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1 min prep test
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speedypostman
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1 min prep test
Refusing to absorb got me a 1 min prep test. any guidance would be great. Thanks
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Himaggen
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Re: 1 min prep test
Prep twenty four non-sequenced items, (letters not flats), into an empty RM2000 frame in your one minute time frame. You're supposed to do twenty five but if you stop at twenty four then the Managers will have to go to the trouble of allocating/resourcing time for the work place coach to help you to 'make the expected grade' for a future test. Also make sure that they let you know that you're being timed prior to the actual test because they are required to do so.
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fishtank
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Re: 1 min prep test
I would stop at 23 allowing for graduated improvement.Himaggen wrote:Prep twenty four non-sequenced items, (letters not flats), into an empty RM2000 frame in your one minute time frame. You're supposed to do twenty five but if you stop at twenty four then the Managers will have to go to the trouble of allocating/resourcing time for the work place coach to help you to 'make the expected grade' for a future test. Also make sure that they let you know that you're being timed prior to the actual test because they are required to do so.
You don't want to make it too easy for them Himmaggen.
on a more serious note it's a cheap attempt at intimidation.
Don't be intimidated,ask for the reason for the test in writing.
What grounds do they have for suggesting that you are underperforming?
If all they have is a refusal to lapse that isn't good enough.
good times, bad times you know I've had my share
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POSTMAN
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Re: 1 min prep test
As Him says,and read this...
EDIT:And Fish
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EDIT:And Fish
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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.
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.
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speedypostman
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Re: 1 min prep test
Thanks but it seems he backed off but won't be bullshited by them. Rollercoast ride for me and them. And happy New Year to you all.
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keithposty
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Re: 1 min prep test
just a sugestion
they tried this at my office as soon as the planners arrived
i stated that if you are going to do a prep test then everybody in the office gets one at the same time, not an indavidual or i would class it as b & h
it was dropped like a stone and my office is still waiting on these prep tests
they tried this at my office as soon as the planners arrived
i stated that if you are going to do a prep test then everybody in the office gets one at the same time, not an indavidual or i would class it as b & h
it was dropped like a stone and my office is still waiting on these prep tests
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DirtyHarry
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Re: 1 min prep test
Lapsing?
During the busy pre, post, Christmas period?
They are taking the pish out of you, plain and simple.
I fall on my knees and thank God that I can't even do lapsing in the summer, never mind any other time of the year.
During the busy pre, post, Christmas period?
They are taking the pish out of you, plain and simple.
I fall on my knees and thank God that I can't even do lapsing in the summer, never mind any other time of the year.
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tylerandmeggie
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Re: 1 min prep test
Ive noticed its always the folk in there 40s 50s 60s on here who complain whinging gits
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fishtank
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Re: 1 min prep test
You can see people's ages from their posts?tylerandmeggie wrote:Ive noticed its always the folk in there 40s 50s 60s on here who complain whinging gits
You're not one of those lizard things are you?
good times, bad times you know I've had my share
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POSTMAN
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Re: 1 min prep test
I don't think peeps can see ages,but you should be able to see who got their revision bonus though. 
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.
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.
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TrueBlueTerrier
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Re: 1 min prep test
"In there" 40s 50s, 60s sorry but I can't see which addresses your indicating.tylerandmeggie wrote:Ive noticed its always the folk in there 40s 50s 60s on here who complain whinging gits
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Re: 1 min prep test
Looking at a new trailer perhaps it now is "We will not be tested, we will not, we will not be tested"Jimmy Carr`s laugh wrote:As Jim Royle would say "prep test my arse"
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hops1207
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Re: 1 min prep test
Always better to fail the test,manager then has to help you to reach the prep ratespeedypostman wrote:Refusing to absorb got me a 1 min prep test. any guidance would be great. Thanks