Leaving RM to go back to my old company

[miles_peters]

some of the D2D designs should be illegal. I think their should be strict guide lines as to the size, shape and material of D2D's

[cantonkid1955]

afternoon all

a few thoughts on my part and any responses appreciated, i left my old company where i was a transmitter specialist climbing transmitters and fitting point to point wireless rural internet because i wanted to get off the climbing game and on to terra firma and joined royal mail 5 months ago, i like the job apart from van sharing and the ammount of door to doors :), but this whole union strike thing and Rico Back thing has got me thinking, is he really as bad as his apparent reputation, could there be 0 hour contracts and massive job losses, RM as we know it torn to shreds, im a part timer on 25 hours, at the beginning i was hoping at some point to be made up to full time but i read thats unlikely for the future, anyway my old company called me this weekend and asked if id have a chat with them about returning, less of the climbing and more of a technical role back on my original salary which is nearly double what im getting here, basically what im asking is what does everyone think the future of RM looks like with Rico, the union, striking etc, im extremely tempted to go back.

thanks all

Its a no brainer..why are you even asking?

[ted_e_bear]

Don't take this the wrong way, but I can't understand for the life of me why you left what seems like a skilled, interesting, well paid career where I imagine you had a lot of autonomy and independence in your typical working day, with room for progression or other roles within that industry.... to come and do this s**t!

I agree van share and d2d's are the two worst aspects of the job, luckily I don't do van share and usually only get 3 lots of d2d's at the most, but if either of those situations changed considerably I'd jack this job in.

If you've got doubts now after 5 months of light summer mail volumes and pleasant summer weather then you're going to hate the job after the next 5 months of ''autumn pressure'' then ''Christmas pressure'' and the grim winter weather.

I totally agree with wacko74 but I'll add...from the middle of November onwards people start to order Xmas presents and it gets really busy with parcels,this strange phenomenon takes RM completely by surprise every year and as such you'll be overwhelmed with work including loads of d2ds right up to Xmas Eve when hopefully it stops, during this festive period everybody else you encounter will be winding down workwise whilst you're working your tits off,don't worry though you get Xmas day/boxing day & new years day off although as a reserve you'll no doubt be allocated 2 of these as your days off. Sorry if this sounds a bit negative but it's telling it like it is !

[Interested-seeker]

i welcome all comments and i appreciate it as its a lot to think about, the climbing side they now have another engineer doing so my role would be the technical side setting up and sorting everything for these transmitters and customers, the money is a lot better and no weekend work at all, my concerns about RM being a part timer is were going to be the ones that suffer first at the hands of Rico Back at the moment its OK im doing 30 to 35 hours a week however in the future when and if things reduce ill be back down to 25 in no time and my old company who i did really like working for have given me this opportunity, maybe i should take it, i cant see any negatives with taking it but i can see positives, theres alot of angry posties at the depot right now about the strike action and the future most think there is no future under RIco its hard not to listen lol

Go back to your old company. It is more money and you have weekends off as well as security. You would be a mad man not to to back to it.

[postiewhite]

If I had a 'lifeline' i'd be off. Royal Mail treat their staff like crap sometimes, we have people off with stress and zero counselling on it as they just want you to get back to work. Managers get richer on the back of the hard working staff that never gets a thank you. The job will only get harder and longer, there are big changes coming and it wont benefit staff.

[Edward Hunter]

If you are a walking postman, this job, with delivery spans as they are, will cripple you in the end. I dont think its a sustainable job now over a prolonged period of time. Very few get out in one piece lol. And chances are things are probably getting worse.