ANNOUNCEMENT : ALL OF ROYAL MAIL'S EMPLOYMENT POLICIES (AGREEMENTS) AT A GLANCE (Updated 2021)... HERE

ANNOUNCEMENT : PLEASE BE AWARE WE ARE NOT ON FACEBOOK AT ALL!

Christmas question

Postal workers discussion forum. Discuss the day to day life in a Blue Shirt.
itslofty
Posts: 27
Joined: 28 Sep 2010, 13:20
Gender: Male

Christmas question

Post by itslofty »

hi ive only been with rm for 6 weeks and still enjoy it lol !! on a 25 hour contract, still get weed off when i go in and have to prep all the frame but am getting used to it now. my question is , do we get a day off next week even as we get sat off being cristmas day? and what about the following week do we get mon and tues off? then every one work wed thurs fri? i might sound silly questions but no one at our place tells us anything. thanks and i hope its not that bad were uou are.
arnold cheshire
Posts: 5309
Joined: 14 Oct 2010, 21:28
Gender: Male
Location: england

Re: Christmas question

Post by arnold cheshire »

itslofty wrote:hi ive only been with rm for 6 weeks and still enjoy it lol !! on a 25 hour contract, still get weed off when i go in and have to prep all the frame but am getting used to it now. my question is , do we get a day off next week even as we get sat off being cristmas day? and what about the following week do we get mon and tues off? then every one work wed thurs fri? i might sound silly questions but no one at our place tells us anything. thanks and i hope its not that bad were uou are.
yes the postie whos due to get tue off will get that off as well as christmas day
gb93
Posts: 1462
Joined: 29 Oct 2009, 16:25
Gender: Male

Re: Christmas question

Post by gb93 »

EVERYBODY Gets Sat,Sun,Mon & Tue off. 25th 26th 27th & 28th.
Edit. And of course those with Fri 24th or Wed 29th as their rotating day off will get extra day off.
This ain't no baseball game, you get only one chance and you blew it.
enzio
Posts: 379
Joined: 06 Mar 2010, 16:30
Gender: Male

Re: Christmas question

Post by enzio »

yes you should get a day off during the week if your day falls on one of the bank holidays you should get a day in lieu hope that helps and the job will get better it seems hard at first i thought that i would do this job till christmas and have now done 22 years :d'oh! :d'oh!
User avatar
POSTMAN
SITE ADMINISTRATOR
Posts: 32784
Joined: 07 Aug 2006, 03:19
Gender: Male

Re: Christmas question

Post by POSTMAN »

Details here...
http://www.royalmailchat.co.uk/communit ... =1&t=31338" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
sodiium
Posts: 69
Joined: 04 Nov 2010, 12:15
Gender: Male

Re: Christmas question

Post by sodiium »

itslofty wrote: but no one at our place tells us anything.
just a normal day in rm. you need to keep asking (silly) question