Does anyone on here enjoy there work?

somerset · Post by **somerset** » 14 Apr 2008, 17:38

I only ask as all i seem to read is a load of moaners and people who want an arguement? I have been a postie for 12 years now and really enjoy the job. Okay i agree Leighton and crozier havn't been the best of leaders. Likewise the CWU.That is life.They are only after one thing in life and that is more Â£Â£Â£Â£. Get rid of them okay, but who would be next in charge? The point i am trying to make is that there are 4000 people on this site and over half wince about petty things.I agree i have learned a lot on here.But please lighten up and enjoy your job. If you don't like the job seek another?

madelin4 · Post by **madelin4** » 14 Apr 2008, 17:43

I enjoy it the way i look at it is there are worse jobs out there! Also a lot of low paid jobs i have been looking and even been offered but the wages are awful, just above the min wage! Unless we have a trade a really well paid job is hard to find unless you get lucky!

I enjoy the afternoons off, fair enough, fall asleep before everyone else , but i would not want to go back to 9-5 hours! I love the outdoors and the exercise we get, and i have my own walk which i really know and enjoy doing.

The only bit i hate is sorting and that is it. I do agree with you that we all should think about the positive and nice things about being a postie, i am just make the most of whatever time i have left with royal mail.

FellChair · Post by **FellChair** » 14 Apr 2008, 17:44

I think most people do enjoy it....it's just annoying knowing that it could be so much better though. And you have to admit over the last 5 years it has got a lot worse!

axeman · Post by **axeman** » 14 Apr 2008, 17:52

Most are well and truely pisse* off and are actively persuing a job outside of r.m got to admit the job is shite now and isn't going to get better what with later starts and all the crap we are getting from these self important lino's. Some posties who have been with r.m for over 15yrs are looking for jobs.

coaster · Post by **coaster** » 14 Apr 2008, 17:52

I enjoy it when I am approx 2-3 miles away from the DO

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 14 Apr 2008, 18:19

I actually think this is the best job I have ever had, including being in the forces. The camaraderie is brilliant, the work is rewarding, generally on deliveries people are happy to see you and appreciate the extra effort I sometimes make for them. In every job there are always bad points but they would have to go some way to tip the balance and force me to look elsewhere.

Perhaps being in Royal Mail is like being in the forces in one way, as one senior officer said to me once - "If the lads are moaning then they are happy. If they stop complaining then we are really in the s**t".

mrlovepantsuk · Post by **mrlovepantsuk** » 14 Apr 2008, 18:23

i enjoy it, especially when the sun is out, yes we are getting dumped on from a great height but if we all work together we can make it a better place to work.

and as for the pay, i think it is a very well paid job unlike a lot of people on here. i challenge anyone to go and find a job with equivilant pay where they get afternoons off, once they are on delivery are their own bosses and best of all have no trade because i have yet to find one.

johnnyp · Post by **johnnyp** » 14 Apr 2008, 18:46

I to enjoy my job and have just done 22 years this month

I had a couple of jobs before this one,but this is by far the one ive enjoyed most.Yes i do have days when i get the bollock ache,dont we all,but i have alot more good days then bad.Theres people in a lot worse state out there then us boys and girls,and i think about them when im pissed off and realize it aint that bad after all.

apple · Post by **apple** » 14 Apr 2008, 18:53

Think overall i like it, hate the office!! so much!! but when i am out on me round i am fine and happy!

like other posters quite well paid for a job where you don't need any quals
like i guess a lot of people have been looking around and when you do this you kinda take note of pay rates and such
plus 6 weeks of hols are nice!

Post by **Judgee** » 14 Apr 2008, 18:55

I enjoy the delivery side of it. Don't like the rest

mailroyaly · Post by **mailroyaly** » 14 Apr 2008, 19:00

This job was relatively stress free and pleasant up until this year.

2008 has just been one hassle after another.

You're right though, there are undoubtedly worse jobs out there.

Ask me again after the summer of flexin'

DirtyHarry · Post by **DirtyHarry** » 14 Apr 2008, 19:43

brisomerset wrote:I only ask as all i seem to read is a load of moaners and people who want an arguement? I have been a postie for 12 years now and really enjoy the job. Okay i agree Leighton and crozier havn't been the best of leaders. Likewise the CWU.That is life.They are only after one thing in life and that is more Â£Â£Â£Â£. Get rid of them okay, but who would be next in charge? The point i am trying to make is that there are 4000 people on this site and over half wince about petty things.I agree i have learned a lot on here.But please lighten up and enjoy your job. If you don't like the job seek another?

I used to enjoy my job, not anymore though.

Thanks to Tories stuck in a timewarp the job has become a chore. I'd leave Royal Mail
tomorrow if I could, but hey, bris me old mate, time for a reality check........THIS IS 21ST CENTURY BRITAIN, jobs are scarce, not as many around as
there was in the good old days when we were an industrial nation, hell man, if you walk into a jobcentre today, it'd frighten the life out of you, and for once
you'd rejoice that you're middle aged, and pity those who leave school this summer.

This Tory shite about, "if you don't like your job, get another one", is like most of the other shite Tories like to believe, it's all meaningless and makes
about as much sense as calling the likes of Lieton and Crazier, entrepreneurs.

Darren Bent · Post by **Darren Bent** » 14 Apr 2008, 20:04

Working outdoor is fine, job is ok, but don't like managers or office or sorting or doing it very heavy walks. Nothing is perfect. Like early finish and floating week off, but don't like early start.

Up Hill Down Hill · Post by **Up Hill Down Hill** » 14 Apr 2008, 21:43

All depends on how bus it is... If I'm finishing later than 12.30 then I get wound up

doveston · Post by **doveston** » 14 Apr 2008, 23:00

it's s**t and if you all know it is.

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Does anyone on here enjoy there work?

Does anyone on here enjoy there work?

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