What would you do?

[robbertwhitton]

So on my 4th month on full sick pay awaiting date for hip replacement opp,(urgent)I do get there’s a pandemic to sort out,just getting my head round the options for me,and this job,have had a chat with boss and union rep,will be off a few months then hopefully fased back to work,and then they want to fix my injured knee with meniscus tear,so yet more time off,will/can Royal Mail tolerate this sick absence due to hospital operations,or put pressure on me to go after some 40 years.,half pay after 6 months etc etc:any thoughts guys/girls

[2yearpostie]

So on my 4th month on full sick pay awaiting date for hip replacement opp,(urgent)I do get there’s a pandemic to sort out,just getting my head round the options for me,and this job,have had a chat with boss and union rep,will be off a few months then hopefully fased back to work,and then they want to fix my injured knee with meniscus tear,so yet more time off,will/can Royal Mail tolerate this sick absence due to hospital operations,or put pressure on me to go after some 40 years.,half pay after 6 months etc etc:any thoughts guys/girls

Can you go for IHR? I think youve reached the age where you need an easier job on your joints, you dont want a retirement where you just turn to a vegetable watching tv do you?

[mags999]

surely you have been offered ihr we have had 3 or 4 leave in the last 18months for far less ailments

[derekm]

Think this has been discussed before Robert as twoyear postie said might be time to give your body a rest from this toil because it’s not going to get any easier. Try the ihr route see how you get on as for a vr who knows how those will go.

[iHateD2Ds]

I think you need to decide what’s best for you.
Some people would just call it a day and push for medical retirement
Others would want to work until they drop.

If you can afford to take retirement
Take it and enjoy life

[greengiant]

Perhaps have a chat with your union rep? Possible redeployment to an indoor job / nearest mail centre?

[SpacePhoenix]

Perhaps have a chat with your union rep? Possible redeployment to an indoor job / nearest mail centre?

You'd have to be prepared to go on earlies, lates or nights. On some shifts all the manual letters and flats sorting jobs might already be spoken for with the shift's own DDA cases

[greengiant]

Perhaps have a chat with your union rep? Possible redeployment to an indoor job / nearest mail centre?

You'd have to be prepared to go on earlies, lates or nights. On some shifts all the manual letters and flats sorting jobs might already be spoken for with the shift's own DDA cases

More than likely, but shy bairns get nowt as the saying goes.

[robbertwhitton]

Thanks for the replies,will just see how I feel and how Royal Mail are about it etc,and yes 40 years is a fair shift and the union guy said it won’t get better,and it’s me that’s important,thanks again,always nice to hear another view on it.we were talking about those we used to work with,jolly characters who always had a story from delivery,who are retired or no longer with us,makes you stop and think outside the rat race of work and it’s pitfalls,

[sfxdby]

greengiant is correct

[greengiant]

Some great answers there.
I absolutely couldn't stand the messing about. Having to deal with managers daily.
How much do you make in tips?
When you're adding up the £40 p/w for your hols.
I may well lose my round in a repick and have to reserve, but after that I would be knocking on the manager's door asking him to put the empty duties up for signing - til I got one. Any duty better than dealing with that.

I think you've replied to the wrong thread?

[General Mannerheim]

I'd leave.
But you sound like your institutionalized and can't have a life/future outside of Royal Mail.
Give somebody else younger a job and go and do some fishing or whatever you like to do, your body is telling you, you've done enough for this shitty company and it will only get worse.

[fly-catchers]

I'd leave.
But you sound like your institutionalized and can't have a life/future outside of Royal Mail.
Give somebody else younger a job and go and do some fishing or whatever you like to do, your body is telling you, you've done enough for this shitty company and it will only get worse.

Correct! I got stuck in a rut after hitting 60 and stayed on another 3 years! With One More Year in my mind. Since I left last November the only regret is not going sooner! RM as a company doesn't give a toss about you no matter how many years you have worked. It just gives them free publicly in the Courier comic where they can have a feel good over some mug who has done 50 years and never been sick once!

[robbertwhitton]

I'd leave.
But you sound like your institutionalized and can't have a life/future outside of Royal Mail.
Give somebody else younger a job and go and do some fishing or whatever you like to do, your body is telling you, you've done enough for this shitty company and it will only get worse.

Trust me I would leave,I do love my carp fishing,and the miss management in the office is so corrupt,and it certainly isn’t going to get any better,I have 3 more months on full pay and my hip operation due any minute as urgent,so will pull the trigger and go for I h r,thanks again for your help,you worded it exactly how I was thinking,stay safe

[General Mannerheim]

I'd leave.
But you sound like your institutionalized and can't have a life/future outside of Royal Mail.
Give somebody else younger a job and go and do some fishing or whatever you like to do, your body is telling you, you've done enough for this shitty company and it will only get worse.

Trust me I would leave,I do love my carp fishing,and the miss management in the office is so corrupt,and it certainly isn’t going to get any better,I have 3 more months on full pay and my hip operation due any minute as urgent,so will pull the trigger and go for I h r,thanks again for your help,you worded it exactly how I was thinking,stay safe

No worries Robert, thought it might come across as abrasive,if it has I'm sorry, but I've had yet another shitty day at work, I've always said i'd go when i turned 55 I have the cash saved and yet been having second thoughts until today, today was the straw that broke the camels back , i won't be talked to like that off some jumped up little twat who's younger than my two daughters , i guess when you've been here along time you really do get stuck in a rut and think that your respected or valuable to the company, your not and my health both physical and mental are more important than some shitty job.