so sad im leaving on ihr

[calpsy]

Best thing I ever done was taking IHR . Been out 2 years and loving it .

[Nondescript]

What job are you doing now calpsy?

[daveallum]

Best thing I ever done was taking IHR . Been out 2 years and loving it .

Been gone now 2.5 years and don't miss the job at all.I'm very happy to be a house husband as my wife is a nurse and does horrible shifts but it does mean that when something comes along that we both enjoy I don't have to worry about pleading for a day off.

Good luck to all you posties who are still working for RM.

[paulthepostie]

It's such a shame to read these comments and to hear how people are suffering. I am in the same boat and have been to various physio, consultant and hospital appointments. Things are not improving for me and i could be looking at going in the near future as i am struggling to do the job now.

I had ten years without any problems. Once theses revisions were brought in after a year i noticed my problems in my foot.

I was wondering if this a country wide problem or just our office, as we have so many people on rehab and with problems it's ridiculous!. I really hope for a better future in Royal Mail and hope for these issues to be addressed for all of our sakes, but i don't hold up much hope unfortunately.

As the guy said above, popping pills permanently and masking your problems is not the answer either.

[Bigdaddy13]

I was offered IHR yesterday, only 30 been in the job 8 years and have just had my second hip op! not exactly how I imaginged things would turn out but what do you expect with the work load we get! But a quick question to anyone who recieved IHR how long did the process take and what happend to the shares we got?

[TrueBlueTerrier]

what happend to the shares we got?

You keep them or sell them, as a good leaver (redundancy/retirement) you won't lose them.

[kirstyx]

Mine went on since June last year I went sick for 2 weeks came back but couldn't stick to the rehab plan so went sick again and was off for about 4 months since then I have had 4 rehab plans all failed I went on the functional restoration programme but that didn't help. I was asked to give permission for oh assist to get my medical records in January it took 4 weeks for that to happen I then had a call 2 weeks ago to book a appointment with the oh assist dr which happened on Wednesday last week and I had a meeting with my dom on Friday last week about it and he offered a adjusted duty which I couldn't do due to collecting children from school he then sent out a request to other offices but they had nothing for me so I had the final meeting yesterday with the dom who gave me ihr settlement offer and i signed it today and gave it in. My last day is going to be 28.3.15 but I do have 6 days leave owing so I may be going sooner. I myself am only 34 and im in a situation that even the physio has said that there is no quick fix and it may not improve. I only did the job for 3 years but since the revision last year and being stuck with a hct round in a town that is mainly on hills my knee just couldn't cope.

[Postal Postie II]

I also retired on IH grounds. It took a long time to finally admit that I just couldn't do the physical aspect of the job.

It was the right decision. I'm still in lots of pain but I don't have the stress of all the bureaucratic decisions at RM.

Don't get me wrong I loved being a postman but it was starting to become an unpleasant job and I do value job satisfaction.

[Darren Bent]

It would be interesting to see the stats for ihr nationwide over the past decade and what sort on injuries.

[Postal Postie II]

Mine was a car crash on my way to work. Not caused by the job.

[Spy]

Mine went on since June last year I went sick for 2 weeks came back but couldn't stick to the rehab plan so went sick again and was off for about 4 months since then I have had 4 rehab plans all failed I went on the functional restoration programme but that didn't help. I was asked to give permission for oh assist to get my medical records in January it took 4 weeks for that to happen I then had a call 2 weeks ago to book a appointment with the oh assist dr which happened on Wednesday last week and I had a meeting with my dom on Friday last week about it and he offered a adjusted duty which I couldn't do due to collecting children from school he then sent out a request to other offices but they had nothing for me so I had the final meeting yesterday with the dom who gave me ihr settlement offer and i signed it today and gave it in. My last day is going to be 28.3.15 but I do have 6 days leave owing so I may be going sooner. I myself am only 34 and im in a situation that even the physio has said that there is no quick fix and it may not improve. I only did the job for 3 years but since the revision last year and being stuck with a hct round in a town that is mainly on hills my knee just couldn't cope.

Have I read this right ?

You were given a high capacity trolley for " a hilly duty " ?

Depending on the gradients this duty possibly should have been a P & L duty.

All gradients should have been dealt with in road networking maintenance within the A-plus tool. This would determine whether the duty was viable using a HCT. I would suggest speaking to your A-plus champion or if possible the planner who worked on your revision to determine whether the correct delivery office method was applied.

If it wasn't there may be a better resolution than IHR.

[calpsy]

What job are you doing now calpsy?

Full time foster carer . Wifes been doing it for 14 odd years now so decided to help her out . Life is good

[Timelord]

Good luck Kirstyx, hope things improve for you when you are out.