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Working for Royal Mail Post-Xmas

An 'unofficial' forum for those who either work for Royal Mail or are looking to work for Royal Mail through the Angard Staffing Agency.This is an open forum.
beau1
Posts: 4
Joined: 12 Jan 2012, 06:05
Gender: Male

Working for Royal Mail Post-Xmas

Post by beau1 »

Hello there,

I recently finished working for Royal Mail through Angard over the Xmas period and a little time afterwards. I did roughly 5 weeks as a regular sorter, then got kept on after xmas until the 3rd January. Then after that I got moved on to deliveries/regular postman work until last saturday, 7th January.

I'm wondering, is it worth me popping into my local delivery and sorting centre and finding out if there is anymore work to be had? Or is the only way of possibly getting a permanent job/semi-permanent job/more casual work by waiting for a vacancy to come up online and then applying for it that way? I know the manager of the plant fairly well, so I can ask directly if that is required (which is probably would be).
I was told by the delivery lot that they'd take my number down and call me if anything came up, but I'm not really sure I trust that! :wink:

I luckily got paid everything I should have (so far!), so I don't really see that as an obstacle of not trying to work for them.

Mind you, its probably a bad idea as most of the delivery centres are looking to get rid of people rather than take them on....just wondering if its even vaguely worth a shot or will I be wasting my journey?
kirkleyrunner
Posts: 96
Joined: 20 Nov 2011, 20:10
Gender: Male

Re: Working for Royal Mail Post-Xmas

Post by kirkleyrunner »

What harm can it do? Let the manager know you're interested in more work, and if anything does come up, he's more likely to think of you.
Djp-part-time
Posts: 8
Joined: 07 Nov 2011, 12:21
Gender: Male

Re: Working for Royal Mail Post-Xmas

Post by Djp-part-time »

I worked for RM until July last year on delivery, the rate was approx £8.98 per hour, I believe Angard will pay £6.08 for the same job, this seems totally unfair.
If you want to work for RM ask for the correct rate!