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our cup runneth over

Postal workers discussion forum. Discuss the day to day life in a Blue Shirt.
korky
Posts: 797
Joined: 30 Dec 2007, 09:28

our cup runneth over

Post by korky »

still decent pay so not going anywhere, but the job has become a total joke!
feels like i'm going the wrong way up a cul de sac
a great job has been totally fecked up.
arnold cheshire
Posts: 5309
Joined: 14 Oct 2010, 21:28
Gender: Male
Location: england

Re: our cup runneth over

Post by arnold cheshire »

korky wrote:still decent pay so not going anywhere, but the job has become a total joke!
feels like i'm going the wrong way up a cul de sac
a great job has been totally fecked up.
same here im going nowhere but i hate it :thumbup
thechemisyshop
EX ROYAL MAIL
Posts: 156
Joined: 09 Oct 2011, 20:33
Gender: Male

Re: our cup runneth over

Post by thechemisyshop »

without giving anything away ,, i think im outta here ,, very soon ,, dont know what i feel about it :crazy:
arnold cheshire
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Joined: 14 Oct 2010, 21:28
Gender: Male
Location: england

Re: our cup runneth over

Post by arnold cheshire »

korky wrote:still decent pay so not going anywhere, but the job has become a total joke!
feels like i'm going the wrong way up a cul de sac
a great job has been totally fecked up.
its been fecked up for at least a couple of years i think you can blame the lapsing/absorbing when its busy
krussel
Posts: 5300
Joined: 26 Jan 2009, 18:03
Gender: Male
Location: Out on the streets.

Re: our cup runneth over

Post by krussel »

It went wrong with the single delivery and allowing DSA. My frame was 80% DSA mail this Saturday.
Rows of houses all bearing down on me........I can feel their blue hands touching me.......All these things in all positions.........All these things will one day take control..........
Edward Hunter
Posts: 679
Joined: 23 May 2007, 22:30

Re: our cup runneth over

Post by Edward Hunter »

Its like any other job these days, in that you generally are working till your time, but its not the only job in the world so if you are that fed up you should try something else. I have days when im not that happy, but you have to weigh it all up around your personal circumstances. Personally I look at the positives, Decent pay, 6 weeks holiday, good sick pay, pension, no stress, 2 minute commute, no late working hours and over all its still pretty decent. If you are full time plenty of people would LOVE our job as it stands at the moment.
krussel
Posts: 5300
Joined: 26 Jan 2009, 18:03
Gender: Male
Location: Out on the streets.

Re: our cup runneth over

Post by krussel »

Edward Hunter wrote:Its like any other job these days, in that you generally are working till your time, but its not the only job in the world so if you are that fed up you should try something else. I have days when im not that happy, but you have to weigh it all up around your personal circumstances. Personally I look at the positives, Decent pay, 6 weeks holiday, good sick pay, pension, no stress, 2 minute commute, no late working hours and over all its still pretty decent. If you are full time plenty of people would LOVE our job as it stands at the moment.
Edward your totally correct. :Applause
Rows of houses all bearing down on me........I can feel their blue hands touching me.......All these things in all positions.........All these things will one day take control..........
Lincox
EX ROYAL MAIL
Posts: 3485
Joined: 09 Jan 2008, 18:07
Gender: Male

Re: our cup runneth over

Post by Lincox »

Edward probably is correct in the short term. However I dont care how fit you are. You cannot continue 5 days a week walking anything from 8 to 12 miles a day particularly when it gets hot, without suffering some form of physical breakdown and possibly mental stress.
Jpro747
Posts: 1342
Joined: 23 Dec 2012, 10:22
Gender: Male

Re: our cup runneth over

Post by Jpro747 »

I would love this job if it werent for all the bullying and harrasment day in day out, why this is allowed to continue I dont know. :thumbdown
Chelseablue
Posts: 2222
Joined: 19 Aug 2013, 14:33
Gender: Female

Re: our cup runneth over

Post by Chelseablue »

Edward you're office sounds like heaven
OnAFlyer
Posts: 1938
Joined: 16 Aug 2009, 14:24
Gender: Male

Re: our cup runneth over

Post by OnAFlyer »

I'm not going to say 'leave if you don't like it' - but I don't understand why so many people say they hate the job but have no intention of going.

Life is too short to do something you hate for years, there is plenty of opportunity out there if you really want it.
clashcityrocker
Posts: 16692
Joined: 22 Sep 2009, 13:50
Gender: Male
Location: strummerville

Re: our cup runneth over

Post by clashcityrocker »

OnAFlyer wrote:
Life is too short to do something you hate for years,
Very true.
Few people would stay in a relationship that made them so unhappy. Even less reason to stay in a job you don't like.
The societies of consumption and squandering of material resources are incompatible with the idea of economic growth and a clean planet.
korky
Posts: 797
Joined: 30 Dec 2007, 09:28

Re: our cup runneth over

Post by korky »

OnAFlyer wrote: Life is too short to do something you hate for years, there is plenty of opportunity out there if you really want it.
where?
not here, i still like the job to a degree, but its all take take take now,
no leeway
on saturdays (matchday) i used to come in a tad early and my oppo stays out regardless & takes my last loop to allow me to get to match without stinking,
got told friday i couldn't do this now, so went in to time and got questioned why we couldn't complete?
i offered them 30 mins free just so i could get off early and complete but no, a line manager had to do our extra bit,
back early and its back out delivering or a brush!
sad thing is that most take a street out in their cars to get home 10 mins earlier
venger
Posts: 206
Joined: 09 Oct 2007, 13:38

Re: our cup runneth over

Post by venger »

The job is getting worse and worse and will get worse in the future.
I wish it was as easy as leaving and finding something else, but it's not. Also, why should I have to leave nearly 18 years in a job because it's run by clueless idiots that don't know how the real world works?

I'm frankly sick of the attitude of some people "Don't like it, get another job" that's the reason this job is in the state it is. Try picking up a damn history book. What SHOULD happen, is you make the job better and improve things, not put up or shut up.
Chelseablue
Posts: 2222
Joined: 19 Aug 2013, 14:33
Gender: Female

Re: our cup runneth over

Post by Chelseablue »

Exactly venger ,leave if you don't like the job brigade , this is a different world we live in now ,you can't jump into another job easy now. If you've been in the job for years why should you get pushed out (and they want long servers like us out)everyone can see the place is being dismantled bit by bit because of profit and sheer greed now. We all just want fairness and our offices to be run well without coming into b &h etc every day.