where are you on the seniority list

[westy23]

Got to agree, it's still a decent job.
Have done 43 years and always got paid on time,
Have had my share of sick and been paid, got lots of special leave A when wife was ill.
Can count one hand the amount of times I wanted overtime and not got any.
Yes I have my bad days/weeks and been pissed of with the managers.
And it does seem that deliverys have got the messy end of the stick nowadays.
But there is not much else about that I could do at 58 and despite what some may say the pay is very good.

[fishtank]

So what we can ascertain from this thread, is that despite so many people apparently hating the job nobody ever leaves....

Or nobody with any seniority leaves.
Most people who leave do so in the first couple of years.
Once you've been in for 5 or so years it's unlikely you'll go anywhere but that's the same for most jobs especially in the current economic climate.

[Twitch]

171 out off 185 :(
Been there 6 months today

[Barbel]

Only been there 7 months yesterday so I'm right at the bottom.

[roger]

gone down 3 places in our revision, with 3 part timers now made up to full time. got 13 years in this time around, did 14 1/2 years before why the f@~k did i come back

I hope that you get a/l based on your combined service.

[krussel]

I am 8th and have one of the longest rounds in the office so something is wrong.

[royalmailslave]

Nearly 16 yrs service and about 34 of 160 ish

[eian687]

gone down 3 places in our revision, with 3 part timers now made up to full time. got 13 years in this time around, did 14 1/2 years before why the f@~k did i come back

I hope that you get a/l based on your combined service.

didn't for a while but thanks to this site i found out i was entitled and after a few months of arguing i got my annual leave up to six weeks and a back dated payment of over £2500
so thanx royal mail chat

[UnhappyGremlin]

Every time someone above me retires/gets sacked or moves elsewhere, they just get rid of the job so we never move up.
We just stagnate and suffer where we are.

[OnAFlyer]

I am 8th and have one of the longest rounds in the office so something is wrong.

You picked the wrong duty?

[NWpostie]

So what we can ascertain from this thread, is that despite so many people apparently hating the job nobody ever leaves....

Its the money mate thats all, everybody has a job that they hate but do it only for the money. you should by idler's book "crap jobs" for a look at some really really crap jobs about, postmen was rated 7th out 100.

As for me 27 years in and 44 out of 320, a long wait for the top position, by then Royal Mail will probably be a shadow of its former self, if privatisation kicks in.

[michael147]

Reached the 20 year mark yesterday (i would not have got that for murder)!
Still only 15th out of about 50,when i started only two men had 20 years service,now its nigh on a third of the office!
Nobody leaves.

[arty_morty]

Coming up to 3.5 years, 23 out of 25.