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Postal workers discussion forum. Discuss the day to day life in a Blue Shirt.
robbertwhitton
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Post by robbertwhitton »

Seem to me it continues to be a minefield,to understand what policies and procedures are adopted on here with the job,with overtime,cut off bringing mail back,etc etc,especially new entrants starting,what stuff are they told,I’m thinking there not told too much,and deal with things as they arise,pretty poor way of going about it,
Sir Henry
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Post by Sir Henry »

Have in the past floated an idea about printing off a newbie's survival guide highlighting the egregious lies and behaviour of certain RM employees. It was kicked upstairs and disappeared without a trace, along with o/t rota, employee forum etc etc.
"A third of the world's farmland is now useless due to soil degradation, yet we still keep producing mouths to feed. And what's you answer to that? Energy saving lightbulbs?"
Trail
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Post by Trail »

robbertwhitton wrote:Seem to me it continues to be a minefield,to understand what policies and procedures are adopted on here with the job,with overtime,cut off bringing mail back,etc etc,especially new entrants starting,what stuff are they told,I’m thinking there not told too much,and deal with things as they arise,pretty poor way of going about it,
When I started I was told nothing.
SpacePhoenix
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Post by SpacePhoenix »

There was a link to some sort of newbie survival guide posted a few months back, can't remember the name of the thread it was posted in
Navalron
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Post by Navalron »

Sir Henry wrote:Have in the past floated an idea about printing off a newbie's survival guide highlighting the egregious lies and behaviour of certain RM employees. It was kicked upstairs and disappeared without a trace, along with o/t rota, employee forum etc etc.
Sir Henry, that's a great idea mate.... But whoever does it shall have to make sure any advice is 100% correct.. Does the union not have anything like that, because going back to when I started in sure I was given something from the union for new members, over and above the normal welcome pack. :thumbup
Celgar
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Post by Celgar »

Would have to be careful giving out that kind of information lest you suffered the same fate as the postie who let his customers know about the D2D opt out.
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yellowbelly
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Post by yellowbelly »

SpacePhoenix wrote:There was a link to some sort of newbie survival guide posted a few months back, can't remember the name of the thread it was posted in

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