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Royal Mail Attendance Procedure

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deliveryman
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Royal Mail Attendance Procedure

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Hadn't been off for 298 days then got Glandular Fever -off for 21days - got a stage 3 warning then dismissed. Reason for dismissal was given as 'failure to keep to the RM attendance procedure. God, what if I died!!!
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What were the reasons for your previous absences??
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deliveryman wrote:Hadn't been off for 298 days then got Glandular Fever -off for 21days - got a stage 3 warning then dismissed. Reason for dismissal was given as 'failure to keep to the RM attendance procedure. God, what if I died!!!
f***ing hell that's harsh!
Have to ask,was you on a stage 2 before going sick.And are you appealing.
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POSTMAN wrote:
deliveryman wrote:Hadn't been off for 298 days then got Glandular Fever -off for 21days - got a stage 3 warning then dismissed. Reason for dismissal was given as 'failure to keep to the RM attendance procedure. God, what if I died!!!
f***ing hell that's harsh!
Have to ask,was you on a stage 2 before going sick.And are you appealing.
:no no Looks should have no part to play :no no :no no
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postghost wrote:Sorry to hear of your plight.
Royal Mail do not care of the reason you were off.

What were the reasons for your previous absences??
Last time off with sinusitus -10days- before going off with G/Fever. That got me a Stage 2. I lost my appeal as they count G/Fever as breaking the RM attendance procedure. They don't care. I spent 5 days in hospital.
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deliveryman wrote:
postghost wrote:Sorry to hear of your plight.
Royal Mail do not care of the reason you were off.

What were the reasons for your previous absences??
Last time off with sinusitus -10days- before going off with G/Fever. That got me a Stage 2. I lost my appeal as they count G/Fever as breaking the RM attendance procedure. They don't care. I spent 5 days in hospital.
What you have posted seems really harsh,BUT i'm guessing that IF your sick record was bad before then they have seen this and used it against you.
'Personally' i would of thought that if it wasn't then you have a good chance if you appeal.
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
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zoo wrote:if you was on a stage 2 could they just sack you by letter next time your off.
No,but depending on the manager involved they could i think bring you in for a stage 3.
Not 100% that they can officialy do it but bringing peeps in for a stage interview while on sick has been mentioned on here before.
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.