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2ndclasspostie
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Post by 2ndclasspostie »

duzn't seniority just bloody stink royalmial so far back in the dark ages with this one. its unreal ... dun just about every job duty woteva u wana call it wot eva i was asked i done it ov 13yr n yet u get sum 1 else who knows nowt but 1 duty n been there 18mth longer n get the chance of full time gggggggggggggggggggggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr seriously that cant be right ha'way man Moya Greene get it sorted move with the times for gords sake end ov rant........
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Post by Bahia Feliz »

Question 1 - Have you been part time for 13 years?
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Post by ebbzie »

Question 2 - Did you fail your English exam?
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Re: seniority

Post by tasam »

There are some areas where people can be part time for 15-20 years before having the seniority to apply for the rare full time vacancies that come up.
There can be full time staff who will have over 10 years before retirement (subject to health).
Also more and more full time vacancies are being dropped to part time status when made available.
In some cases vacant duties are not advertised but are 'given' to individuals using the excuse of dda.
There can be many reasons why individuals remain stuck in part time roles that are beyond their control.
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Post by houseoflords »

Fail? I doubt by attempting to read that pitiful statment that he even studied english, how standards have dropped since I first started Royal Mail.
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tasam wrote: In some cases vacant duties are not advertised but are 'given' to individuals using the excuse of dda.
Nobody is "given" a duty using the "excuse" of having a disability.
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Post by wabbithunta »

ebbzie wrote:Question 2 - Did you fail your English exam?

"What's an exam?" :whistle :cuppa
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2ndclasspostie wrote:duzn't seniority just bloody stink royalmial so far back in the dark ages with this one. its unreal ... dun just about every job duty woteva u wana call it wot eva i was asked i done it ov 13yr n yet u get sum 1 else who knows nowt but 1 duty n been there 18mth longer n get the chance of full time gggggggggggggggggggggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr seriously that cant be right ha'way man Moya Greene get it sorted move with the times for gords sake end ov rant........
Translation anyone?
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NewPostieUK wrote:
2ndclasspostie wrote:duzn't seniority just bloody stink royalmial so far back in the dark ages with this one. its unreal ... dun just about every job duty woteva u wana call it wot eva i was asked i done it ov 13yr n yet u get sum 1 else who knows nowt but 1 duty n been there 18mth longer n get the chance of full time gggggggggggggggggggggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr seriously that cant be right ha'way man Moya Greene get it sorted move with the times for gords sake end ov rant........
Translation anyone?
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2ndclasspostie wrote:duzn't seniority just bloody stink royalmial so far back in the dark ages with this one. its unreal ... dun just about every job duty woteva u wana call it wot eva i was asked i done it ov 13yr n yet u get sum 1 else who knows nowt but 1 duty n been there 18mth longer n get the chance of full time gggggggggggggggggggggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr seriously that cant be right ha'way man Moya Greene get it sorted move with the times for gords sake end ov rant........
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2ndclasspostie wrote:duzn't seniority just bloody stink royalmial so far back in the dark ages with this one. its unreal ... dun just about every job duty woteva u wana call it wot eva i was asked i done it ov 13yr n yet u get sum 1 else who knows nowt but 1 duty n been there 18mth longer n get the chance of full time gggggggggggggggggggggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr seriously that cant be right ha'way man Moya Greene get it sorted move with the times for gords sake end ov rant........

So what would you like to take over from Seniority in a job which the skill levels required for each duty is exactly the same, and which for all intents and purposes everyone can meet with ease.

Translation of original Post: He is upset because someone who has 18 months more seniority than them, has been successful in applying for a duty. They think this is wrong because the successful applicant knows only one duty well, whilst he knows just about every duty.

Of course he has missed the obvious point that if managers were able to select people to fill vacancies on nearly anything except seniority then he wouldn't have been selected anyway. After all its far cheaper and easier to keep an experienced reserve in post than train a new one from scratch.
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TrueBlueTerrier wrote:Translation of original Post: He is upset
Translation failure early doors teebs. :whistle
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spilie
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Post by spilie »

although seniority is not the ideal I would hate the alternative that being allowing a manager to pick who gets what, and with quite a few managers relations working in the business already imagine the nice duties they would be suitable for and no way of stopping it, no seniority for me as it is the only tamper proof way
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fishtank wrote:
TrueBlueTerrier wrote:Translation of original Post: He is upset
Translation failure early doors teebs. :whistle
He's a she.
That's me making an assumption on the style of posting :oops: :oops:

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Post by Cedar_Room »

If seniority was scrapped & there were a number of full time duties up for grabs,I wonder who would get the nod?

The runners & corner cutters or the lads + lassies who do the job correctly. :left:

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