South African Post Office
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Challenging and interesting environment amazing people.

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After the pandemic everything changed no more challenges no growth employees lost hope many companies with monopolies small mail delivering companies

Pros

No allowence

Cons

Morning shift and afternoon shift
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Great experience

I’ve learnt a lot from them. As my first job they did a great job. My senior manager really contributed a lot in my career and having to meet him again at Absa it was a blessing because of the things he taught me along my walks of life
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Productive and growth

Nice to work there. Benefits are worth working there. Growth and development is something that you will get. Security and having a culture of safe working environment

Pros

Growth

Cons

Not enough projects
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Competitive and fun working environment

It was challenging because you have to finish your task and you find that at school there was no teachers it was bit difficult to deliver books during holidays but great experiences of travelling and knowing other places and different types of cultures

Pros

Free petrol

Cons

Long hours
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Post office should be privatized

I suggest that Post office to be privatized so that the culture can change and the company will start make profit and win the trust of the community back.
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It was a great opportunity for me to work at that company

If you are working for the big company you have to be dedicated to your job be on time always and prepare to go extra miles for your job, be ready to learn new skills each day
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Great experience

It was a great experience working there, I got to see clients face to face. Solving and helping people was a great honor. Tellers were patient teaching us
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Great place to work at.

Great place to work at. Good salary. Good work environment. Quiet at times but there's always work to be done or you can assist other departments too.
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productive , work under presure, no time waisting

work under presure from start to finish ,no time waisting must be productive,client handeling is most important,handeling personal according to bussines situation ,lunch ,leave ,time off ,etc

Pros

work security

Cons

lack of communication from management
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Productive and fun work place

i want to work again. i would like to come back again . I miss this place so much. Please let me know as soon as possible. I am deaf person which wears hearing aids in both ears.
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Robbery

At the Post Office you not really safe robberies happins but pour securities our Life is very much in danger but overall very good job just time for new opportunities
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The service they give to customers is excellent and professional.

The department I worked in, is the busiest especially on weekdays. I have learned to be patient with customers. Management and workers are like family.

Pros

No free lunches, everyone stick to their lunch time.

Cons

8 hrs during the day, 12 hrs night shift
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long working hours ( saturday)

Working environment was not conducive, very unproductive Poor management style Mail been delayed unnecessary Mail not delivered as per company slogan.

Pros

none

Cons

long hours on saturday
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Learn time management and to work under pressure

It was a fun environment but very strict when it comes to work. You need to be prepared for everything that might come up and avoid making mistakes especially unneccessary mistakes because you pay for it.

Pros

Fun

Cons

Long hours
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Challenging and have a space for an employee to grow through their ranks

They should install CCTV cameras because money get lost almost everyday from the tills. Meaning tellers still from each other. Tighten security levels. There are no securities on the doors though they have lots of money in the office Banking should be done everyday

Pros

Scoring 90% and above in the office on inspection

Cons

Difficult clients
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Great company for growth and stability.

South African Post Office is a great company to work for. Respect among workers, clients and management makes it a place enjoyable to find one's self in. Salary and benefits are good. There is a big room for growth because of the on going training provided by the company.

Pros

Free safety wear

Cons

Long discussions before agreement is reached on annual salary increases.
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Productive and fun

I enjoyed working at this company, the people, the salary was great I will go back if given an opportunity to be back at work. I do recommend working there.

Pros

Free gifts

Cons

Flaxable hours
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Productive

It is important to deal with the given task immediately is given to you rather than to wait because at the end of the day you end up not knowing where to start and where to end. To make my job first priority in life, always when I dont understand I ask cause maistakes cause company to lose money as we know office resources are expensive , working as a team helps a lot.

Pros

Free lunc

Cons

Long hours
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Productive and adaptable

They can use some new challenges into the workplace. Make more meetings with management and stuff to lay down all the concerns and complains from customers and find ways to fix them.

Pros

there Are glasses in between clients and consultants

Cons

Working seated, It gets really tiring, could use some moving around.
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A very hectic place to work at.

My typical day at work it was in 2014 whereby I have to help more than 387 customers alone in the office. On the pensioners day payments. I have to manage the queue and the cash in the same time. I was counting the cash using my hands because there was not cash counting machine. I closed the office so late at 18:00 evening. When it comes in management is was so difficult because my office was a single handed office meaning I was working alone as a Teller, as a Cashier and a Branch manager as well. I have learned how to manage cash and to control the queue. I have learned to manage time and my work. Customers enjoyed my services very much and they were even asking that how do I hope with such a lots of work like that because I have to serve them and respond to my email, opening the incoming mail, dispatching the mail, do a banking, opening the accounts, doing some enquiries for dormant accounts and closed accounts and also making a follow up for track and trace parcels alone.

Pros

sometimes a one hour lunch

Cons

long queues and long hours
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experiential

Learn as much as you can always be ready to learn new systems Always be willing to be located in different branches be ready to even manage a branch.

Pros

non

Cons

long hours
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Based on 154 reviews

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3,7 out of 5 stars for Work/Life Balance
3,5 out of 5 stars for Salary/Benefits
3,5 out of 5 stars for Job Security/Advancement
3,5 out of 5 stars for Management
3,6 out of 5 stars for Culture

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