Royal Mail FAQ
Have questions about working at Royal Mail? Read answers to frequently asked questions to help you make a choice before applying to a job or accepting a job offer.
Whether it's about compensation and benefits, culture and diversity, or you're curious to know more about the work environment, find out from employees what it's like to work at Royal Mail.
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31 January 2019
Does Royal Mail offer relocation assistance?
Pros
Good annual leave and benefits package, flexibility
Cons
Poor communication, poor planning and strategy
Good annual leave and benefits package, flexibility
31 January 2019
3 February 2020
Does Royal Mail have a pension plan?
Pros
Good employee benefits share scheme paid sick leave pension. Delivery can be exiting and challenging.
Cons
Be prepared to be micro managed.
Advice to Management
Look after your good managers.
Good employee benefits share scheme paid sick leave pension.
3 February 2020
29 January 2019
Does Royal Mail offer parental leave?
Pros
Great well recognized and trusted brand, generally great people and good support packages like private healthcare and maternity leave etc.
Cons
Slow to change, bureaucratic, diseconomies of scale, Royal Mail need to implement significant change if they are to keep up with competitors, however this is difficult to achieve whilst keeping the union happy
Advice to Management
Increase your appetite for risk, improve recruitment process and build solid internal technical team
Great well recognized and trusted brand, generally great people and good support packages like private healthcare and maternity leave etc.
29 January 2019
11 January 2019
Does Royal Mail offer a wellness program?
Pros
Career Development, Health and safety, pension
Cons
Working hours, unsociable hours, dogs
Advice to Management
Be fair
Career Development, Health and safety, pension
11 January 2019
3 January 2020
Does Royal Mail assist with or provide childcare?
Pros
Great for fitting round childcare
Cons
Hard going in bad weather and christmas rush
Great for fitting round childcare
3 January 2020
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