

A thing which annoys me these days is this flexability crap.Just because they can't balance mail volumes,they expect me to work an hour over my time because monday and tuesday i made an hour (30 mins each day)(this wont happen a lot :) ).Thats all well and good but i didnt ask to finish early and its not really convenient to finsh late and walk round for 5 hours.
Complain and you are made to feel like you're not a team player and not pulling your weight.

You're being mugged pony.That is wrong,ask the manager to show you where this is in the P&M agreement.
If he can't which he deffo can't tell him to f**k off.