any useful advice would be great
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Progression.....
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RetroJunkie
- Posts: 165
- Joined: 11 Apr 2010, 16:06
- Gender: Female
Progression.....
Something i will probably get slated for but here goes,what or how do you go about making any progressional steps towards management in this company?
any useful advice would be great
any useful advice would be great
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General Mannerheim
- EX ROYAL MAIL
- Posts: 2299
- Joined: 14 Dec 2007, 13:10
- Gender: Male
- Location: Stalag 17
Re: Progression.....
sleep with them.

Royal Mail managers.....about as popular as a t.urd in a swimming pool!
The DDA/Equality Act demands action,NOT words......adjustments NOT Occupational Health referrals.Case No:2505901/09
Royal Mail is an Equal Opportunities Employer..It discriminates against everybody.
The DDA/Equality Act demands action,NOT words......adjustments NOT Occupational Health referrals.Case No:2505901/09
Royal Mail is an Equal Opportunities Employer..It discriminates against everybody.
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rhino49
- EX ROYAL MAIL
- Posts: 1644
- Joined: 04 Jun 2007, 21:50
- Gender: Male
- Location: At home with my feet up
Re: Progression.....
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
We wish to serve - but we will not be servile
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ebbzie
- Posts: 660
- Joined: 14 Jun 2011, 17:22
- Gender: Male
Re: Progression.....
Be absolutely useless at being a postman ,then you will soon get moved into managementRetroJunkie wrote:Something i will probably get slated for but here goes,what or how do you go about making any progressional steps towards management in this company?
any useful advice would be great
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pinstripe
- Posts: 2474
- Joined: 25 May 2007, 16:42
- Gender: Male
- Location: 2 left turns from reality
Re: Progression.....
I think the first step would be to speak to your DOM, then a spell as an Acting Lino, though not in your own office (for your own benefit).
I have to say that 2 of the Linos in my office (one is Acting Lino) are actually better managers than the rest and they were actually very good posties.
They are unfortunately, the exception.
They are also dumped on from above on a regular basis which I don't think is a co-incidence.
I have to say that 2 of the Linos in my office (one is Acting Lino) are actually better managers than the rest and they were actually very good posties.
They are unfortunately, the exception.
They are also dumped on from above on a regular basis which I don't think is a co-incidence.
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Homer
- Posts: 57
- Joined: 05 May 2007, 09:55
- Location: Burslem
Re: Progression.....
Start by treating your colleagues like S**t 
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Queeg500
- Posts: 37
- Joined: 22 Sep 2013, 11:24
- Gender: Male
Re: Progression.....
Some motivational tips that my manager lives by:
-Don't do today what you can put off until tomorrow.
-Work may appear attractive, but laziness gives satisfaction.
-It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you take regular fag breaks.
-Overtime does not exist, it is merely a construct of the employees mind.
-Deal with lazy workers by giving them easy jobs, use hard workers to take up the slack.
-Never confront difficult situations, everything will work itself out.
-Don't do today what you can put off until tomorrow.
-Work may appear attractive, but laziness gives satisfaction.
-It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you take regular fag breaks.
-Overtime does not exist, it is merely a construct of the employees mind.
-Deal with lazy workers by giving them easy jobs, use hard workers to take up the slack.
-Never confront difficult situations, everything will work itself out.
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CABANA83
- Posts: 34
- Joined: 06 May 2013, 14:02
- Gender: Male
Re: Progression.....
Have a thirst for coffee and a hunger for doughnuts.
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rubberbond
- Posts: 1497
- Joined: 24 Aug 2014, 16:03
- Gender: Male
Re: Progression.....
All of them? Or anyone in particular? Photographs might help.General Mannerheim wrote:sleep with them.![]()
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Mr_Pink
- Posts: 163
- Joined: 14 Jun 2013, 22:09
- Gender: Male
Re: Progression.....
We have one who's a bit of a floater between 3 offices, and is often seen out delivering cutoffs gone 6pm and back in at 4am the following day, gets treated like crap from his superiors - not sure why he does it tbh.pinstripe wrote: I have to say that 2 of the Linos in my office (one is Acting Lino) are actually better managers than the rest and they were actually very good posties.
They are unfortunately, the exception.
They are also dumped on from above on a regular basis which I don't think is a co-incidence.
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BarnsleyLackey
- Posts: 349
- Joined: 24 Aug 2011, 16:07
- Gender: Male
Re: Progression.....
I wouldn't bother mate. When the company has finished with us, they're going to start on the management. We've got a couple in our office, ponsing about with times and figures of what you should be doing and when, and basically enjoying themselves. They don't seem to understand that they're going to get burned as soon as the budget cuts come from above. "Oh! You don't want to go back walking? Then you know where the door is."RetroJunkie wrote:Something i will probably get slated for but here goes,what or how do you go about making any progressional steps towards management in this company?
any useful advice would be great
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GoingRoundTheBend
- Posts: 108
- Joined: 25 Jun 2014, 20:09
- Gender: Male
Re: Progression.....
you don't want to have photographic evidence it will scar your brainrubberbond wrote:All of them? Or anyone in particular? Photographs might help.General Mannerheim wrote:sleep with them.![]()
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rubberbond
- Posts: 1497
- Joined: 24 Aug 2014, 16:03
- Gender: Male
Re: Progression.....
Good point, I had flashbacks of some of the mousse(s) i have seen in my time here and it brought me out in a cold sweat,so I retract the statement. Some were so ugly, I am surprised they only had one headGoingRoundTheBend wrote:you don't want to have photographic evidence it will scar your brainrubberbond wrote:All of them? Or anyone in particular? Photographs might help.General Mannerheim wrote:sleep with them.![]()
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postielatic
- Posts: 14
- Joined: 01 May 2012, 19:26
- Gender: Male
Re: Progression.....
Become a women and enroll on springboard! They take anybody.
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rubberbond
- Posts: 1497
- Joined: 24 Aug 2014, 16:03
- Gender: Male
Re: Progression.....
Apart from men.postielatic wrote:Become a women and enroll on springboard! They take anybody.