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Progression.....

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RetroJunkie
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Gender: Female

Progression.....

Post by RetroJunkie »

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 :cuppa
General Mannerheim
EX ROYAL MAIL
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Location: Stalag 17

Re: Progression.....

Post by General Mannerheim »

sleep with them. :oops: :nervous
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rhino49
EX ROYAL MAIL
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Joined: 04 Jun 2007, 21:50
Gender: Male
Location: At home with my feet up

Re: Progression.....

Post by rhino49 »

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
We wish to serve - but we will not be servile
ebbzie
Posts: 660
Joined: 14 Jun 2011, 17:22
Gender: Male

Re: Progression.....

Post by ebbzie »

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 :cuppa
Be absolutely useless at being a postman ,then you will soon get moved into management
pinstripe
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Joined: 25 May 2007, 16:42
Gender: Male
Location: 2 left turns from reality

Re: Progression.....

Post by pinstripe »

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.
Homer
Posts: 57
Joined: 05 May 2007, 09:55
Location: Burslem

Re: Progression.....

Post by Homer »

Start by treating your colleagues like S**t :crazy:
Queeg500
Posts: 37
Joined: 22 Sep 2013, 11:24
Gender: Male

Re: Progression.....

Post by Queeg500 »

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.
CABANA83
Posts: 34
Joined: 06 May 2013, 14:02
Gender: Male

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Post by CABANA83 »

Have a thirst for coffee and a hunger for doughnuts.
rubberbond
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Joined: 24 Aug 2014, 16:03
Gender: Male

Re: Progression.....

Post by rubberbond »

General Mannerheim wrote:sleep with them. :oops: :nervous
All of them? Or anyone in particular? Photographs might help.
Mr_Pink
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Joined: 14 Jun 2013, 22:09
Gender: Male

Re: Progression.....

Post by Mr_Pink »

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.
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.
BarnsleyLackey
Posts: 349
Joined: 24 Aug 2011, 16:07
Gender: Male

Re: Progression.....

Post by BarnsleyLackey »

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 :cuppa
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."
GoingRoundTheBend
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Joined: 25 Jun 2014, 20:09
Gender: Male

Re: Progression.....

Post by GoingRoundTheBend »

rubberbond wrote:
General Mannerheim wrote:sleep with them. :oops: :nervous
All of them? Or anyone in particular? Photographs might help.
you don't want to have photographic evidence it will scar your brain :so there
rubberbond
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Re: Progression.....

Post by rubberbond »

GoingRoundTheBend wrote:
rubberbond wrote:
General Mannerheim wrote:sleep with them. :oops: :nervous
All of them? Or anyone in particular? Photographs might help.
you don't want to have photographic evidence it will scar your brain :so there
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 head
postielatic
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Joined: 01 May 2012, 19:26
Gender: Male

Re: Progression.....

Post by postielatic »

Become a women and enroll on springboard! They take anybody.
rubberbond
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Post by rubberbond »

postielatic wrote:Become a women and enroll on springboard! They take anybody.
Apart from men.