Good or bad job?

[DirtyHarry]

Used to be a great job. Plenty of recovery time, manageable workloads, great pension scheme, now all gone. Has gone from being the very best job I ever had, to being quite easily the worst job I've ever had. 4/5 hours delivering in all weathers, whatever the temperature, up hill, down dale, has taken it's toll on my poor old body.
Those that think the job is good now, even in its current parlous state, should have been doing it 20+ years ago. Without doubt it was indeed a grand company to work for.

[El-Bandito]

Being a Royal Mail postie is one of the better jobs in the UK just now. You speak to other private company employees and they will tell you exactly the same thing, too many managers not enough workers, though it's identical in the public sector also. Too many chiefs not enough indians. As a workforce we have major power due to the percentage of shares we 'own '. As a workforce and major shareholder our voices should be heard. Not only when have your say comes around every year but at agm meetings. Less management=less lies =less intimidation =more productively =more profit=better morale. The CWU should remember that. As a union we are strong. As a union and a major shareholder we are extremely strong.
@Dirtyharry I have been doing this job for over 20 years. As a walking postie. I accept that RM want me to do my full hours but I do not accept my integrity being questioned on a regular basis.

[jimmynailsalive]

it's better than a lot of non-skilled jobs but as someone else said, the pay for a part-timer and the wear and tear on your body against sitting in a decent paying call centre is 50/50.

There are better and worse jobs and there is no doubt the PLC are still trying to squeeze more out of each employee so a lot of the gripes are regarding the direction the job is going.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Since the advent of John Major this country has turned into a land of managers and quangos.

[worktotime]

I think the money is good the job is good compared to some jobs I have done harder work for min wage , BUT the only problem I see is the clowns that run it from top to bottom who make the job unberiable and unmanageable everyday.

[foxyjarvis]

Have Royal Mail commissioned independent research into what long term effect using the bigger HCT's and longer delivery spans have on a postie's body. My call is Royal Mail are privy to this information or should be as a responsible employer and this wilful physical impairment will result in a class law suit.

[motherhubbard]

.. and this wilful physical impairment will result in a class law suit.

Class law suits for HCT use.
Class law suits for skin cancer.

How many barrack room lawyers do we now have on RMC?
Should they perhaps be allowed a separate colour and forum?

[foxyjarvis]

The way my body is starting to creak I will probably have to retrain. Thanks for the career tip, hope ur happy with ur own.

[Darren Bent]

i think it is a good job but also a bad job

Good Job
exercise
Meeting people
Meeting lovely dogs
weekly pay
working outdoors
floating week off perks
Finishing early if it is quiet day
Christmas tips
Seeing pretty ladies in nightie (if you are lucky enough)
plenty of overtime.


Bad Job
working in rains/too hot day/snowy weather
Wednesdays
Managers
Absorption/Lapsing
booking time off is hard especially if you want day off or time off in peak time.
working 6 days a week
Doors to Doors
Parcel hell in Christmas
Angry dogs
Working in bad areas
Too much stress on body with workload.
Poor career progressions options.

[Bishbashbbosh]

Working in a good call centre? I can't imagine being bored out of my brain in a call centre all day talking the same spiel to hundreds of customers! Being a postman maybe harder work on the body, but it is good exercise and by far much more enjoyable... Even in the rain

[POSTMAN]

150,000 or whatever posties,150,000 or whatever different opinions.
All have various reasons for their reasons.
No one is right,no one is wrong.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Working in a good call centre? I can't imagine being bored out of my brain in a call centre all day talking the same spiel to hundreds of customers! Being a postman maybe harder work on the body, but it is good exercise and by far much more enjoyable... Even in the rain

Amen to that call centre working is sould destroying wether cold calling or taking complaints/orders. You start making up games to pass the time.

[RetroJunkie]

ruined by increasing workloads & running it more and more on a shoestring til the point where u don't know where it will end

[postslippete]

Ah its good to be grateful...



Back to the time when I was sticking happy birthday's on cakes when I was 18 for barely £3.50 an hour (I lasted at least 3 months); I guess this job I got now is a lot better, even though it does challenge me as well some days...

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Best Job I have ever had.