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Career break from royal mail

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tweetypie03
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Career break from royal mail

Post by tweetypie03 »

i am looking to take a career break from royal mail my manager says i have to speak to HR....HR are saying i have to speak to my manager. at present all i need is proof that royal mail let staff take career breaks without having to resign.

can any one help??
TrueBlueTerrier
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Re: Career break from royal mail

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tweetypie03 wrote:i am looking to take a career break from royal mail my manager says i have to speak to HR....HR are saying i have to speak to my manager. at present all i need is proof that royal mail let staff take career breaks without having to resign.

can any one help??
How about the official agreement - hopefully should help. :Very Happy

http://www.royalmailchat.co.uk/communit ... 36&t=12623" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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youwot!!!!!
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Re: Career break from royal mail

Post by youwot!!!!! »

run,run as fast as you can :Very Happy and never come back.
who the hell invests £2 billion into a servic and makes it worse?????????????
you really couldn't make it up!!!!!!!!!!!
wacko74
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Re: Career break from royal mail

Post by wacko74 »

I'm also potentially interested in some form of carreer break from RM, but cant open the file from the link, could someone post it up in this thread or possibly summarize it?
TrueBlueTerrier
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Re: Career break from royal mail

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http://www.royalmailchat.co.uk/communit ... php?id=482" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

although you probably have the same problems.

You need a PDF reader to open it. http://get.adobe.com/reader/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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krussel
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Re: Career break from royal mail

Post by krussel »

Its been a few years since anyone,s done this at my office :hmmmm

Were all brainwashed now. :left:
Rows of houses all bearing down on me........I can feel their blue hands touching me.......All these things in all positions.........All these things will one day take control..........
tweetypie03
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Re: Career break from royal mail

Post by tweetypie03 »

thanks for the very quick response. information is very useful. indeed

is there any form that i am required to fill in to request a career break??
wacko74
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Re: Career break from royal mail

Post by wacko74 »

Thanks for that TrueBlue... I wondered why i could never open pdf files, thought it was just me being thick!
dvbuk55
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Re: Career break from royal mail

Post by dvbuk55 »

Strange really I took my careeer break by coming to Royal Mail and stayed.
SF
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Re: Career break from royal mail

Post by SF »

I'm looking to do this at some point. I want to travel the States for 6 months then possibly go over to Australia and other parts of the world.

My dom will probably ask me to take a pouch of international items to deliver on my travels though.