World Outside RM

[grandypants]

Retired nearly 2 years ago since then I started work with a well known supermarket stacking shelves, what a breath of fresh air, managers treat you with respect, no pressure and for what we do a decent hourly rate, I only work 20 @ week just to keep me active and I really enjoy the social side of it, so there is a decent side to being away from RM, btw I was there for over 20 years

[roadrunner bill]

Which super market.. .

[Cedar_Room]

Nice to hear some good news!

[greengiant]

Do you still get people coming in early unpaid to stack tomorrow's tins of peas?

[priority102]

Retired nearly 2 years ago since then I started work with a well known supermarket stacking shelves, what a breath of fresh air, managers treat you with respect, no pressure and for what we do a decent hourly rate, I only work 20 @ week just to keep me active and I really enjoy the social side of it, so there is a decent side to being away from RM, btw I was there for over 20 years

Snap. I left last year after 25 years, like most I suppose I was "institutionalised", thinking that life outside RM was unthinkable. How wrong I was.

Decent company/pay/terms and conditions, managers who realise that if you treat your employees with respect it yields huge returns, no pressure, weekends off, pleasant working atmosphere.

My only regret about leaving?......that I didn't do it sooner.

[chickenwittle]

Do you still get people coming in early unpaid to stack tomorrow's tins of peas?

Brilliant.

[Jpro747]

And we’re the ones with the union

[Jahpostie]

Once you've left you realise how sh#t it is at every level.

[NWpostie]

I've worked in different jobs before I started in RM, I do have experience of life out of RM, while working conditions can vary the money RM pays do compare very well with the private sector, it never used to be and you had to work overtime to make up some money, I needed a regular payslip to get a mortgage, in the end I'm glad I worked in RM when it really was a cushy job, not so much now, instead I'm marking time to retirement.

[Tman]

Though there always seems to be steady stream of returnees who clearly found that the grass most definitely was not greener.

[oypostie]

Though there always seems to be steady stream of returnees who clearly found that the grass most definitely was not greener.

Really !! Never had a single returnee in my office

[blacov]

I know a few but I guess if it wasn't for the pandemic ruining their jobs they would have never returned.

[POSTMAN]

Though there always seems to be steady stream of returnees who clearly found that the grass most definitely was not greener.

One or 2, maybe even more, but not a steady stream. But then it is YOU posting.

[Tman]

You're omnipresent in RM now?

[Sir Henry]

Really !! Never had a single returnee in my office

In all my years we have had ONE person attempt to return, he took no s**t from the screws so he was blackballed.

"Not enough experience" was the excuse!?