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references & CRB check

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lorri66
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references & CRB check

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My son has just got a Postie job offered and a lady rang this morning asking him health questions, she then said a CRB check would be done & that can take 14days and after this he will hear about a start date. As yet no one has asked him who his references are for the job! he has put his previous employment down but it doesn't ask any names of managers or directors etc. Do RM take references?
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I am posting in right place for an answer or do I need to put in different part of forum? new on here.
thanks
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As a Moderator - No your fine its okay in here. :Very Happy - welcome as well

As an employee - I provided 2 references at my actual interview, but they were never contacted - I know this as I am still in touch with both even now. If he has passed on details of previous employment they may contact them for a generic reference but I wouldn't worry about it. To be honest with the rules and regulations about giving references I don't think many companies even bother with them any more.
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They never used my references
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OK thanks. Hopefully it wont take too long before he starts! though now all his info they put about the job & what happens next on the summary page of the login has disappeared so he has emailed to see whats happened.
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He's a lazy sod,get his arse on here,he'll need us anyway. :Very Happy

Oh and you can forget him tidying his room from now on,what with the early-ish starts. Image
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?? what is that sort of reply? sorry but I was just finding out stuff and then get told my son is a lazy s** and rubbish about him not tidying his room.

wont bother again with anymore questions as I am not wanting this sort of response. Thanks to those that did help though
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lorri66 wrote:?? what is that sort of reply? sorry but I was just finding out stuff and then get told my son is a lazy s** and rubbish about him not tidying his room.

wont bother again with anymore questions as I am not wanting this sort of response. Thanks to those that did help though
tell him dont start i cant stand the place
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lorri66 wrote:?? what is that sort of reply? sorry but I was just finding out stuff and then get told my son is a lazy s** and rubbish about him not tidying his room.

wont bother again with anymore questions as I am not wanting this sort of response. Thanks to those that did help though
It was said in jest Lorri 66,I am quite sure, you obviously easily take offence but might I suggest you put the posts in perspective.
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Don't forget to send him to work with a mug for his tea:

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ok in jest, but as new person it takes a while to understand how it works i guess! I dont take offence easily as a rule but only really wanted sensible answers initially to help us understand the process.
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Is it RM employing him or Angard?
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RM, he siad he's received email that they are just doing CRB checks then will get start date.
I never realised that the Postmen are so unhappy in their jobs.
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lorri66 wrote:RM, he siad he's received email that they are just doing CRB checks then will get start date.
I never realised that the Postmen are so unhappy in their jobs.

Well in truth it is usually the long servers who have become disgruntled with the style of management and what we consider to be a denigration of the service, which as a customer you must have noticed. New starters will only be aware of the service as it is now and will have to put up with "old lags" moaning on a daily basis.
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:nervous

Who's got me coat. :oops:
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It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
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The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.