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Anybody starting at portsmouth sorting office tonight ??

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mikeyp23
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Anybody starting at portsmouth sorting office tonight ??

Post by mikeyp23 »

im due to start tonight at 9:15 till 5:00am but im now worried about this as everybody seems to be getting just odd days work instead of how it was last year when we were just employed right up until christmas. Anybody know or heard different ??
21CP
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Re: Anybody starting at portsmouth sorting office tonight ??

Post by 21CP »

well i should have been last week would have done if they was not so usless with getting this sorted!
mikeyp23
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Re: Anybody starting at portsmouth sorting office tonight ??

Post by mikeyp23 »

what happend with yours ?? they say theres no work ??
21CP
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Re: Anybody starting at portsmouth sorting office tonight ??

Post by 21CP »

no turned out they didnt do my securty till after i was meant to have started and its nearly impossible to get ahold of these people to try and sort it out, just refuse to answer the phones
mikeyp23
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Re: Anybody starting at portsmouth sorting office tonight ??

Post by mikeyp23 »

yea i have read some stuff like that on here i was at royal mail last year and it was the smoothest employment ive ever been in but this year its a absolute shambles. i was just asking because ive seen some people on here who said after there first shift they have not worked there again becuase im unfortunately on JSA and now i dunno when to sign off or whether too at all
21CP
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Re: Anybody starting at portsmouth sorting office tonight ??

Post by 21CP »

they are a joke not a very funny one either
doughowell99
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Re: Anybody starting at portsmouth sorting office tonight ??

Post by doughowell99 »

I'm supposedto be, but............................

I have an email from angard saying i'm security checked, but the Portsmouth branch don't have me on their magic sheet of paper.

Guess I'll be on the phones, again! #joke!
mikeyp23
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Re: Anybody starting at portsmouth sorting office tonight ??

Post by mikeyp23 »

this company needs to sort itself out.....seriously
21CP
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Re: Anybody starting at portsmouth sorting office tonight ??

Post by 21CP »

doughowell99 wrote:I'm supposedto be, but............................

I have an email from angard saying i'm security checked, but the Portsmouth branch don't have me on their magic sheet of paper.

Guess I'll be on the phones, again! #joke!

happend to you as well when was you "meant" to be starting?