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applying for vacancies in our DO

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wuffy
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applying for vacancies in our DO

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I AM A PART TIMER ON 25 HOUR CONTRACT , THERE ARE FULL TIME DRIVING VACANCIES 48 HRS UP FOR GRABS IS IT WORTH ME APPLYING AS THEY SAY ONLY FULL TIMERS CAN APPLY
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Re: applying for vacancies in our DO

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wuffy wrote:I AM A PART TIMER ON 25 HOUR CONTRACT , THERE ARE FULL TIME DRIVING VACANCIES 48 HRS UP FOR GRABS IS IT WORTH ME APPLYING AS THEY SAY ONLY FULL TIMERS CAN APPLY
I would say as a guess they are very unlikely to increase your hours in the current climate, however if I were you I would still apply. If no full timers apply who knows.... If they realy need that position filling you may just be lucky, but you won't if you don't apply.....
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I started on a 40 hour contract, then got made down to a 25 hour contract two weeks before my first year was up :(

in the DO I work in we are 2 FT and 3 PT staff members short. ( two retired, two quit and once was sacked for calling our DIM a C**T )

3 months ago I was offered a chance to go back upto 40 hours, so I naturally said yes, this then got sent up the management line and I was told it was going to go ahead.

the manager that offered me the position then went sick with stress and has now gone back to being a minion again and the new DOM has said he is getting no more staff in until we have sorted our rivision out, which so far has taken over 2 years and 2 planers off with stress.

however, I hope that you do get yours :) but can't see it happening :(
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Re: applying for vacancies in our DO

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Yes Apply,you have the right to apply,they can't stop you.
What 'should' happen is you take the job and they recruit your job.
But in the present climate who knows how they will work.
You need to keep an eye on it carefully.
The way forward...

14.4 Where a full-time post is advertised internally, it will be available to all full-time employees and part-time employees, who have opted for full-time employment, in that resourcing unit. The posts will be filled on the basis of ‘most senior individual’. Where a part-time post is advertised internally, it will be available to all employees as above and filled in the same way.
14.5 The resulting vacancy will be temporarily filled by a reserve, a surplus employee, a transferee from within the wider resourcing area or another resourcing area or by direct recruitment in line with the process above.
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.
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The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
wuffy
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Re: applying for vacancies in our DO

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would you still apply if you have only been a postie for 2 months?
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wuffy wrote:would you still apply if you have only been a postie for 2 months?
Yes,although the chances of getting it would be slim but you may get lucky.
Not 100% how it works for temp contracts which by your previous posts i see you are on,but if no one else wants it...
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.