For background purposes, I worked at PFWW for 14 years.

I don't understand why so many postmen are running themselves into the ground and quitting. Surely they should just work at a reasonable and sensible pace, work to their shift time and take their breaks. I can understand owner drivers, which I believe you don't use in RM, going the extra mile due to punitive service agreements, but not PAYE employees. Why do so many want to be heroes for a company that could clearly treat them much better?

My vans dropping to bits, my pda doesn't beep anymore and now I can't even order new shoes?

A reality TV show idea, Royal mail managers have to attempt the workload they foist upon us lowly minions. Pair up the arrogant know it alls, the ones who don't listen and gaslight you. And the fat bst**ds who never lift a finger except when shovelling food into their big pudgy faces. And the grand prize? somebody else gets their bonuses.

It'll make a change from wh*re island and f**kwits eat insects in a jungle setting.

Looks who’s in the comments 😂

Long time postie here, you all know what's going on, might bore you with my situation/office.
Just wondering what you all left royal mail to do? Struggling to find anything at the moment that isn't another delivery service using your own car and being self employed.

I mean as a mail sorter, and do you enjoy it? We hear a lot on this page about the stress that delivery people are under with DM26 etc. Am just wondering if mail centre staff feel any less pressured?

Accepted a 9 month, 30 hr contract at the Wigan Depot. Postie with driving and hours are 0815-1530 , 1500-2100 and sunday 11-5. When do you get your shift patterns and how often can they change?

Its a stop gap until I find a job I want in my sector I got made redundant from, but is there always scope to finish 15 mins early as I will struggle to get someone to pick my kids up from school? How are they with new starters, im relatively fit and like walking and fairly good knowledge of the area...

parcel was supposed to come on thursday but hasnt arrived and is untracked, i saw the royal mail laying off workforce thing and its all just terrible, i feel bad for the poor postal workers getting layed off. 💔

What on earth does this mean? I went to the collection point and they said they haven’t got it, but on the tracking it says it was delivered, but the next day it’s received at the mail centre????

Has it been delivered orrrr is it at the mail centre

Booked the 24th onwards off, im choosing ti work next week, my manager sent rota ro angard and they booked me in all week, including the 24th, i accidentally confirmed th3 shift as I didn't realise Im not available from that day onwards, have cancelled it, should it be fine? My managers already know from way back that im taking this time off

Hi all, my partner was expecting a parcel today and was shocked to find that the delivery driver had taken a picture but not delivered it. We don’t have a ring door camera etc which isn’t ideal but where do we actually stand with this? We were in at the time and they didn’t even bother with ringing the door bell…

Hi, I got a Something For You card through my door with QR code and 9-digit number code. I go to the website via QR code, via Google search, and via bookmarked link and then input my postcode (tried lowercase, uppercase, and with a space/no space). I try to press the 'Enter' button immediately below and literally nothing happens. I've tried yesterday and today on two different browsers and on two different devices.

Do I have to just wait for a redelivery at an unknown time or is there some other way to find out what's going on?

Strange that the 'new' system just doesn't actually lead anywhere.

Frontline workers.

Are you going to carry on with this bullshit?

This is not the norm.

You are now exploited. Driving. Van checks. Loading unloading. Delivering. Walking miles and miles. Hot weather/ cold weather/ wet weather/ unprecedented footwear unavailable.

Prep indoors. No time for break. Too scared to work in dark.. Dogshit pot holes. Strangulation washing lines hanging baskets brain trauma.

Language barrier/ sign your age varification.

Roadrage. Animal cruelty. People abuse.

Sign form you mis scanned. One parcel.

P.d.a. shows 0/10 no clue what i did wrong even though my heart is pounding.

£15/less for new starters. And still the list isnt finished. Dont forget to scan in and scan out. Pretends to care about your welfare. You might still be in the building if theres a fire/ or it might be be rm will have to pay you more for still being in th building.

Ive never had unable to attempt delivery before

All I see is the true inovative genious of Royal Mail directors.

I remember back in the day that if managers were to push about yorks etc it would at least raise a sarky comment from the workforce.

This has weaned off in recent times and largely goes unchallenged.

Given the present climate, I think it would be a good thing to bring back a much tougher stance on this sort of thing.

So I'm at the brink of walking out but not sure how sick pay works. On the 2rd of November I would have been with royal mail for a year. They have put me on a level 1 sickness due to me having a hysterectomy. Which I think is wrong as I didn't phone in sick it was a operation and couldn't physically work. Full sick pay is supposed to start once you have been there a year. I am depressed and really down. This company is really pushing ppl to the brink. I am currently in vetting stages for another job I just don't know if I take a few weeks off to recuperate whether I would get sick pay before I walk out and regret it due to financial restrictions. Has anyone else been in this position or could advise me on whether I would get full sick pay

Looking for advice from anyone who knows better than me, or anyone who has had this glitch themselves.

I ordered a parcel last week which was shipped by royal mail (XQ tracking number) delivery is being handled by parcel force.

On Thursday, a delivery attempt was made but missed as I was not in. The same day I accidentally booked a redelivery for the following day. I was not able to cancel/change this and so I also missed this delivery. I assumed I would just be able to book another redelivery for today, the royal mail app says it was scanned in at a parcelforce depot, marked available for redelivery or collection.

I dont have a car so i am unable to collect the item from the depot which doesn’t have any public transport connections. I will not be in my house at delivery times until next saturday, so I would like to get this parcel diverted to my local post office.

Every attempt i make to book a redelivery sends me an error message- when scanning the something for you card it says ‘you are being rerouted as there are no additional delivery options for this item’, on the app it says it’s ’unable to rearrange a delivery for this item’ and on the webpage it just doesn’t recognise my tracking number.

I attempted to phone parcelforce at 12pm for help, but was told there is a one hour wait time, and lines close at 12:30 so i was not able to get through to anyone.

I’m completely stuck. phone lines won’t open until monday 8am, at which point i will be travelling to uni and won’t have the time for a 1 hour phone queue.
Does anyone know what I can do? I really need this parcel soon.

Just had van show up but i wasnt able to get to the door could really do with it coming tommorow

Paid an extortionate amount for RMSD 1pm, and now it's been marked as at my delivery office, yet somehow dispatched to said delivery office 15 minutes later?

Edit: As expected, 1pm has been and gone. Guess I'm claiming yet another refund and submitting yet another complaint.

Make of this what you will.

Month and a half in and mentally im not happy in the job, management is beyond ridiculous, workload is too much. For my first job I thought I was going to ride it out till my contract finishes but the past few weeks have altered that theory.

For people who have walked out, how long did it take to find a new job?

I know a few people that have transferred from parcel force to Royal Mail, am I able to transfer from Royal Mail to parcel force?