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Reverting back to 37 hour week .

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chickenwittle
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Reverting back to 37 hour week .

Post by chickenwittle »

As the title says , do we revert back to our normal hours again from Monday 25th March ? Pretty sure I remember that date being mentioned a while back , would be nice if the CWU could give us some kind of update rather than the radio silence we constantly get.
SMS1969
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Re: Reverting back to 37 hour week .

Post by SMS1969 »

We were told today that the usual hours start on Monday next week.
We will have four weeks of that, then starting 15 minutes later on April 22nd.
sindba
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Re: Reverting back to 37 hour week .

Post by sindba »

I don't get what's going on with these hours.

I thought we were doing-
6 months mid season (Jan-June)
3 months low season (July-Sep)
3 months high season (Oct, Nov, Dec)

Why is it changing every few weeks?
kazardaimenu
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Re: Reverting back to 37 hour week .

Post by kazardaimenu »

They make it up as they go along and then come December they will say right! now you are working 41 hour weeks until crimbo!
sindba
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Re: Reverting back to 37 hour week .

Post by sindba »

Well so far it just seems to mean I'm booking extended overtime every single day, instead of just Christmas and busy days.
qwerty2
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Re: Reverting back to 37 hour week .

Post by qwerty2 »

kazardaimenu wrote:
21 Mar 2024, 16:52
They make it up as they go along and then come December they will say right! now you are working 41 hour weeks until crimbo!
Think this was their plan all along - less OT and agency staff
ted_e_bear
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Re: Reverting back to 37 hour week .

Post by ted_e_bear »

qwerty2 wrote:
21 Mar 2024, 17:01
kazardaimenu wrote:
21 Mar 2024, 16:52
They make it up as they go along and then come December they will say right! now you are working 41 hour weeks until crimbo!
Think this was their plan all along - less OT and agency staff
Me too
Philbag70
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Re: Reverting back to 37 hour week .

Post by Philbag70 »

sindba wrote:
21 Mar 2024, 16:48
I don't get what's going on with these hours.

I thought we were doing-
6 months mid season (Jan-June)
3 months low season (July-Sep)
3 months high season (Oct, Nov, Dec)

Why is it changing every few weeks?
Because they're intentionally bamboozling people in an effort to get more free work out of them...
Either that or they have no idea what they're doing.
So they're incompetent or deceitful....take your pick
clashcityrocker
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Re: Reverting back to 37 hour week .

Post by clashcityrocker »

sindba wrote:
21 Mar 2024, 16:48

Why is it changing every few weeks?
People were unhappy that the extra hours were worked before getting anything back.
People were unhappy about carrying owed hours over into the new holiday year.
Traffic dictated that it was possible to recoup some of the hours now.
The societies of consumption and squandering of material resources are incompatible with the idea of economic growth and a clean planet.
DGH
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Re: Reverting back to 37 hour week .

Post by DGH »

Philbag70 wrote:
21 Mar 2024, 17:09
Because they're intentionally bamboozling people in an effort to get more free work out of them...
Either that or they have no idea what they're doing.
So they're incompetent or deceitful....take your pick
These are not mutually exclusive options . . .
TopperGas
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Re: Reverting back to 37 hour week .

Post by TopperGas »

I wouldn't be surprised if somebody warned RM it would be an accounting nightmare for them to owe us hours across financial & tax years, as it seems a bit convenient we're now all square, hours wise, just as the financial year ends?
CarryingMGMT
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Re: Reverting back to 37 hour week .

Post by CarryingMGMT »

TopperGas wrote:
21 Mar 2024, 20:22
I wouldn't be surprised if somebody warned RM it would be an accounting nightmare for them to owe us hours across financial & tax years, as it seems a bit convenient we're now all square, hours wise, just as the financial year ends?
Yup. Better make more money next year, or else...
sindba
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Re: Reverting back to 37 hour week .

Post by sindba »

clashcityrocker wrote:
21 Mar 2024, 18:05
sindba wrote:
21 Mar 2024, 16:48

Why is it changing every few weeks?
People were unhappy that the extra hours were worked before getting anything back.
People were unhappy about carrying owed hours over into the new holiday year.
Traffic dictated that it was possible to recoup some of the hours now.
So this is just a one-off re-coup of hours then we'll go to predictable, set times throughout the year?

Or is there no permanent times and they'll forever just make it up "as traffic allows"?
guardianangel
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Re: Reverting back to 37 hour week .

Post by guardianangel »

TopperGas wrote:
21 Mar 2024, 20:22
I wouldn't be surprised if somebody warned RM it would be an accounting nightmare for them to owe us hours across financial & tax years, as it seems a bit convenient we're now all square, hours wise, just as the financial year ends?
I dont think we are square yet.
guardianangel
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Re: Reverting back to 37 hour week .

Post by guardianangel »

clashcityrocker wrote:
21 Mar 2024, 18:05
sindba wrote:
21 Mar 2024, 16:48

Why is it changing every few weeks?
People were unhappy that the extra hours were worked before getting anything back.
People were unhappy about carrying owed hours over into the new holiday year.
Traffic dictated that it was possible to recoup some of the hours now.
:chuckle :chuckle Traffic !!! this last 3 weeks have been mental ive been alternating walks everyday failing the USO and here's me thinking that the government hadn't agreed to a 3 day week ,yet here we are Royal Mail doing what the hell they like and running rings around our union yet again.