Christmas casual at Royal Mail

DevilWearsPrada

Hi,
I've just seen the royal mail advertising for a job as a christmas casual in my local area. Has any one done this job previously?
what i was wondering was what kind of hours do you have to work? nights/days? i'd be going for the part time role if i were too get it
they also say you have to be able to carry a certain amount of weight, is it really heavy? because i'm only little haha!

custardy

delivery or sorting?
you wont(shouldnt) be carrying over 16kg at a time
however bear in mind that could be 16KG climbing stairs/hills

viv0147

Go for it you will enjoy being paid to exercise, the bag may be heavy at the start but as you do your round it will become easier carry a few dog biscuits with you better for the dogs to eat them than you lol.
x-postman

DevilWearsPrada

custardy wrote: »

delivery or sorting?
you wont(shouldnt) be carrying over 16kg at a time
however bear in mind that could be 16KG climbing stairs/hills

Hi sorry i wasn't specific.. it's for sorting out the mail not delivering!

funkygal

DevilWearsPrada wrote: »

Hi,
I've just seen the royal mail advertising for a job as a christmas casual in my local area. Has any one done this job previously?
what i was wondering was what kind of hours do you have to work? nights/days? i'd be going for the part time role if i were too get it
they also say you have to be able to carry a certain amount of weight, is it really heavy? because i'm only little haha!

Hi,

I worked there last year at my local sorting centre part time. The hours I picked were 5:30pm till 9:30pm Monday to Friday. I had the chance to do overtime at the weekends sometimes too. I think you have to do Monday to Friday, not sure if this is specific to my local though.

DevilWearsPrada

funkygal wrote: »

Hi,

I worked there last year at my local sorting centre part time. The hours I picked were 5:30pm till 9:30pm Monday to Friday. I had the chance to do overtime at the weekends sometimes too. I think you have to do Monday to Friday, not sure if this is specific to my local though.

Thanks alot! :T

lynzpower

funkygal wrote: »

Hi,

I worked there last year at my local sorting centre part time. The hours I picked were 5:30pm till 9:30pm Monday to Friday. I had the chance to do overtime at the weekends sometimes too. I think you have to do Monday to Friday, not sure if this is specific to my local though.

Interesting, can you pick your hours everywhere. I can see my local one is also recruiting adn mornings are best for me, I can start from 5 any day but need to be somewhere else at 11 , 2 days a week.

if anyone can help with this I'd appreciate

custardy

lynzpower wrote: »

Interesting, can you pick your hours everywhere. I can see my local one is also recruiting adn mornings are best for me, I can start from 5 any day but need to be somewhere else at 11 , 2 days a week.

if anyone can help with this I'd appreciate

5am? you would need to look at delivery most likely
most of the mail centre work is done by 5am

funkygal

lynzpower wrote: »

Interesting, can you pick your hours everywhere. I can see my local one is also recruiting adn mornings are best for me, I can start from 5 any day but need to be somewhere else at 11 , 2 days a week.

if anyone can help with this I'd appreciate

Hi,
Sorry for any confusion but when I meant I picked those hours, they were the only option there was for part time hours. I don't think you can make up your hours. There was full time 1:30pm till 9:30pm and night shift and morning shift hours can't remember the hours. There were also two start dates to pick from, I think one in nov and one in dec.

lynzpower

custardy wrote: »

5am? you would need to look at delivery most likely
most of the mail centre work is done by 5am

Hi thanks for this, I have been to our local delivery office at 9 this mornign to collect a parcel and there were delivery staff just taking the trolleys out then, we dont usually get our mail till say 2pm.

I wouldnt be able to do these hours on 2 of the days per week as I have to be somewhere else at 11 and its half an hour from the sorting/delivery office...

Is there any roles for me would you think given these times, or no?

thanks in advance

custardy

lynzpower wrote: »

Hi thanks for this, I have been to our local delivery office at 9 this mornign to collect a parcel and there were delivery staff just taking the trolleys out then, we dont usually get our mail till say 2pm.

I wouldnt be able to do these hours on 2 of the days per week as I have to be somewhere else at 11 and its half an hour from the sorting/delivery office...

Is there any roles for me would you think given these times, or no?

thanks in advance

not in delivery i wouldnt think
you can ask, but RM arent interested in employing staff for the 'indoor work' and you arent going ot get much outdoor work done in that time