ANNOUNCEMENT : ALL OF ROYAL MAIL'S EMPLOYMENT POLICIES (AGREEMENTS) AT A GLANCE (Updated 2021)... HERE

ANNOUNCEMENT : PLEASE BE AWARE WE ARE NOT ON FACEBOOK AT ALL!

Work place coach

Postal workers discussion forum. Discuss the day to day life in a Blue Shirt.
robbertwhitton
Posts: 1132
Joined: 30 Aug 2010, 19:06
Gender: Male

Work place coach

Post by robbertwhitton »

Colleague has just got the job for our office after it’s been vacant for nearly a year,they never rush these things,seen and heard all the pros and cons related to this,just hoping it will bring certain people into line that get away with murder by being completely useless! What courses will he be put on ? What clout has he got
arnold cheshire
Posts: 5309
Joined: 14 Oct 2010, 21:28
Gender: Male
Location: england

Work place coach

Post by arnold cheshire »

robbertwhitton wrote:Colleague has just got the job for our office after it’s been vacant for nearly a year,they never rush these things,seen and heard all the pros and cons related to this,just hoping it will bring certain people into line that get away with murder by being completely useless! What courses will he be put on ? What clout has he got
clout none
Wornoutpostie
Posts: 100
Joined: 10 Dec 2016, 17:36
Gender: Male

Work place coach

Post by Wornoutpostie »

arnold cheshire wrote:
robbertwhitton wrote:Colleague has just got the job for our office after it’s been vacant for nearly a year,they never rush these things,seen and heard all the pros and cons related to this,just hoping it will bring certain people into line that get away with murder by being completely useless! What courses will he be put on ? What clout has he got
clout none
Yep..no clout whatsoever
Judgee
EX ROYAL MAIL
Posts: 2262
Joined: 23 Oct 2007, 15:18

Work place coach

Post by Judgee »

Your colleague will basically be a managers tea boy but at least they will get £30+ a week extra for making it! :roll:
Union what Union? Do we have a union?
tommyrep
Posts: 561
Joined: 28 Feb 2012, 21:57
Gender: Male

Work place coach

Post by tommyrep »

Judgee wrote:Your colleague will basically be a managers tea boy but at least they will get £30+ a week extra for making it! :roll:
Robbertwhitton.
And another voice for the ear of the manager to dob in those pesky shirkers ! you referred to !
Geez, why do people want to do the managers job for them, highlighting others failings !
Jpro747
Posts: 1342
Joined: 23 Dec 2012, 10:22
Gender: Male

Work place coach

Post by Jpro747 »

tommyrep wrote:
Judgee wrote:Your colleague will basically be a managers tea boy but at least they will get £30+ a week extra for making it! :roll:
Robbertwhitton.
And another voice for the ear of the manager to dob in those pesky shirkers ! you referred to !
Geez, why do people want to do the managers job for them, highlighting others failings !
Come on let’s not tar them all with the same brush. Some do a decent job and want to help people and make changes to the workplace for the better.
hothothot
EX ROYAL MAIL
Posts: 422
Joined: 06 Sep 2016, 13:15
Gender: Male

Work place coach

Post by hothothot »

You need to be a brown nosed arse licker and make sure you bring the Dom an apple everyday. 40 quid for basically doing sweet f all.
tommyrep
Posts: 561
Joined: 28 Feb 2012, 21:57
Gender: Male

Work place coach

Post by tommyrep »

Jpro747 wrote:
tommyrep wrote:
Judgee wrote:Your colleague will basically be a managers tea boy but at least they will get £30+ a week extra for making it! :roll:
Robbertwhitton.
And another voice for the ear of the manager to dob in those pesky shirkers ! you referred to !
Geez, why do people want to do the managers job for them, highlighting others failings !
Come on let’s not tar them all with the same brush. Some do a decent job and want to help people and make changes to the workplace for the better.
No doubt there are a few good apples out there !
From experience and that offered up on RMChat they are mostly devious sorts.
The selection process is proof of their true function. Many good people get over looked for less able people !
There is a lot of politics utilised, like, keeping some on side and not for their talents in teaching new starts the art of postal delivery work. In most units they are hugely under utilised. So yes it was and is jobs for the boys and a lot of extra money for nothing. Fact !
robbertwhitton
Posts: 1132
Joined: 30 Aug 2010, 19:06
Gender: Male

Work place coach

Post by robbertwhitton »

Thanks for the feedback,just as I thought,was just keen for someone to do do it and take the money,but seeing all he is supposed to do not sure it’s worth it,or will even find the time to do it,as usual it will be under resourced and won’t be able to be done properly,,we’re a small unit that just gets on with it and runs itself,with little interference from above,and like many other places far too efficient for our own good,
beanmuncha
Posts: 305
Joined: 21 Aug 2007, 23:11

Work place coach

Post by beanmuncha »

I am sorry but i think they should do away with coaches all together and pay people when they do the training, it would save a fortune.
This may anger some coaches but i personally know of 5 in different offices that do nothing at all and get £30+ a week.
It is the normal postie who trains the new comers and gets nothing for it.
I have 2 in my office and yes they good but never get asked to do anything so what is the point?
teesdale
MAIL CENTRES/PROCESSING
Posts: 430
Joined: 24 Nov 2007, 16:31

Work place coach

Post by teesdale »

Coaches doing nothing at Bristol now for months. Got one bloke getting coach money who hasn't even done the one week course. They got rid of team leaders so put him on coach money instead. He manages an area of 30 people for £39 a week. He is being shat on because they won't even make him an acting manager on £100 week. Probably is fraud by someone as he hasn't done the coach course.
Seymour Buts
Posts: 1148
Joined: 22 Jun 2017, 20:17
Gender: Male

Work place coach

Post by Seymour Buts »

I think they're actually a good thing, there's just too many of them in my opinion. There's 5 or 6 in my office and it's a relatively small unit!

There's 1 particular guy that's brilliant, he should be our Union Rep but he gave it up because of a few dicks in our office. Stands up to management, knows the ins and outs of everything and is on our side.
Chelseablue
Posts: 2222
Joined: 19 Aug 2013, 14:33
Gender: Female

Work place coach

Post by Chelseablue »

Same so much money wasted in our office nobody coached for months and if they do they are coached on the wpcs own duty lol instead of job they are going on. Still cant get my head around the huge amount of money this company are giving awAy for free . Helps if you are a brown noser , a grass, and devious.
kingeric
Posts: 133
Joined: 12 Jan 2013, 13:45
Gender: Male

Work place coach

Post by kingeric »

We have had no new staff trained for about a year.

A few months ago when had a new starter and both WPCs were on holiday that week so the new starter was trained by someone who wasn't being paid any extra for it.

Only in RM!
cpsteve
Posts: 699
Joined: 20 Apr 2016, 15:46
Gender: Male

Work place coach

Post by cpsteve »

New starts need help to get through the first few months the coach should be with them for that time doing the two duties, if you have another new start the coaching money should go to the postie who takes on the new start.