Changing position from postperson to mail processor

Dagmara0903 · Post by **Dagmara0903** » 05 Oct 2018, 09:24

Hello,
Im starting job as a postwoman soon,really happy and excited,but I am just wondering ,is it easy to change career from being postperson to mail sorter?or moving from Delivery Office to Mail Centre ?And how long do I have to be a part of Royal Mail before I apply for a transfer ?

Post by **baldrick** » 06 Oct 2018, 08:14

It's highly unlikely, if not impossible, to transfer from deliveries to a Mail Centre. MCs are being increasingly mechanised and jobs are being cut.

Post by **SpacePhoenix** » 06 Oct 2018, 17:21

baldrick wrote:It's highly unlikely, if not impossible, to transfer from deliveries to a Mail Centre. MCs are being increasingly mechanised and jobs are being cut.

We're a long way away from it being mechanised, just read through the threads, the packet sorting machines have loads of stuff that they reject and there isn't really enough flats left to justify having any machine to sort them

Post by **baldrick** » 07 Oct 2018, 08:17

So are they taking on new staff or transfers from DOs at your MC? They weren't at MP as staff were being transferred from closing London MCs and evr/vrs offered every year.

Post by **SpacePhoenix** » 07 Oct 2018, 08:40

baldrick wrote:So are they taking on new staff or transfers from DOs at your MC? They weren't at MP as staff were being transferred from closing London MCs and evr/vrs offered every year.

Nope, they just use more casuals/agency. On the shift that I'm on if you ignore anyone transferring in from another shift or office then it's probably around 10 years since we last had anyone new (new to RM)

Post by **baldrick** » 08 Oct 2018, 08:08

Well that's what I meant. There are transfers if an office, MC or DO, closes. But it's highly unlikely that the OP would be able to transfer into an MC, unless her DO was to be closed.

Post by **SpacePhoenix** » 08 Oct 2018, 08:22

baldrick wrote:But it's highly unlikely that the OP would be able to transfer into an MC, unless her DO was to be closed.

Even if a DO was being closed and some staff moved to the MC I think chances are they'd have to go down to part time hours

Dagmara0903 · Post by **Dagmara0903** » 08 Oct 2018, 11:42

So its not that easy as I thought...Thank you guys for all replies.I am starting soon, I will try my best and we we will see what future will bring :)