Royal Mail to hire record number of Christmas temps

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33,000 extra workers to help handle surge in parcels from online shopping

Royal Mail is to hire a record 33,000 temporary workers for the Christmas period – two-thirds more than usual – to handle the UK festive parcel frenzy triggered by the surge in online shopping.

 

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.....and here comes a record number of imcompetence

They are though reducing the pay rate as they have had unprecedented numbers of applications. Taking full advantage of peoples despair - they know people will have to accept it if they want to work.

Well I remember it in my student days.

This is very worrying. I know they need extra workers to get the post out, but the Mail Centre I work in isn't Covid secure as it is. Add another 200 - 300 people to that mix and it'll be a disaster.

all these people in crisis and dying of cover, millions on the run for poverty and political reason and we think spending ...lets buy nothing, celebrate each other and be together were we can and share food with homeless and the poor for a REAL Christmas. Love overdose this year!

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