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Morale

Postal workers discussion forum. Discuss the day to day life in a Blue Shirt.
noggin1969
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Post by noggin1969 »

Well th
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FirstPost
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Post by FirstPost »

3 in a week! :crazy:
cpsteve
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Post by cpsteve »

lotto winners
robbertwhitton
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Post by robbertwhitton »

We have plenty of morale in our office,sadly though it’s a tad on the low side,office banter just about keeps us sane,in a well divided office,half are the bosses minions who are blinkered to think that there early starts and finishing is going to last forever,while us others start and work to time to keep the average time up so as to not rock the already sinking boat,inconsistency and lack of leadership reign supreme ,but maybe it’s me just been here too long,and get somewhat deflated at the horror stories on this chat.
fb1969
EX ROYAL MAIL
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Post by fb1969 »

If the virus hadn't caused load of job losses I'd be gone by now. As it is I'm just about hanging on.

At the moment I'm worried about getting another job, but there all be a point where the risk is worth it.
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Jpro747
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Post by Jpro747 »

As low as it gets in our office. Coming in to two or three days worth of mail. Slaughtered with packets. Lapsing. Daily arguments with manager over workload, many are pressured into working over. Social distancing impossible. I despise going in now. I’m guessing it’s all being done on purpose to force out the old full timers.
enzio1272
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Post by enzio1272 »

Can’t say for every where, but I believe that morale has been dropping for a long while now.
The issue that Concerns me the most is the divide of staff.
I never known I bigger split in those that want to and accept that this is just a job and just work there time most days and then there are ones who feel the need to start early and basically run round all the time.
Both groups resent the other and this causes unrest.
The ones who just want to work there time constantly being compared by mangers to people who start up to 30 minutes early and willing to work there break.
On the other side the others feel that they need to start before there time to cope with mangers demands on there work time.
When realistically the mangers are the only ones winning.
Though this is just my thoughts though.
scoobydo79
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Post by scoobydo79 »

noggin1969 wrote:Well that was the 3rd resignation of the week this morning. Followed the usual non RM approved standard of " Stick your f*****g job up your a**e " procedure. I know RM don't care as it just cuts the head count. But how bad has morale got to be in this economic climate for people to just blow and jack it in ?
That’s a shame. It’s better I have learnt to just roll with the punches.
yubin282
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Post by yubin282 »

Morale is pretty much the same - not too bad not too good either.

Personally i'm loving it, do what i can in my work time then go home.
HA1
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Post by HA1 »

If people want to leave let them. The job is a good job, just lazy people don’t want to work.
Celgar
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Post by Celgar »

HA1 wrote:If people want to leave let them. The job is a good job, just lazy people don’t want to work.
Yes its a good job and I still enjoy it. But the company is being run really badly at the top. Look what is happening in Brutish Airways at the moment as regards how they treat their staff - they haven't been treating their customers fairly either in recent times. The guy in charge of RM is connected with the current ideology in BA as regards staff/company relations. Staff morale in RM has been in the gutter for as long as I can remember. I don't foresee that changing any time soon.
The views I express here are mine alone and do not represent the views of Royal Mail Group.
SpacePhoenix
MAIL CENTRES/PROCESSING
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Post by SpacePhoenix »

When you think of how many people have already lost their jobs and how many more will lose their jobs when the furlough ends, at least we have got jobs
k979aaa
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Post by k979aaa »

I would not call this a good job anymore but it is a job and if managers who castigate their staff and bully them the best thing you can do is drag them down as well with you we all know piss poor managers so I condone this action.
GRS
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Post by GRS »

One of the biggest problems in RM is that people for some odd reason are so bothered about what others are doing or not doing, it is a constant stream from some people. They seem to work themselves up into a right stew over piddly little things, by the time they’ve gone round to their mates to whisper their views into each other’s ears they’ve wound themselves right up. A lot of the time I’m sure it’s a smokescreen, if you make a big enough fuss about others it hides what you’re really up to yourself. Wonder if other workplaces are so bad for this.
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Post by TrueBlueTerrier »

HA1 wrote:If people want to leave let them. The job is a good job, just lazy people don’t want to work.

.... and trolls will be trolls.

An easy way to spot them is when they make sweeping statements without qualifying or explaining their position, its almost as though getting a reaction is the reason for posting, rather than wanting to debate an interesting topic.
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