Royal Mail seeks record number of staff to deal with Christmas ecommerce surge

By Hugh Radojev2020-10-26T07:08:00

The Royal Mail is looking to recruit a record number of temporary seasonal staff this year to help it deal with a surge in online orders heading into the festive period.

The reason for the leap in the numbers is due to the surge in ecommerce that has been driven by the pandemic with the majority of temporary staff being assigned to work in sorting offices, delivery vans and data centres.

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