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OK.. Call me Postman Pat! Methinks I'll take a look as this sounds like the very job for me....!When you excitedly wait for the post to arrive, do you ever stop and think about how it gets to you? With over 80 million items to deliver to 27 million addresses, the Royal Mail could always do with a helping hand.
So if you don't mind early starts, love the thought of plenty of exercise every day and fancy finishing by mid afternoon, you might want to check out a public sector career as a postman/woman.
full-time postmen/women can expect to notch up to 40 hours per week working from 5.30am to 1pm .. Not in my DO, we work from 6:30am to 2:15pmThe nitty gritty
Delivery offices open at approximately 5.30am, so make sure you set your alarm clock because it’s an early start. You’ll then need to start sorting letters and parcels so you can prepare the delivery bags for your round.
Postmen/women don’t carry bags heavier than 16kg but you may have three or four bags weighing you down. Good news is, you aren't expected to carry it all in one hand, you can deliver the post on foot with the help of a trolley or on a bicycle if you need it. Bigger parcels are delivered separately in a small van.
When it comes to working hours, full-time postmen/women can expect to notch up to 40 hours per week working from 5.30am to 1pm
Money, money, money
New employees aged 18 or over working full-time will earn around £256 a week. This will increase to £285 - £311 after a year in the job. This rate will be on a pro-rata basis for part-time hours. There may be allowances for working unsocial hours.
The good points...
“I actually liked the early starts because it means you also get to finish early,” says former postman Richard Cracknell. “You get lots of exercise and there’s a strong sense of community as everyone knows who you are.”
...and the bad
“Working in the wind, rain and snow and, of course, getting barked at by dogs!”
getting barked at by dogs! You should be so lucky they're only barking... wait until you get bitten by one!
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"Translation" of the aboveOK, I'm interested... But is it really the job for me?
As you can imagine, the Royal Mail has got quite a task on its hands, so they employ 180,000 staff to help all year round. Could you be one of them? “We need ambitious individuals who’ll bring fresh ideas and a determination to make an impact on a business that touches the lives of millions every day,” say Royal Mail.
Postmen/women need to be:
Fit and able to deal with heavy loads
Friendly and approachable
Self-motivated but also good in a team
Reliable and trustworthy
Have competent literacy skills
Be able to cope with early starts and working in all weather conditions (you don't get a day off just because it's raining)
The Royal Mail say they are, “keen to recruit apprentices who want to progress their career and become managers of the future, and therefore will provide training and support to help people achieve this”. You can progress to become a supervisor or manager or train to work in any of the areas specified in the graduate scheme.
Fit and able to deal with heavy loads because "WE LOVE PARCELS" .. more so if they look like Parcel Force should be delivering them! Tracked and Signed for items that can weigh over 5kgs each and are badly and incorrectly labelled and packaged
Friendly and approachable Definitely not a Manager then...
Self-motivated but also good in a team You to can come in at least an hour early - Management won't pay you for it though, and prep a "paper round" and load it all up in the van on top of the half delivery and three cut offs you signed for and then claim at least 4 hours extra a day and while ghosting at home as others struggle with a "normal" delivery seems apply to some of the staff at my DO!
Reliable and trustworthy
Have competent literacy skills This doesn't seem apply to some of the staff in my DO!
OK, you sold it to me, where do I sign up for this wonderful job?!
No doubt others will pick holes in this or pick up on something else...
