4 months on, i'm a whole lot happier

[krussel]

Its nice to hear people leave and are happier. Its what life's all about.

I ve known 4 Posties over the years who used to be bus drivers all were good blokes.

[Lounge Lizard]

Its nice to hear people leave and are happier. Its what life's all about.

I ve known 4 Posties over the years who used to be bus drivers all were good blokes.

- indeed, just like the bus driver that pulled out to avoid a pram.

[kingeric]

Good luck. I left bus driving to become a postman. There is absolutely no stress in this job compared to driving a bus. I loved my first year driving a bus. The next 3 were torture. Shifts became a pain, working sundays, late weekend shifts with drunks, fools on the road the list goes on.

I've been at royal mail a few years now and know I'll be home at 3/4 everyday at the latest and finally get to spend time with my family. But I know a few bus drivers who came off the post years ago and prefer the dry driving job than getting cold and wet every day. I suppose it depends on each individual.

[Dalelad]

Good luck. I left bus driving to become a postman. There is absolutely no stress in this job compared to driving a bus. I loved my first year driving a bus. The next 3 were torture. Shifts became a pain, working sundays, late weekend shifts with drunks, fools on the road the list goes on.

I've been at royal mail a few years now and know I'll be home at 3/4 everyday at the latest and finally get to spend time with my family. But I know a few bus drivers who came off the post years ago and prefer the dry driving job than getting cold and wet every day. I suppose it depends on each individual.

Thanks. Yeah, I expereinced the same at RM. There were a few ex bus drivers there but I also know of a few posties that left to become bus drivers. All part timers like myself. Reason for leaving was full time employment and greater job security. The full time postie is a dying breed unfortunately. Once they've all gone, all posties will be part time. Even if RM did decide to start making a few part timers up to full time, the waiting list would be long, due to the old fashioned seniority system they adopt. I do miss being a postie sometimes but then I think to myself "I'm a permanent, full time employee now". Theres no substitute for that. Then when its freezing cold and chucking it down and I drive past a postie trundling along with his trolley, I think to myself,"could be worse". Im 36 now so gotta long time til retirement. The main aim of taking this job was a means to an end. There'll always be a need for bus drivers. I have a career for life now. Like any job, there'll be good days and bad days. I just hope my story inspires a few more ambitious part timers to fly the nest that is RM. Its a big world out there and there are good full time opportunities out there if you're prepared to try something different.

[Lounge Lizard]

Good luck. I left bus driving to become a postman. There is absolutely no stress in this job compared to driving a bus. I loved my first year driving a bus. The next 3 were torture. Shifts became a pain, working sundays, late weekend shifts with drunks, fools on the road the list goes on.

I've been at royal mail a few years now and know I'll be home at 3/4 everyday at the latest and finally get to spend time with my family. But I know a few bus drivers who came off the post years ago and prefer the dry driving job than getting cold and wet every day. I suppose it depends on each individual.

Thanks. Yeah, I expereinced the same at RM. There were a few ex bus drivers there but I also know of a few posties that left to become bus drivers. All part timers like myself. Reason for leaving was full time employment and greater job security. The full time postie is a dying breed unfortunately. Once they've all gone, all posties will be part time. Even if RM did decide to start making a few part timers up to full time, the waiting list would be long, due to the old fashioned seniority system they adopt. I do miss being a postie sometimes but then I think to myself "I'm a permanent, full time employee now". Theres no substitute for that. Then when its freezing cold and chucking it down and I drive past a postie trundling along with his trolley, I think to myself,"could be worse". Im 36 now so gotta long time til retirement. The main aim of taking this job was a means to an end. There'll always be a need for bus drivers. I have a career for life now. Like any job, there'll be good days and bad days. I just hope my story inspires a few more ambitious part timers to fly the nest that is RM. Its a big world out there and there are good full time opportunities out there if you're prepared to try something different.

"The full time postie is a dying breed unfortunately" although it doesn't seem long since the CWU got a commitment from Royal Mail about being mostly full time.
"There'll always be a need for bus drivers" because few people were daft enough to take notice of Thatcher saying that a man in his thirties using a bus can consider himself a failure.

[clashcityrocker]

Perhaps this one should have stuck to the vans?
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[Lounge Lizard]

Perhaps this one should have stuck to the vans?
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/stu ... vi-AA8G4Yg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Clash,
That was a waste of three minutes. I thought I was going to see that old building behind the bus collapse.

[Lounge Lizard]

Don't get me wrong, if I was full time or was guaranteed to be full time one day, I would have stuck it out. Apart from all the carp we have to put up with from the line managers and dim, when u get out there on the road its not all that bad. But unfortunately RM have gone down this employment route and now they have installed a revolving door. People start there part time under the illusion that one day they'll get a full time job. After being there a while u soon realise that this will never be the case. So you hammer the O/T to try and fill the void. Then RM employ a load more part timers and O/T dries up. That is then the kick up the backside u need to find a new career. I urge any part timer out there to just keep an eye out for opportunities. Nothing ventured nothing gained and all that.

Daley,
Can you benefit from overnight retention of the bus like we do with the vans ?