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Post Office workers have proved to be crucial frontline workers during the pandemic. The most important attribute is honesty - it is a physical job that carries a lot of responsibility and requires sensitivity in dealing with the public (particularly when it comes to dealing with people who were...

It does happen but is a very rare occurrence - in my 20 years as a postie, and involving thousands of workers - there were two incidents. In both cases the people were sacked and charged - one got a custodial sentence. Stealing someone else's mail is considered a serious offence and has been...

And about time too - although part of the reason is because the pay and conditions are shite.

Do you know the pay rates for posties in England?

I know it was a joke too - but you would be surprised how that type of stuff can stick Don't know how it works in Brighton - but generally the delivery routes are allocated on seniority - the most senior postie gets to pick the route first and so on down the line. If your postie is changing...

The scale of theft in the post office is very low - it is a serious criminal offence to interfere with other peoples' mail Unless the postie has a written instruction to do so this is actually against the rules. Don't scapegoat the guy/girl if anything ever happened the stuff - they would lose...

Yes always - €20. I worked as a postie for nearly 20 years and I can tell you that it is a poorly paid and tough job (and worse in the UK than in Ireland) - they are treated like sh*t by management - out in all types of weather - are almost to a person very helpful - and you do not know how...