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What are the main reasons for this revision?

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celerycelery
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What are the main reasons for this revision?

Post by celerycelery »

If supposedly all offices (i know some already have) are going to have a revision in the near future what is the main idea behind them? Is it to coincide with the walk sequenced mail? , because mail volumes are dropping?, because there is less indoor work?, get rid of bike duties?, to make savings within office?, to start us later?, or a mixture of all these or maybe a different reason altogether.
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Re: What are the main reasons for this revision?

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To modernise.....................although there is so little mail we are drowning in it...............our revision began last week................the doggie paddle has gone on to the back stroke :Very Happy
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Re: What are the main reasons for this revision?

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Mail volume dropping NO maybe the D2D are not included in their figures (They are not) but, as well as their normal mail, every customer receive an extra 4 to 5 items of mail per week. Even if the odd letter is not sent anymore, people get more and more mags, ads etc through their doors but it is of course less revenue (probably not, because the companies will do large mailing anyway).

The telling behind walk sequence mail and starting late. I think it is all made up just to make us start later and in the process, try to drive as many FT out of the door as possible. The aim for RM really is to get us out to be replaced by casual and part time staff to work a few hours a day as and when required, no sick pay, no pensions like ours.

Make savings. Well, yes as we are now in a business driven by bonuses. These people need bonuses every year but they have to make more savings every year hence making us work faster and faster every year but they just forgotten we have already reach Mt Everest, so now things are going tip top but they will get their bonuses and the customers will get a crap service (who cares???)

For stopping using bikes to get all those vans, who knows. Maybe they all have shares in PSA.
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Re: What are the main reasons for this revision?

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I think it is all made up just to make us start later and in the process, try to drive as many FT out of the door as possible. The aim for RM really is to get us out to be replaced by casual and part time staff to work a few hours a day as and when required, no sick pay, no pensions like ours.
:Applause

I think this is the crux of it.
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Re: What are the main reasons for this revision?

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Money saving!
Less posties doing more work=Big business workshy arsewipe two chin smarmy w*****s raking it in.
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Re: What are the main reasons for this revision?

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We all think the same,they are making the job so impossible and undoable combined with the bullying and harrasement by doms, that they are desperate for us full timers to leave .Get us out the door get the part timers in! We shouldv got em last christmas,had em by da balls!
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Re: What are the main reasons for this revision?

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Plan (roughly g or h) is a 4.10 delivery,hopefully more reasonable walks,11 part-timers made up,EVERYONE in the office with 1 in 4 sats off

The quote above is from Fishtank.
If the aim is to get rid of asll f/t staff and make everyone p/t - how did his office manage to buck the trend?
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Re: What are the main reasons for this revision?

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clashcityrocker wrote:Plan (roughly g or h) is a 4.10 delivery,hopefully more reasonable walks,11 part-timers made up,EVERYONE in the office with 1 in 4 sats off

The quote above is from Fishtank.
If the aim is to get rid of asll f/t staff and make everyone p/t - how did his office manage to buck the trend?
A fair proportion of our part timers have also been made full time, everyone was given the option and most took it BUT and it's a big BUT they are only temporary contracts until next year when the revision for WMS comes in and those increased hours will be subject to being revoked to maintain the work plan.So it's a cloud with a tarnished silver lining :chuckle
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Re: What are the main reasons for this revision?

Post by guvenor »

one word GREED
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Re: What are the main reasons for this revision?

Post by OnAFlyer »

guvenor wrote:one word GREED
I would use 'Business'

It means the same thing though. Extracting the maximum amount of work from the minimum amount of staff = maximum profit.
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Re: What are the main reasons for this revision?

Post by baldrick »

OnAFlyer wrote:
guvenor wrote:one word GREED
I would use 'Business'

It means the same thing though. Extracting the maximum amount of work from the minimum amount of staff = maximum profit.= maximum (manager) bonus
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Re: What are the main reasons for this revision?

Post by steven100 »

I don't see how its business having unhappy workers, and having to pay out extreme compensation. If RM was on the stock exchanges the shares would be worthless. The business practice is on paper but doesn't work in the real world.
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