slave wrote:The people that take vans home are probably the same people that used to run around and use their own cars on delivery!!
I say no, in my office a lot of people said no, not got vans yet though.
Not a chance I'm having the hassle of providing work with a parking space, the issue of security - lets see how many vans get broken into before RM stops vans at home!!
What about going on leave or sick - sounds like a lot of messing about...?
That's probably the most retarded sentence i've read on here and that's saying something. If you are allowed to take the van home then it's insured, it's not a company car as we're not taxed so it will be the same as a pool car system.
If you don't want to because of parking etc then fair enough, but don't make stupid statements like 'the people that take them home run around delivery'
And your reply is about as retarded as it gets too - you're obviously rather blinkered in your view of RM, one of the people that makes this job s**t.
So then, why is it stupid, come on gobby, why is it stupid to suggest people that run round now and use cars now would want vans to take home - all so they can continue running round and stick with that stupid idea of finishing early that has dropped us all right in the brown stuff... Why not drive back to the office in RM time, hand over keys, 739s blah etc all in works time and then leave the van at the office? Not rocket science is it?
I can't understand why anyone would see it as a benefit - it's purely for RM's benefit otherwise they would NOT have suggested it!!!!
I see UPS, DHL, TNT, and CityLink vans parked outside their drivers house overnight all the time (And their not owner franchise). Taking the van home really wouldn't bother me at all. Other couriers do It, why should it be such a problem for Royal Mail to do it to?
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It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been. My BFF Clash The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
once you take a van home it becomes your baby,Oil ,Water,Cleaning inside and out.If its outside your house!By the time your finished your shift,Postbox collections ,dropping off at the nearest mail-center(50 miles away )You will be lucky to get home for ten.That's why Royal Mail are pushing for later start times.In our office,on our section we have 7vans,4 of which are 400:s(big vans,crew/packet vans) Once the shared van comes in,six vans and 15 duties gone.
dvbuk55 wrote:I am not aware of any current reason for people taking vehicles home and the CDV rules for the new understanding is not a perk but because RM will not in some cases have sufficient parking space at the DO - and that is position taken by RM on taking vehicles home. It will not/should not be a free for all for exactly the same reason someone pointed out - cost.
I would refuse to take vans home, Don't help RM to cover their cock ups by taking vans home, make them find the space.
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I can't see RM letting people take home vehicles so they can go sick, get snowed in etc. and leave the operation a van down. Especially when vehicle quotas are being stretched to the limit!
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Bp1 wrote:I can't see RM letting people take home vehicles so they can go sick, get snowed in etc. and leave the operation a van down. Especially when vehicle quotas are being stretched to the limit!
We've had overnight retention of between 6 and 10 vans for years.
Bp1 wrote:I can't see RM letting people take home vehicles so they can go sick, get snowed in etc. and leave the operation a van down. Especially when vehicle quotas are being stretched to the limit!
We've had overnight retention of between 6 and 10 vans for years.
I stand corrected!
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