What to expect from Royal Mail on leaving

[Redshadow]

Hi I have a condition job offer with another company going through at the moment (not getting to excited untill it becomes unconditional)
I am wondering if I will be owed anything by R.M on exit (holiday pay) etc
Will I have an exit interview?
That kind of thing
Thanks

[dudek05]

You will be owed holiday pay if you have used less leave than your pro rata accrued leave at final day of service. Would suggest you screen shot your balance as they often accidentally on purpose forget to pay outstanding leave owed.

[Mr Rush]

Will I have an exit interview?

Hopefully. Be sure to tell them how they've completely screwed this entire job up.

[fadetogrey63]

There's no end of job interview, nothing at all from manager or Royal mail.. Just goodbye and on to the next newbie to be thrown into the chaos.. you will get any holiday pay owed or and hours they still owe you..

[Mcclinton]

You may owe them if you have taken too much holiday pro rata, which they will expect you to pay back. No leaving interview, let’s be honest if you are on a legacy contract they just want you out the door!

[ted_e_bear]

As per other replies yes you should receive any outstanding pro rata holiday pay, I think there is supposed to be some sort of exit interview/conversation with your manager but in reality that probably won't happen as they couldn't give a f**k.

[PH75]

There's no end of job interview, nothing at all from manager or Royal mail.. Just goodbye and on to the next newbie to be thrown into the chaos.. you will get any holiday pay owed or and hours they still owe you..

I also had nothing at all from my Manager, no messages, or a chat to ask why, just a message from him through the union rep saying that if I wanted to go, I could go immediately. So I did. I was quite surprised how I was treated, and the poor experience as a new starter is an understatement

[fadetogrey63]

There's no end of job interview, nothing at all from manager or Royal mail.. Just goodbye and on to the next newbie to be thrown into the chaos.. you will get any holiday pay owed or and hours they still owe you..

I also had nothing at all from my Manager, no messages, or a chat to ask why, just a message from him through the union rep saying that if I wanted to go, I could go immediately. So I did. I was quite surprised how I was treated, and the poor experience as a new starter is an understatement

You didn't have to work your months notice?

[Redshadow]

Regarding holiday pay,I am trying to understand how many weeks I will have earn't,we have picked our full 5 weeks for 2026/27
So will I have zero pay owed to me as we are at the start of a new holiday year or will I have five weeks owed as I have already put in the hours to get my weeks?
Our office lists our time in hours rather than days or weeks so it all a bit confusing tbh

[Valentina@1]

You must be joking right?…..you obviously don’t get 5 weeks

[ted_e_bear]

Regarding holiday pay,I am trying to understand how many weeks I will have earn't,we have picked our full 5 weeks for 2026/27
So will I have zero pay owed to me as we are at the start of a new holiday year or will I have five weeks owed as I have already put in the hours to get my weeks?
Our office lists our time in hours rather than days or weeks so it all a bit confusing tbh

Assuming you've taken all this years leave you'll be owed nothing if you left this week as you don't start to accrue it until next week, so I think for example if you had to stay until the end of April then presumably you'd be owed approximately a 12th of your entitlement.

[2chorizon]

They will bill you for your uniform if you do not bring it all in to work and hand it over.

Make sure you do this and get a witness or a signature for it.

Not sure how strict they are in DO’s but this absolutely happens in MC’s and also having to pay back any annual leave you may have taken and not accrued (if you leave part way through the year)

There is no “week in hand” either so you go with nothing if your lucky
or you get a bill for uniform and un accrued leave if you are unlucky.

[qwerty2]

They will bill you for your uniform if you do not bring it all in to work and hand it over.

Make sure you do this and get a witness or a signature for it.

Not sure how strict they are in DO’s but this absolutely happens in MC’s and also having to pay back any annual leave you may have taken and not accrued (if you leave part way through the year)

There is no “week in hand” either so you go with nothing if your lucky
or you get a bill for uniform and un accrued leave if you are unlucky.

20+ years never brought old uniform back = told to chuck it in the bin

[ted_e_bear]

You must be joking right?…..you obviously don’t get 5 weeks

If you've done 15 years it's 5 weeks 1 day

[ted_e_bear]

They will bill you for your uniform if you do not bring it all in to work and hand it over.

Make sure you do this and get a witness or a signature for it.

Not sure how strict they are in DO’s but this absolutely happens in MC’s and also having to pay back any annual leave you may have taken and not accrued (if you leave part way through the year)

There is no “week in hand” either so you go with nothing if your lucky
or you get a bill for uniform and un accrued leave if you are unlucky.

So how do they determine which/how many items of uniform you have to return ?