THE NEW PARCEL STRATEGY

transporter03 · Post by **transporter03** » 09 Jan 2020, 20:47

The new parcel strategy appears to be going full steam ahead regardless of any union approval.
We currently have a guy in the office doing a daily count on the large parcels. When I asked my line manager about this he said that this was part of working towards deploying the new strategy. This is going to be done as soon as possible apparently. By the way he personally doesn't agree with the new plans.
Just interested to know whether any other offices have seen developments on this ?. Our office was one of the first in the country in November 09 to go van share . Are we to be the guinea pigs again ?. Thoughts and comments please.

glenfiddich · Post by **glenfiddich** » 09 Jan 2020, 21:18

I had 4 oversize parcels today can't see myself being able to do much more of another delivery if they took them off me as I didn't have time to do the collapsed delivery

glenfiddich · Post by **glenfiddich** » 09 Jan 2020, 21:22

also one of the large parcels had a smaller parcel to go with it,would that mean me going to the address followed a bit later by someone else with the bigger parcel

postieblueshirt · Post by **postieblueshirt** » 09 Jan 2020, 21:35

transporter03 wrote:The new parcel strategy appears to be going full steam ahead regardless of any union approval.
We currently have a guy in the office doing a daily count on the large parcels. When I asked my line manager about this he said that this was part of working towards deploying the new strategy. This is going to be done as soon as possible apparently. By the way he personally doesn't agree with the new plans.
Just interested to know whether any other offices have seen developments on this ?. Our office was one of the first in the country in November 09 to go van share . Are we to be the guinea pigs again ?. Thoughts and comments please.

2009 I didn't know van share started that early.we were 2012.maybe your office will be a trial for the new strategy.

Post by **SpacePhoenix** » 10 Jan 2020, 07:20

Don't know how it's going to work with the crap segging at outward MCs. Many yorks of "large" packets that we get through have a high % of small packets in them

claystones · Post by **claystones** » 10 Jan 2020, 09:22

That's the start of the job cuts if your not an LAT office 1 round in 6 will go if you are in an LAT office tat 6th round will be doing the lats and large parcels

Thailand1 · Post by **Thailand1** » 10 Jan 2020, 10:11

claystones wrote:That's the start of the job cuts if your not an LAT office 1 round in 6 will go if you are in an LAT office tat 6th round will be doing the lats and large parcels

SPOT ON!!

cpsteve · Post by **cpsteve** » 10 Jan 2020, 15:02

If we work as R/M tell us then only by going out earlier can a lot of posties do more, so for our own sakes start on time and take your breaks that will minimise job losses of course we can do nothing about their strategy but helping them by working for free is silly.

Post by **SpacePhoenix** » 10 Jan 2020, 19:51

It'll be a while yet before they try to implement it. Only the Warrington hub is open. They've found land to build the midlands one. The southern one I don't think they yet have any idea where that'll go

Deadly · Post by **Deadly** » 10 Jan 2020, 20:24

SpacePhoenix wrote:It'll be a while yet before they try to implement it. Only the Warrington hub is open. They've found land to build the midlands one. The southern one I don't think they yet have any idea where that'll go

Do you know where the midlands one will be?

hero22 · Post by **hero22** » 10 Jan 2020, 20:29

is this parcel plan for uk mainland only ? Is northern Ireland getting one of these hubs too ?

Post by **SpacePhoenix** » 10 Jan 2020, 21:31

Deadly wrote:
SpacePhoenix wrote:It'll be a while yet before they try to implement it. Only the Warrington hub is open. They've found land to build the midlands one. The southern one I don't think they yet have any idea where that'll go
Do you know where the midlands one will be?

Nope, just going on what we saw on RMTV

Post by **aiden01** » 10 Jan 2020, 21:40

hero22 wrote:is this parcel plan for uk mainland only ? Is northern Ireland getting one of these hubs too ?

Looking very like mainland only.. rumours being going around for a few yrs now mc might become a parcel hub.

transporter03 · Post by **transporter03** » 11 Jan 2020, 15:05

SpacePhoenix wrote:It'll be a while yet before they try to implement it. Only the Warrington hub is open. They've found land to build the midlands one. The southern one I don't think they yet have any idea where that'll go

Our delivery office is served by Warrington mail centre . It is very likely that we will be one of the first due to the fact that the hub is now open.
Can't wait for the fun and games to commence !. Had many a argument back in the early days of van share about what was achievable . We were always in the wrong of course and basically labelled as poor at the job.

Celgar · Post by **Celgar** » 12 Jan 2020, 10:25

I was under the impression the second and third parcel hub sites had already been acquired. Except for DOs where posties are routinely returning very early I don't foresee the 'new parcel strategy' being possible to achieve. I'm thinking in terms of the part where they add upwards of an hour extra delivery time to each walk. Will not be surprised if this whole debacle results in Rico Black either resigning or being sacked which would be good news.