DOM called me into office

[postslippete]

Spying on your own work colleagues for the managers. How low can you go??


If your DOM is unhappy that you are both working past your time due to their office budget then it is high time the manager came up to you both and asked you if you thought you were going over for the day and by roughly how much - so that they can take some loops/packets off you.

That should be the next way forward

[eastie]

Did I say I was to spy on him
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[Kings Norton]

The DOM called me into the office as he has noticed that I have been going over daily since I have been working with a floater .
He asked me why I have been getting back later and I told him that my partner for the past 2 weeks (aged about 63) was slower than me and uses a trolley which he is entitled to do.
He asked me is he slow and I said it was more a case of me being faster than him as younger and faster leg speed and I asked him what does he mean by slow.
He then asked me if I helped him deliver some of his loops if I finished mine 1st and I said I did after I had finished the large parcels, boxes and specials as me being the driver.
The DOM wants me to write down where I am helping my partner and to give it to him at the end of the week.
I said to the DOM that I did not want to dob onone of my work collegues and felt uncomfortable about it
The DOM said that he had also done this with his previous people he had worked with on other weeks.
Don't know what other posters think about this and should I involve the union?

"He asked me is he slow" I cannot see any manager asking that question as they see for themselves indoors on the permormance of getting out of the office. If he did ask that I would have stopped right there and said "its the work load or the loops are not right" You have played right into his hands..

[Dorset Plodder]

If this guy is as canny as he appears to be, the older postie that is, then the manager may be hoisting his own petard. If the Manager does dismiss him for not being fast enough doing the job, hoping that he won't fight back because of the 2-year rule. Well, he might have a surprise as I believe age discrimination is automatically unfair and therefore doesn't have a 2-year limit.

I personally would refuse to report back, that is a coach's and a manager's job and is, in my opinion, not a reasonable request.

I agree. I didn't think they could discriminate on age, any more than colour or creed? After lifting the age for retirement I didn't think they could actually make you "Retire" if you didn't want to? Some of the Lazy Bastards in my Office could keep going for ever on their "Old Man's Duties" Ha Ha.

[walkthewalk]

The DOM called me into the office as he has noticed that I have been going over daily since I have been working with a floater .
He asked me why I have been getting back later and I told him that my partner for the past 2 weeks (aged about 63) was slower than me and uses a trolley which he is entitled to do.
He asked me is he slow and I said it was more a case of me being faster than him as younger and faster leg speed and I asked him what does he mean by slow.
He then asked me if I helped him deliver some of his loops if I finished mine 1st and I said I did after I had finished the large parcels, boxes and specials as me being the driver.
The DOM wants me to write down where I am helping my partner and to give it to him at the end of the week.
I said to the DOM that I did not want to dob onone of my work collegues and felt uncomfortable about it
The DOM said that he had also done this with his previous people he had worked with on other weeks.
Don't know what other posters think about this and should I involve the union?

What did the union steward say in your support when he was sat next to you?

[eastie]

Hes on annual leave

[walkthewalk]

Hes on annual leave

I get the feeling you're quite a nice chap hence the DOM taking advantage of you so my answer to your question is inform the union (area rep) who will then take control of the situation for you because the last thing you want is to be known as is a snitch because you will get NO support from the DOM at all he will hang you out to dry.

Also inform your colleague and fellow work colleagues as your DOM is not supporting Dignity Respect and Fairness.

[steve1873]

Tell him that you do not believe that this is a reasonable request, but that you will comply when given the instruction in writing, signed by both himself (DOM) and your local rep (area rep if no local rep).

Secondly, on the issue of overtime - if he/ she is not happy about the amount of overtime being claimed, then you have a simple solution to that - you will now not claim any overtime and as a result will be unable to complete your delivery.

[Pompey Boy]

Did I say I was to spy on him
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The DOM asked you to report on your opinion of the performance of a fellow worker. How is that not spying?