Parcels through the roof, Mondays now very busy

[SpacePhoenix]

I think the majority of packet yorks coming into the office are purple/white labels rather than red PSM.

Whoever is working the former is reponsible for plenty of stuff going into damage bags. 'Sorry your fragile item was crushed. It wasn't me that put three 20kg Amazon packets on top of it.'

I wonder if your local MC might end up having it's PSM removed. If that much of the packets arriving at the DO have been sorted by a hub rather than a PSM, then RM can't be getting much value for money out of the PSMs.

[Mr Rush]

I think the majority of packet yorks coming into the office are purple/white labels rather than red PSM.

I wonder if your local MC might end up having it's PSM removed. If that much of the packets arriving at the DO have been sorted by a hub rather than a PSM, then RM can't be getting much value for money out of the PSMs.

If most of it is coming from the distant SuperDuperHubs then that would certainly explain the abysmal arrival times. To put a number on it, I reckon PSM yorks are around a tenth at lowest. In terms of volume though, red labels are stuffed with hundreds of small packets whereas there might only be two microwaves and a dart board in a purple/white one.

[Trumanity]

I think the majority of packet yorks coming into the office are purple/white labels rather than red PSM.

I wonder if your local MC might end up having it's PSM removed. If that much of the packets arriving at the DO have been sorted by a hub rather than a PSM, then RM can't be getting much value for money out of the PSMs.

If most of it is coming from the distant SuperDuperHubs then that would certainly explain the abysmal arrival times. To put a number on it, I reckon PSM yorks are around a tenth at lowest. In terms of volume though, red labels are stuffed with hundreds of small packets whereas there might only be two microwaves and a dart board in a purple/white one.

...and still they'll be losing millions

[dazzler123]

Stopped trying to make sense of this company a while ago. They just make it up as go along anyway

[blacov]

The only lightish day left is Tuesday. Monday being on par with Wednesday. From Wednesday onwards it doesn't really drop. This is the heaviest summer since covid lockdowns.

[BigSacks]

It’s good for jobs that parcel contracts are being won but as Ren says above, the company really has to realise that increased business must mean increased workload.

It doesn’t get done by magic. Perhaps if there was some attempt by senior management at addressing this situation it may go a long way.

I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the business no longer announce/celebrate the new contracts.

[TopperGas]

It’s good for jobs that parcel contracts are being won but as Ren says above, the company really has to realise that increased business must mean increased workload.

It doesn’t get done by magic. Perhaps if there was some attempt by senior management at addressing this situation it may go a long way.

I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the business no longer announce/celebrate the new contracts.

They are addressing the situation by reducing staff number whilst doubling the number of letters/D2D's we deliver each day and also removing the DPR duties, all with the agreement of OFCOM. Nobody seems to say "hang on how is this possible if RM are already failing the USO targets?"

[neviboss]

I'd love 60 tracked items, everyday I have a minimum of 90, someday it's 125 and above, and I'm solo, not on a vanshare!

[Mickeybrowneyes]

This must be one of the reasons the trials are failing.
Parcels never seem to dip anymore yet managers are told to make summer savings.
Should be resourcing to workload not the temperature.
Work isn't dropping, getting heavier in anything.
September onwards should be interesting.

[qwerty2]

This must be one of the reasons the trials are failing.
Parcels never seem to dip anymore yet managers are told to make summer savings.
Should be resourcing to workload not the temperature.
Work isn't dropping, getting heavier in anything.
September onwards should be interesting.

See what happens during the school holidays

[The Postman]

I'd love 60 tracked items, everyday I have a minimum of 90, someday it's 125 and above, and I'm solo, not on a vanshare!

I was about to say this. I'm 120 on average per day on a singleton. Can be anywhere up to 180 on the busy days.

[norris9]

I'd love 60 tracked items, everyday I have a minimum of 90, someday it's 125 and above, and I'm solo, not on a vanshare!

I was about to say this. I'm 120 on average per day on a singleton. Can be anywhere up to 180 on the busy days.

So what was the average before? or has this been normal for years for you?

[Mickeybrowneyes]

I'd love 60 tracked items, everyday I have a minimum of 90, someday it's 125 and above, and I'm solo, not on a vanshare!

I was about to say this. I'm 120 on average per day on a singleton. Can be anywhere up to 180 on the busy days.

Amazon drivers don't even do that amount without the letters.
Not sustainable.
Needs addressing.

[postslippete]

This must be one of the reasons the trials are failing.
Parcels never seem to dip anymore yet managers are told to make summer savings.
Should be resourcing to workload not the temperature.
Work isn't dropping, getting heavier in anything.
September onwards should be interesting.

We are not a trial office but we are already feeling the squeeze as if we were. We are expected to do more with less, and now duties are overstretched, walks are unfinished, and mail’s sitting in frames while management keeps pushing parcels as the only priority. If this is what it is like outside the pilot - what’s coming in September once the reform push steps up is going to be another level.

The system’s already creaking and senior management as usual are doing diddly squat. That means that COMs are resorting to bullying tactics and pressure to try and plug the gaps instead and that's not good. I would even argue that what is happening might even be deliberate - a ploy to drive legacy staff out of the business.

[norris9]

This must be one of the reasons the trials are failing.
Parcels never seem to dip anymore yet managers are told to make summer savings.
Should be resourcing to workload not the temperature.
Work isn't dropping, getting heavier in anything.
September onwards should be interesting.

That means that COMs are resorting to bullying tactics and pressure to try and plug the gaps instead and that's not good. I would even argue that what is happening might even be deliberate - a ploy to drive legacy staff out of the business.

Counter this by going off with stress. See how they like it when they don't have you at all and then also have to have meetings with you alongside a union rep to explain why they are fabricating that you are slow. Ask them to prove you are actually slow....they won't be able to.