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PDA Actuals

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geordieboy123
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PDA Actuals

Post by geordieboy123 »

Someone in my office has asked for her round to be reduced due to an uneven workload in the office and rather than name rounds or individuals whose rounds are much lighter she has asked for a comparison based on PDA actuals but the manager has said that some of the PDAs are not giving a reading I think it’s a rubbish excuse so he can protect his favourites. Could it be true though?
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Re: PDA Actuals

Post by clashcityrocker »

Were the manager's lips moving when they gave the excuse?
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ted_e_bear
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Re: PDA Actuals

Post by ted_e_bear »

I'd say he's talking shite, in the extremely unlikely event he isn't lying then surely it's a simple issue of getting the PDAs replaced, most likely they can't be bothered to upset the apple cart as the saying goes.
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Re: PDA Actuals

Post by Perseus »

Is that even the agreed process for 'evening out' the workload?
geordieboy123
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Re: PDA Actuals

Post by geordieboy123 »

Perseus wrote:
Yesterday, 17:41
Is that even the agreed process for 'evening out' the workload?
By doing that way she hasn’t got to name people the data should show the times, mileage walked etc for each round
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Re: PDA Actuals

Post by Perseus »

geordieboy123 wrote:
Yesterday, 18:19
Perseus wrote:
Yesterday, 17:41
Is that even the agreed process for 'evening out' the workload?
By doing that way she hasn’t got to name people the data should show the times, mileage walked etc for each round
Just how 'even' does this person want things though? It could end up opening up a can of worms across the whole office, as there could be even worse duties than hers that get fixed first. Not to mention that some duties could appear easier, with their being a health/adjustment reason for it.
Fusilier68
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Re: PDA Actuals

Post by Fusilier68 »

All walks are equal except some walks are more equal than others
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Re: PDA Actuals

Post by A2B »

I remember a few years back the CWU said that all future revisions would be based around PDA actuals, I highly doubt that ever was or will put into practice
Mr Rush
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Re: PDA Actuals

Post by Mr Rush »

A2B wrote:
Yesterday, 19:16
I remember a few years back the CWU said that all future revisions would be based around PDA actuals, I highly doubt that ever was or will put into practice
Instead the last revisions were based on nothing at all. They just ripped duties out and slapped the label strips onto the remaining frames. To be fair, now they're all impossible to complete.
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PDAHappy
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Re: PDA Actuals

Post by PDAHappy »

Utter Pish!.The PDA Actuals are based on the when the PDA breaches the GeoFence around the D.O.The only reason the PDA won’t show how long the route is if the PDA is turned off and the battery taken out.Sounds like the COM doesn’t want to open the can of worms which obviously exist.
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Re: PDA Actuals

Post by Hitcher »

Not that this was their reason for saying it but it also protects her from protentional abuse from the easier duty holders.
geordieboy123
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Re: PDA Actuals

Post by geordieboy123 »

PDAHappy wrote:
Yesterday, 22:14
Utter Pish!.The PDA Actuals are based on the when the PDA breaches the GeoFence around the D.O.The only reason the PDA won’t show how long the route is if the PDA is turned off and the battery taken out.Sounds like the COM doesn’t want to open the can of worms which obviously exist.
My thoughts entirely