Wake up team, you are losing your staff

[POSTMAN]

Even ive started looking in case the sunday and 10am start time bollocks gets brought in.

You probably won't be missed.

Defo not lolol

Have some respect guys, he has his own 'morcomism'.

[2yearpostie]

Even ive started looking in case the sunday and 10am start time bollocks gets brought in.

You probably won't be missed.

Defo not lolol

Have some respect guys, he has his own 'morcomism'.

Not my fault you lot cant handle the truth and see whats coming down the track

[clashcityrocker]

All the right posts just not in the right forums.

[2yearpostie]

All the right posts just not in the right forums.

now your getting it.

[clashcityrocker]

I am silently correcting your grammar.

[2yearpostie]

I am silently correcting your grammar.

Should that be Grammer?

[Alatar]

I did 20 years and got a pin. Left nearly 3 years ago and am self employed, I couldn't go back to Royal Mail the stress is unbelievable.

[norris9]

Same at our place. Posties heading out the door weekly.

I am considering leaving too and I was hoping to be in the job for life. Job is too physical. In mild pain all the time. If they bring in long working days in the winter as they wish...I will be wrecked at the end of those days. It's not worth it. There are other delivery jobs such as being supermarket delivery drivers, they get paid similar to us and have a job which is probably less than 10% of the physicality of the job we do. They also finish early most days.

[RobertT]

Same at our place. Posties heading out the door weekly.

I am considering leaving too and I was hoping to be in the job for life. Job is too physical. In mild pain all the time. If they bring in long working days in the winter as they wish...I will be wrecked at the end of those days. It's not worth it. There are other delivery jobs such as being supermarket delivery drivers, they get paid similar to us and have a job which is probably less than 10% of the physicality of the job we do. They also finish early most days.

What's your definition of early?

I know of 2 people who've worked for large supermarkets delivering groceries, and they get home as late as midnight, if they're on the late shift.

[richietns]

And there on 2 or 3 pound less than us an hour which adds up over the week /month.

[no1postie]

dropping like flies, and not newbies, senior posties, never had so many cakes go round ! sad. i'm only hanging on cos close to retirement.

[Woody Guthrie]

And there on 2 or 3 pound less than us an hour which adds up over the week /month.

To be fair every pound is only 68p after tax and NI..
Just saying.

And I suspect their overtime rate is a lot higher than ours because everybody's is.

[SMS1969]

And there on 2 or 3 pound less than us an hour which adds up over the week /month.

To be fair every pound is only 68p after tax and NI..
Just saying.

And I suspect their overtime rate is a lot higher than ours because everybody's is.

No their overtime rate is the same as their normal hourly rate, the only enhancement is for Bank holidays.

[postieblueshirt]

And there on 2 or 3 pound less than us an hour which adds up over the week /month.

To be fair every pound is only 68p after tax and NI..
Just saying.

And I suspect their overtime rate is a lot higher than ours because everybody's is.

No their overtime rate is the same as their normal hourly rate, the only enhancement is for Bank holidays.

yeah and ours is lower than our normal hourly rate.

[RobertT]

To be fair every pound is only 68p after tax and NI..
Just saying.

Not every pound! Everyone can earn a certain amount before income tax and NIC's come into it.

It's actually 66.75p once the lower earnings thresholds for income tax and NIC's have both been reached.

At the moment those two thresholds are different, but the lower threshold for NIC's is due to increase to be equal that of income tax, in July.