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Whole offices doing the singleton 50/50 thing.

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Perseus
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Whole offices doing the singleton 50/50 thing.

Post by Perseus »

Anyone an idea how common this is as I've seen a few now on the 'app that shall not be named'.
Seems like this is the only environment where DM26 will work (singletons) - by making each currently manageable single duty slightly bigger but only doing 50% of all mail each day. Swap round next day.
yubin282
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Re: Whole offices doing the singleton 50/50 thing.

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Perseus wrote:
Today, 17:44
Anyone an idea how common this is as I've seen a few now on the 'app that shall not be named'.
Seems like this is the only environment where DM26 will work (singletons) - by making each currently manageable single duty slightly bigger but only doing 50% of all mail each day. Swap round next day.
its only the HCT duties doing that in our office
ted_e_bear
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Re: Whole offices doing the singleton 50/50 thing.

Post by ted_e_bear »

If there's a chance of this actually working why not simply roll it out to everyone, would that be a much simpler approach.

Increase each currently doable duty including singleton and hcts by a third which is equivalent of swallowing up 1 out of 4 duties so that's the 3 in 4 saving.

It should work for all types, hct, singleton, van share

Really simple no need for titting about between different frames and definitely no need for any more colourful charts.
yubin282
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Re: Whole offices doing the singleton 50/50 thing.

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ted_e_bear wrote:
48 minutes ago
If there's a chance of this actually working why not simply roll it out to everyone, would that be a much simpler approach.

Increase each currently doable duty including singleton and hcts by a third which is equivalent of swallowing up 1 out of 4 duties so that's the 3 in 4 saving.

It should work for all types, hct, singleton, van share

Really simple no need for titting about between different frames and definitely no need for any more colourful charts.
they sure do make a simple job difficult
Perseus
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Re: Whole offices doing the singleton 50/50 thing.

Post by Perseus »

ted_e_bear wrote:
48 minutes ago
If there's a chance of this actually working why not simply roll it out to everyone, would that be a much simpler approach.

Increase each currently doable duty including singleton and hcts by a third which is equivalent of swallowing up 1 out of 4 duties so that's the 3 in 4 saving.

It should work for all types, hct, singleton, van share

Really simple no need for titting about between different frames and definitely no need for any more colourful charts.
I fully agree. Duties are going to get stitched up otherwise with singleton duties which are staying the same - only doing 50/50, then apparently coming to help out.

Do it across the board.