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Royal Mail
From 605 job reviews
Why does Royal Mail get a rating of 6.6?
- Easy to take sick leave
- No unpaid extra work
- Good for students
- Breaks are paid
- People get sick pay
- No short notice shift changes
- Paid accurately
- Good for parents
- People get proper breaks
- Enough training
- Well informed about head office
- People arenβt stressed
- Managers are respectful
- People recommend their team
- Not easy to change shifts
- Hard to choose shifts
- Not easy to book holiday
- No career progression
- Less than 4 weeks notice of shifts
- Head office doesnβt understand the frontline
Based on 605 job reviews
About
Royal Mail is the British postal service. They're known for their bright red pillar post boxes.
Pay ranges
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Β£10.72β12.54 per hour
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Β£13.55β20.00 per hour
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Β£10.69β12.59 per hour
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Β£14.00β14.97 per hour
Handy to know
How much notice do people get of their shifts?
Based on 531 employees
What contracts are people on?
Based on 494 employees
How are people paid?
Based on 605 employees
How often do people get paid?
Based on 537 employees
Featured Royal Mail job reviews
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Best thing
The ease of my daily tasks, most work just requires you to use common sense. Iβm left on my own or with my colleagues to get on with my work, so I find that the management is very laid back. Also the flexibility, start times and lengths of my shifts are available to change around the clock. The people I work with are easy going and good people, which makes my working days better. Lastly the job pays well.
Worst thing
The lack of responsibility mainly, although this is good because it reduces stress, I feel as if my voice isnβt heard by Royal Mail. For example, if I have suggestions on how I think the workplace could be improved I highly doubt my thoughts would be considered. There is a big lack of progress, no job openings seem to be available for a permanent position within my site, regardless of whether this is a job within the sorting centre or offices.
Mail sorter, December 2020
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Best thing
The people, good pay
Worst thing
Haphazard management, lazy workers not taken to account. We're paid the same but some people literally do nothing and turn up late, yet nothing happens. When a contractual hour increase is available it goes to whomever is there longest (fine) but if you have the same start date whomever is oldest gets the job regardless of skill. Age discrimination. Holiday pay discrimination
Sorter, August 2020
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Best thing
I work at night so work alone as long as you do the job you can do the duties in whichever order you like you get to meet people from all over the world and when you go home in the morning these hardly any traffic on the road
Worst thing
Cleaning the toilets people putting rubbish in the wrong places the manager never replies back to you you have to ring text and take pictures on your phone as prove
Cleaner, August 2020