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what is it like to work for royal mail?

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So keep on moving, moving, moving your feet
Keep on shuf-shuf-shuffling to this ghost dance beat
Just keep on walking down never ending streets


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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.
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Impossible to say, changes from office to office and even walk to walk and line manager to line manager.
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Poor sod thought he was at Beachy Head tragically he had to report to work the following day to the commiserations of colleagues :cuppa
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You spend all your time trying to get employed by RM. Then when you are they try everything to get rid of you.
So keep on moving, moving, moving your feet
Keep on shuf-shuf-shuffling to this ghost dance beat
Just keep on walking down never ending streets


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I been working for royal mail a month now and really enjoying it. I work in a small depot and everyone is really friendly and I have been given excellent training, the job is not for everyone I know but so far so good from my experience!
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delboy1969 wrote:I been working for royal mail a month now and really enjoying it. I work in a small depot and everyone is really friendly and I have been given excellent training, the job is not for everyone I know but so far so good from my experience!
Good to hear mate,we like good news stories on here,long may it continue for you.
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.
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It would be easier in smaller office compared to larger office.
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Darren Bent wrote:It would be easier in smaller office compared to larger office.
Not my experience to be honest, I find working in a large office better because the Union is a bit stronger - but then even that does not apply across the board. I suppose in the end it comes down to how people interact with each other, if everyone involved has respect for each other then its a lot easier to get the job done. But if, as seems prevalent throughout Royal Mail, Managers don't respect workers and workers don't respect managers the job becomes harder and more stressful. Add into that mix poor Union representation, or Managers ignoring the Union and agreements and its a recipe for disaster.
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In summary, not a rosey as one might picture it from the outside...
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IloveMYredTROLLEY! wrote:In summary, not a rosey as one might picture it from the outside...

lol'd, I actually lol'd thanks! :nana
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what the Royal Mail board think its like

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what its really like

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TrueBlueTerrier wrote:what the Royal Mail board think its like

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what its really like

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He looks like hes having a huge dump lol.
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dohnut wrote:
TrueBlueTerrier wrote:what the Royal Mail board think its like

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what its really like

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He looks like hes having a huge dump lol.
No, he's just read Courier. :crazy: