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How many buy downs?

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Jimbobb
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How many buy downs?

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How may people have bought down hours in your office we have had 14 out of an office of 160.
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TrueBlueTerrier wrote:None
How many in your office?
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Jimbobb wrote:
TrueBlueTerrier wrote:None
How many in your office?
200+
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TrueBlueTerrier wrote:
Jimbobb wrote:
TrueBlueTerrier wrote:None
How many in your office?
200+
Has it been offered.
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They had a preference exercise thats as far as it got. Had about 10 volunteering if my sources are correct, but Royal Mail didn't follow through.
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TrueBlueTerrier wrote:They had a preference exercise thats as far as it got. Had about 10 volunteering if my sources are correct, but Royal Mail didn't follow through.
In our office it takes about 2 weeks from asking to go part time to going part time each person picking up between £4000 and £15000 it's like they can't get them part time quick enough.
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Yeah about 13/14 in my office could be same office jimbob, does your DO start with a b?.
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dohnut wrote:Yeah about 13/14 in my office could be same office jimbob, does your DO start with a b?.
Yeah and ends in an n.
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never mind buy downs how many vr,s getting offered i would be off in a shot
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Re: How many buy downs?

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2 buy downs, one VR and one medical retirement in an office of 55 ish
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Re: How many buy downs?

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Do Buy Downs or EVR have to be offered by Local management or can they be negotiated with HR direct?
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Buy downs and EVR can only happen as part of a revision process.
Those hours have to leave the unit.
It's got nothing to do with HR.
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clashcityrocker wrote:Buy downs and EVR can only happen as part of a revision process.
Those hours have to leave the unit.
It's got nothing to do with HR.
So how come in my office hours needed to be lost in our revision, yet when I reduced my hours (meaning a part-timer could keep their job) I didn't get a bean? Was I just fobbed off?