Extra help at Mail Centres but not at Delivery Offices

[postiewhite]

The help is the reserves isn't it? Well it is at our office. Reserves dont have a duty in December so they take all the packets around in the vans in the afternoons. most postmen are pretty much leaving every parcel behind and only delivering mail hence finishing on time or upto 30-40 mins over some days.

[dvbuk55]

The help is the reserves isn't it? Well it is at our office. Reserves dont have a duty in December so they take all the packets around in the vans in the afternoons. most postmen are pretty much leaving every parcel behind and only delivering mail hence finishing on time or upto 30-40 mins over some days.

That's because there are no holidays allowed and the same must apply to MC so they too should have additional staff sans the casuals.

[wacko74]

The help is the reserves isn't it? Well it is at our office. Reserves dont have a duty in December so they take all the packets around in the vans in the afternoons. most postmen are pretty much leaving every parcel behind and only delivering mail hence finishing on time or upto 30-40 mins over some days.

4 reserves in our D.O. and we've currently got 2 staff on long term sick and 2 on light duties... so that accounts for the ''spare'' reserves over xmas!

[wacko74]

Im a casual and is working at a collection office, having spent the the past 2 years in MC's..

Coming to collections has been a real eye opener about the true royal mail. Hats off to you lot, you really do get put through the mill by idiot managers, who Hires these People???

It's a shame that ALL M.C. workers aren't made to do a stint on deliveries.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Im a casual and is working at a collection office, having spent the the past 2 years in MC's..

Coming to collections has been a real eye opener about the true royal mail. Hats off to you lot, you really do get put through the mill by idiot managers, who Hires these People???

It's a shame that ALL M.C. workers aren't made to do a stint on deliveries.

and the reverse. I think we could all learn a lot from each other.

[johnnyp]

Im a casual and is working at a collection office, having spent the the past 2 years in MC's..

Coming to collections has been a real eye opener about the true royal mail. Hats off to you lot, you really do get put through the mill by idiot managers, who Hires these People???

It's a shame that ALL M.C. workers aren't made to do a stint on deliveries.

and the reverse. I think we could all learn a lot from each other.

Agree having worked 26 years in delivery and coming up to 2 in a Mail Centre the difference between the 2 functions is vast.

[SpacePhoenix]

The help is the reserves isn't it? Well it is at our office. Reserves dont have a duty in December so they take all the packets around in the vans in the afternoons. most postmen are pretty much leaving every parcel behind and only delivering mail hence finishing on time or upto 30-40 mins over some days.

That's because there are no holidays allowed and the same must apply to MC so they too should have additional staff sans the casuals.

Yep, there's never been holidays allowed during xmas pressure in the time that I've worked for RM. In MCs over xmas pressure most shifts will probably doing both inward and outward where as normally earlies and lates do outward (but do DSA and Mailsort - inward) and nights do inward.