Standard of new starters

[Shaugi]

Doesn't RM ever think that if they paid better they would increase the quality of people applying and improve staff retention?

100%

Some of the guys I've worked with have adopted the attitude of 'quiet quitting' or just doing the minimum required because they feel that they are on inferior contracts.

They(we) are on inferior contacts and were promised equalisation. Instead we got out higher OT rate, the one redeeming thing, taken off us in return for going 6p/hour closer to the legacy rate.

We've had a couple of nepotism hires....one is truly useless. Applied for an open duty and got it. Doesn't clear, gets her mum to take oversized parcel to be added to the DPR cos she thinks as a WPC she has authority to chuck stuff onto the vans.

Also had a diabetic guy in his early 60s looking for an easy wind down before retiring. Told the manager at the interview he's fine with walking cos he takes his dog out for 20mins a day
He got 4 days training on an HCT duty, came back 20 mins after the guy training him, red faced and absolutely ruined.
Next day the manager came to ask how he was getting on and he just said its not for him and walked out.

[FirstPost]

One new start on their first day done three loops that the wpc gave them, completed them then left as their feet were in agony

[FirstPost]

Theres been multiple new starts quitting once they realise they have to work Saturdays/Sundays, do they not get told this at interview stage?

[SpacePhoenix]

Theres been multiple new starts quitting once they realise they have to work Saturdays/Sundays, do they not get told this at interview stage?

You would have thought that RM would have mentioned that on the job advert

[TopperGas]

Theres been multiple new starts quitting once they realise they have to work Saturdays/Sundays, do they not get told this at interview stage?

You would have thought that RM would have mentioned that on the job advert

They probably wouldn't get any interest if they did

[Mr Rush]

Theres been multiple new starts quitting once they realise they have to work Saturdays/Sundays, do they not get told this at interview stage?

You would have thought that RM would have mentioned that on the job advert

They probably wouldn't get any interest if they did

Fair enough if no-one mentioned it, but surely people are reading their contracts before signing them?

[ted_e_bear]

Theres been multiple new starts quitting once they realise they have to work Saturdays/Sundays, do they not get told this at interview stage?

You would have thought that RM would have mentioned that on the job advert

They do exactly that, have a look

https://careers.royalmailgroup.com/gb/e ... rting-jobs

[stevejm]

We have a new start who has trouble finding the numbers in a straight up-straight down street. On more 'complex' streets he's phoned up the DOM to say he's lost and can't find the van - his partner is getting stressed - what used to be an easier walk now sees the partner doing 70% of the work and going over every day.

[qwerty2]

Theres been multiple new starts quitting once they realise they have to work Saturdays/Sundays, do they not get told this at interview stage?

You would have thought that RM would have mentioned that on the job advert

They do exactly that, have a look

https://careers.royalmailgroup.com/gb/e ... rting-jobs

Same ones have been up for weeks!!