Royal Mail

[iwbus]

Does anyone have any experience of working for Royal Mail? The website seems to show they pay fairly but there don't seem to be any jobs in my area (Isle of Wight).

[gucciman]

my brother has been with the royal mail for 10 years and he loves it. its an early start (5am) but as soon as you've done your round your finished and most days hes done by 11. the wages are good and he goes back in on the evenings for 2 hrs overtime driving the vans and emptying the postboxes.

[xrayspecs]

Since the post office was privatised, and subsequently lost the monopoly on parcel delivery, they no longer recruit on the scale they once did. Competition, and the need to turn a profit, has forced the PO to become leaner and more productive. This ultimately means that there are now fewer postal workers doing the same work. Many labour intensive activities have now either been trimmed to the bone in terms of staff numbers or put out to private contract. Time was when you could just write to the PO and get an interview. These days xmas is the only time they recriut significant numbers of extra staff, and these are only on short term contracts.