I`m trying to enjoy my agnostic festivities in North Korea but I hear that Shrewsbury managment is still on the clawback Con :
""Go home now - that`s an order......and I have docked your A/L by half a day""... Union Rep is still thinking about it !!!!
Even worse is that the victims are muttering under their breath..
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The beauty of forums like this is that we all learn together that there are some seriously wankie thick reps out there.
If what is heard is gospel that is.
I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
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.
BDR wrote:I`m trying to enjoy my agnostic festivities in North Korea but I hear that Shrewsbury managment is still on the clawback Con :
""Go home now - that`s an order......and I have docked your A/L by half a day""... Union Rep is still thinking about it !!!!
Even worse is that the victims are muttering under their breath..
Now, Now stop making things up! That is definitely BS! They have not said that!
The choices were as follows!
1. Stay and work your hours in the MC or IPS
2. Go home and owe us the hours
3. Go home and take half day leave.
No orders, no docking...just asking what WE wanted to do!
POSTMAN wrote:The beauty of forums like this is that we all learn together that there are some seriously wankie thick reps out there.
If what is heard is gospel that is.
now some seriously wankie thick reps out there should be a poll
Biker Mouse wrote:
Now, Now stop making things up! That is definitely BS! They have not said that!
The choices were as follows!
1. Stay and work your hours in the MC or IPS
2. Go home and owe us the hours
3. Go home and take half day leave.
No orders, no docking...just asking what WE wanted to do!
They set the trap and sit back and wait for the fools.
If you start playing their game don't be surprised if the rules change at half time.
The sensible thing to do would be to ask management what they wanted you to do.
No confusion...no bitching afterwards...their decision...no comeback...or clawback.
Biker Mouse wrote:
Now, Now stop making things up! That is definitely BS! They have not said that!
The choices were as follows!
1. Stay and work your hours in the MC or IPS
2. Go home and owe us the hours
3. Go home and take half day leave.
No orders, no docking...just asking what WE wanted to do!
They set the trap and sit back and wait for the fools.
If you start playing their game don't be surprised if the rules change at half time.
The sensible thing to do would be to ask management what they wanted you to do.
No confusion...no bitching afterwards...their decision...no comeback...or clawback.
Not a problem at all! All the idiots took clawback, sensible ones went to the MC or IPS, Ones with spare days leave or wanted to go to the pub took leave! We were offered the work and everything was above board!
Now, Now stop making things up! That is definitely BS! They have not said that!
The choices were as follows!
1. Stay and work your hours in the MC or IPS
2. Go home and owe us the hours
3. Go home and take half day leave.
No orders, no docking...just asking what WE wanted to do !
SY covers a lot of offices.....Maybe the post isnt refering to SY MC/DO. Assuming every postie in the area is ask what they would like to do in the way you were asked is a very big assumption.
Managment treat everyone equally and always keep to National Agreements....."""That is definitely BS!"" as you would say.
The fact that you had option 2 & 3 shows how low these screws go.
I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
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.
BDR wrote:I`m trying to enjoy my agnostic festivities in North Korea but I hear that Shrewsbury managment is still on the clawback Con :
""Go home now - that`s an order......and I have docked your A/L by half a day""... Union Rep is still thinking about it !!!!
Even worse is that the victims are muttering under their breath..
Now, Now stop making things up! That is definitely BS! They have not said that!
The choices were as follows!
1. Stay and work your hours in the MC or IPS
2. Go home and owe us the hours
3. Go home and take half day leave.
No orders, no docking...just asking what WE wanted to do!
Biker Mouse,
I`m trying to enjoy my vacation but your naivety (or BS ) is funny.
I know of a village post lady on 10 hr contract - last Saturday she was phoned by DO that no mail was coming out and she must have the day off and lose day A/L. Obviously she is not in the union so it goes unnoticed.
If Biker Mouse wants to be taken seriously then he should pleasure us with a copy of the ""National Agreement on Clawback"".
Its snowing outside and in the morning,if managment ask me "what option" do you choose the answer is clear ""Your problem not mine".
BDR wrote:I`m trying to enjoy my agnostic festivities in North Korea but I hear that Shrewsbury managment is still on the clawback Con :
""Go home now - that`s an order......and I have docked your A/L by half a day""... Union Rep is still thinking about it !!!!
Even worse is that the victims are muttering under their breath..
Now, Now stop making things up! That is definitely BS! They have not said that!
The choices were as follows!
1. Stay and work your hours in the MC or IPS
2. Go home and owe us the hours
3. Go home and take half day leave.
No orders, no docking...just asking what WE wanted to do!
Biker Mouse,
I`m trying to enjoy my vacation but your naivety (or BS ) is funny.
I know of a village post lady on 10 hr contract - last Saturday she was phoned by DO that no mail was coming out and she must have the day off and lose day A/L. Obviously she is not in the union so it goes unnoticed.
If Biker Mouse wants to be taken seriously then he should pleasure us with a copy of the ""National Agreement on Clawback"".
Its snowing outside and in the morning,if managment ask me "what option" do you choose the answer is clear ""Your problem not mine".
There is no national agreement on clawback, I know that and so do you, but if it's tried on by the management and a postie accepts it then more fool him! All I am saying is that the S'bury management did NOT order us to go home! And PK, the union rep, had already warned us that morning about the clawback, knowing the managers would try to get us to accept it. Also I don't see what is wrong with managers asking us what we wanted to do, rather than them tell us, after all we are adults and do have opinions.
The Postlady you speak about should speak to the management, what they are supposed to have said to her is ILLEGAL, to quote True Blue Terrier :Workplace closures
If no work is available to you (eg the office has closed and you do not work at home) then your employer cannot dock your pay or require you to take annual leave.
Biker Mouse wrote:Also I don't see what is wrong with managers asking us what we wanted to do, rather than them tell us, after all we are adults and do have opinions.
Two reasons.
The first reason is...because not everybody is as adult as you think.
Members agree to this because they want to go home which is fair enough but when they have to pay it back they throw the toys out of the pram and start bleating to the reps that it's so unfair.
The second reason is that it undermines the unions position.
There is no agreement on claw back but Royal Mail would love to introduce this,along with the whole "banking hours" package....this would have a very serious effect on the part-time staff especially who rely on overtime for a reasonable wage....you can't pay your bills with banked hours...and you certainly don't want to give your employer the green light to turn off your wages any time they feel there isn't enough work..that's a slippery slope towards casualisation.
I just don't get it,are some our colleagues seriously worried about staying in a warm office to their time.
I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
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.
Biker Mouse wrote:Also I don't see what is wrong with managers asking us what we wanted to do, rather than them tell us, after all we are adults and do have opinions.
Two reasons.
The first reason is...because not everybody is as adult as you think.
Members agree to this because they want to go home which is fair enough but when they have to pay it back they throw the toys out of the pram and start bleating to the reps that it's so unfair.
The second reason is that it undermines the unions position.
There is no agreement on claw back but Royal Mail would love to introduce this,along with the whole "banking hours" package....this would have a very serious effect on the part-time staff especially who rely on overtime for a reasonable wage....you can't pay your bills with banked hours...and you certainly don't want to give your employer the green light to turn off your wages any time they feel there isn't enough work..that's a slippery slope towards casualisation.
Agreed wholeheartedly! Some posters on here seem to think I agree with clawback and A/L insead of working! I DON'T! I came on here to point out that the management did not "order" us to go home and we were being docked A/L as posted by BDR!