Want a transfer from London to Birmingham

Zeeshan · Post by **Zeeshan** » 05 May 2016, 13:43

Hi all,

I just want to transfer myself from London JMC to anywhere in Birmingham.

Can someone please update me if is there any vaccany there internally in their royal mail office.

Currently working on 20 hrs contract late shift.

Thanks

JeremyFisher · Post by **JeremyFisher** » 06 May 2016, 07:09

Hate to say it, but unless the terms are the same as yours RM don't really do transfers anymore, at least that's what I was told.

You have to look on the RM jobs page and look for a job, if you're permanent and the vacancy is temp. you won't be eligible.

Darren Bent · Post by **Darren Bent** » 06 May 2016, 19:53

Check out Walsall as I was told they are hiring from a friend but not sure about it.

Chewster · Post by **Chewster** » 06 May 2016, 21:33

I was always told (by actual posties, not managers) that if you want a transfer then your best bet is to actually go to the office you want to go to and ask them yourself. A lady in my office asked the manager for MONTHS for a transfer to be told no each time. She went to the office and question, they said yes, and it was all sorted

Darren Bent · Post by **Darren Bent** » 06 May 2016, 22:12

Just go to the local delivery office and ask them rather than rely on managers.

Lou84 · Post by **Lou84** » 08 May 2016, 18:28

As previously said your better off going into or contacting local offices to see if they have vacancies.

I got a transfer almost a year ago now but had to do everything and pretty much type the email for my manager to send.

Good luck !

a.day21 · Post by **a.day21** » 12 May 2016, 14:42

The first thing to understand is that if you are relying on your manager to do any of the leg work for you, you will probably end up disappointed. What incentive does he have to let you go? All it means is that he has to hire and train a new member of staff, which takes time and costs money, neither of which are ideal at the moment when offices are continuously being pressured to get more out of their staff and slash the wage bill...

The best way to go about things is to begin by looking on the website at where there are vacancies (there is a map you can view, and new vacancies are posted most days), and drive to any offices that would suit you and talk to the DOM personally (if he's there of course). I know this is pretty inconvenient, but it is the best way to get it done. If you can't visit the offices personally, you can try phoning them, but you will most likely have to get a manager to find the number for you on the database, and even then, you will be lucky if someone actually answers the phone. You can try emailing them if you like, but DOMs get a ton of emails every day, so you'll be extremely lucky to get a response. It's worth noting that if you see a vacancy that suits you, contact them ASAP, because vacancies get posted and removed extremely quickly if they get a lot of applicants.

Technically this isn't how you are "meant" to go about getting a transfer (as one office told me when I asked them about it), but it's how things get done in reality!