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Truroguy
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Post by Truroguy »

Hi,

I have seen a job for delivery near where I live and am thinking of applying. I currently work in a Mail Centre in processing but the contract will be 20 hours - the same I'm on now.

Do you think its a good move or should I stick with processing?

Thanks for any thoughts..... :Very Happy
lightningpostman
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Post by lightningpostman »

stick in the mail center being a postie is tough work
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Post by Xr4 »

I'd stick with the mail centre, maybe advertised as 20 but you'll probably end up doing over 30, plus you'll need to be flexible to the hours you can work
Truroguy
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Post by Truroguy »

To be honest im looking to get more hours, always seem to be begging to get the overtime in the centre.
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Post by Celgar »

I would say MC is probably better although I've never been in one. I know what DO is like though now.
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Truroguy
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Post by Truroguy »

Just wondering whats the main downsides to being a postie?
I know its hard workloads but have that in the MC too.
Do any of you ever think about applying for MC jobs?
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Post by woody38 »

I can give u a list
1 on Delivery u have to delivery leaflets sometimes they are not thrown of, sometimes your mail for your job might only be partly sorted or sometimes not at all, if u are working with a full timer a lot of them expect u to be ready when they are, a lot will not help you get your job ready, just stand around moaning.

2 u may not get on with your partner if u work 2 in a van, they do a park and loop system , not all loops are equal with u being new u will be slower, a lot of partners will not help u finish just sit in the van moaning how slow u are

3 you have time restricted nail & now tracked is going over to 4 hour delivery span from when it is first scanned at delivery office.

4 not always able to have your full break or not at all, no matter what people say on here

5 out in all weather, good in summer but not winter

6 more tired, u do need to be quite fit, not all jobs are the same whatever management say, in our office alone some u can do in under 4 hours, some take over 6

7 more complaints on delivery, they complain about everything, somebody complained at ours about there being no date on a fib.

8 A’s other have said you will not finish on your hours, management do not always want to pay overtime, most offices expect u to do flex, extra 20 mins of another job which they expect u to do every day

9 that’s all I can thing of, there are some good points, some offices have single or HGT routes these are usually better, once u leave the office u are your own boss
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Post by Truroguy »

Thanks for your replies, plenty to think about
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woody38 wrote:I can give u a list
1 on Delivery u have to delivery leaflets sometimes they are not thrown of, sometimes your mail for your job might only be partly sorted or sometimes not at all, if u are working with a full timer a lot of them expect u to be ready when they are, a lot will not help you get your job ready, just stand around moaning.

2 u may not get on with your partner if u work 2 in a van, they do a park and loop system , not all loops are equal with u being new u will be slower, a lot of partners will not help u finish just sit in the van moaning how slow u are

3 you have time restricted nail & now tracked is going over to 4 hour delivery span from when it is first scanned at delivery office.

4 not always able to have your full break or not at all, no matter what people say on here

5 out in all weather, good in summer but not winter

6 more tired, u do need to be quite fit, not all jobs are the same whatever management say, in our office alone some u can do in under 4 hours, some take over 6

7 more complaints on delivery, they complain about everything, somebody complained at ours about there being no date on a fib.

8 A’s other have said you will not finish on your hours, management do not always want to pay overtime, most offices expect u to do flex, extra 20 mins of another job which they expect u to do every day

9 that’s all I can thing of, there are some good points, some offices have single or HGT routes these are usually better, once u leave the office u are your own boss

3 - Since when has tracked had a 4 hour delivery slot?
4 - Why not?
8 - You have a finish time, you can finish on it. You can only do what you can do in the time given, lapsing should only be done if you have time in your duty. Flexing is optional. If management won't pay overtime for extra hours then put a grievance in and start cutting off!
woody38
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WOBBLY wrote:
woody38 wrote:I can give u a list
1 on Delivery u have to delivery leaflets sometimes they are not thrown of, sometimes your mail for your job might only be partly sorted or sometimes not at all, if u are working with a full timer a lot of them expect u to be ready when they are, a lot will not help you get your job ready, just stand around moaning.

2 u may not get on with your partner if u work 2 in a van, they do a park and loop system , not all loops are equal with u being new u will be slower, a lot of partners will not help u finish just sit in the van moaning how slow u are

3 you have time restricted nail & now tracked is going over to 4 hour delivery span from when it is first scanned at delivery office.

4 not always able to have your full break or not at all, no matter what people say on here

5 out in all weather, good in summer but not winter

6 more tired, u do need to be quite fit, not all jobs are the same whatever management say, in our office alone some u can do in under 4 hours, some take over 6

7 more complaints on delivery, they complain about everything, somebody complained at ours about there being no date on a fib.

8 A’s other have said you will not finish on your hours, management do not always want to pay overtime, most offices expect u to do flex, extra 20 mins of another job which they expect u to do every day

9 that’s all I can thing of, there are some good points, some offices have single or HGT routes these are usually better, once u leave the office u are your own boss

3 - Since when has tracked had a 4 hour delivery slot?
4 - Why not?
8 - You have a finish time, you can finish on it. You can only do what you can do in the time given, lapsing should only be done if you have time in your duty. Flexing is optional. If management won't pay overtime for extra hours then put a grievance in and start cutting off!
3 at our office we now have to deliver tracked in a 4 hour window supposed to be going nationwide.
WOBBLY
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woody38 wrote:3 at our office we now have to deliver tracked in a 4 hour window supposed to be going nationwide.
Are you trialling it or is your boss having you on?

Ours get scanned in between 6.30 - 7.30 so they expect us to have them delivered by 10.30 and 11.30 :left: won't happen in my office thats for sure and if it does there'll be even more getting cut off! Absolutely ridiculous idea!!
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Post by Aquarius »

Put it this way - far more on delivery would like to get into a Mail Centre than the other way around.

The work in processing is easy - nothing i have seen is that hard
Justanotherstar
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Post by Justanotherstar »

I started as an agency worker in the mail centre now i'm a full time Postie on delivery...i'd bite someone's fingers off to get back in the mail centre lol... in the mail centre the workload is always manageable...on Delivery you only really get 2 manageable days...the rest you have to knock your bollocks off to complete and thats before you take into consideration door 2 doors...you can end up with up to 7 per week!!
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Post by TheTrolleyMan »

I would be happy to do a delivery job swap for mail centre job with you !
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Post by Scotland1 »

No one is having u on, it’s genuine tracked scanned in do and system knows how u deliver ur duty u it gives customer a edw estimated delivery window of 4 hours so they can decide if they are going to be in or deliver to neighbour or return it to office