Postman probe over missing mail

[TrueBlueTerrier]

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A ROYAL Mail employee is being investigated after claims he hoarded thousands of letters and parcels from his delivery round.

Residents in some areas of Royton had complained about missing items of post for up to four months.

The Chronicle received a tip-off that the man was found with over 15,000 unopened letters and opened parcels when he was investigated.

It is believed that test letters were sent to certain addresses on the post round but they were never received.

Police say they are not involved in the investigation.

A Royal Mail pokesperson Marie Gray said: “An investigation is under way after a quantity of undelivered mail for the OL2, OL8 and OL9 postcode areas was discovered.

“We apologise to customers affected for any inconvenience. Anyone with concerns about their mail delivery service can contact Royal Mail Customer Services on 08457-740 740.”Royal Mail has refused to comment on finer details of the incident.

[POSTMAN]

How many more ffs,would be interesting to know the full facts on all of these,are they newbies,part timers,old skool,there must be a pattern.

[stokes11eg]

How many more ffs,would be interesting to know the full facts on all of these,are they newbies,part timers,old skool,there must be a pattern.

Sadly, R/M do not vet newcomers like they used too! It was done properly in the past, and going back to my own start, even after initial interview, and long wait for acceptance,
I was re-interviewed, and any things not fully clear on my initial application, were discussed prior to finally geting the job!

[steven100]

This is happening because to many postman are too scared and say no to the dom. Doms are bullying and harassing staff up and down the country and getting away with it. I don't condone people who don't deliver the mail.
Our union should be re-addressing the rules regarding uncompleted deliveries etc.

[Indy]

How many more ffs,would be interesting to know the full facts on all of these,are they newbies,part timers,old skool,there must be a pattern.

Sadly, R/M do not vet newcomers like they used too! It was done properly in the past, and going back to my own start, even after initial interview, and long wait for acceptance,
I was re-interviewed, and any things not fully clear on my initial application, were discussed prior to finally geting the job!

Roughly how long ago was that?

I've in the business for quite a few years and I know that my references don't appear to have been checked*.... NOT THAT THERE IS/WAS ANYTHING OF CONCERN IN THEM but from what I've seen things have been massively tightened up.... one person here started and got dismissed (apparently) because of his refs.

* the people that I offered as personal references where never contacted... neither was my former employer, not sure about the one before that though.

[Indy]

This is happening because to many postman are too scared and say no to the dom. Doms are bullying and harassing staff up and down the country and getting away with it. I don't condone people who don't deliver the mail.
Our union should be re-addressing the rules regarding uncompleted deliveries etc.

I agree to an extent BUT surely there are other routes to saying you have problems than just the DOM.

[Lounge Lizard]

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A ROYAL Mail employee is being investigated after claims he hoarded thousands of letters and parcels from his delivery round.

Residents in some areas of Royton had complained about missing items of post for up to four months.

The Chronicle received a tip-off that the man was found with over 15,000 unopened letters and opened parcels when he was investigated.

It is believed that test letters were sent to certain addresses on the post round but they were never received.

Police say they are not involved in the investigation.

A Royal Mail pokesperson Marie Gray said: “An investigation is under way after a quantity of undelivered mail for the OL2, OL8 and OL9 postcode areas was discovered.

“We apologise to customers affected for any inconvenience. Anyone with concerns about their mail delivery service can contact Royal Mail Customer Services on 08457-740 740.”Royal Mail has refused to comment on finer details of the incident.

“An investigation is under way after a quantity of undelivered mail for the OL2, OL8 and OL9 postcode areas was discovered." - rarely does this sort of thing involve theft from THREE Postcode Districts.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

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A ROYAL Mail employee is being investigated after claims he hoarded thousands of letters and parcels from his delivery round.

Residents in some areas of Royton had complained about missing items of post for up to four months.

The Chronicle received a tip-off that the man was found with over 15,000 unopened letters and opened parcels when he was investigated.

It is believed that test letters were sent to certain addresses on the post round but they were never received.

Police say they are not involved in the investigation.

A Royal Mail pokesperson Marie Gray said: “An investigation is under way after a quantity of undelivered mail for the OL2, OL8 and OL9 postcode areas was discovered.

“We apologise to customers affected for any inconvenience. Anyone with concerns about their mail delivery service can contact Royal Mail Customer Services on 08457-740 740.”Royal Mail has refused to comment on finer details of the incident.

“An investigation is under way after a quantity of undelivered mail for the OL2, OL8 and OL9 postcode areas was discovered." - rarely does this sort of thing involve theft from THREE Postcode Districts.

Depends all 3 post codes may be in same office. In ours if we had a dodgy reserve its possible 5 Post Codes could be affected.

[REDLETTER]

Depends all 3 post codes may be in same office. In ours if we had a dodgy reserve its possible 5 Post Codes could be affected.

There 3 in our DO.

[POSTMAN]

I think it's a mixed bunch,like i previously posted would be interesting to see,dare i say it,i wouldn't blame it 'all' on management.
From memory though and Teebs has a better one than me,i'm sure over the last couple of years it has got a lot worse.
Teebs has been doing his thing for nearly 5 years now and 'seems' to be busier than ever with these type of news items.

[steven100]

This is happening because to many postman are too scared and say no to the dom. Doms are bullying and harassing staff up and down the country and getting away with it. I don't condone people who don't deliver the mail.
Our union should be re-addressing the rules regarding uncompleted deliveries etc.

I agree to an extent BUT surely there are other routes to saying you have problems than just the DOM.

Your right it isn't just the dom, maybe even in most cases. Some people just don't have any morals. Thats why the union has readdress postman rights regarding cutoffs etc.

[stokes11eg]

How many more ffs,would be interesting to know the full facts on all of these,are they newbies,part timers,old skool,there must be a pattern.

Sadly, R/M do not vet newcomers like they used too! It was done properly in the past, and going back to my own start, even after initial interview, and long wait for acceptance,
I was re-interviewed, and any things not fully clear on my initial application, were discussed prior to finally geting the job!

Roughly how long ago was that?

I've in the business for quite a few years and I know that my references don't appear to have been checked*.... NOT THAT THERE IS/WAS ANYTHING OF CONCERN IN THEM but from what I've seen things have been massively tightened up.... one person here started and got dismissed (apparently) because of his refs.

* the people that I offered as personal references where never contacted... neither was my former employer, not sure about the one before that though.

Coming up seventeen years now---maybe some offices were just a bit more on the ball than others, when checking up etc,it's not the case now though, like youe office, there seems to be an employ first--then check out the references--we had one chap that started then got escorrted off the premises, he had already worked for R/M then been sacked!

[fishtank]

Teebs has been doing his thing for nearly 5 years now and 'seems' to be busier than ever with these type of news items.

The jobs harder and more stressful than 5 years ago...nobody would argue about that.
Quality of management is the poorest i've ever seen.......
Help/support from colleagues/union.......where??

Then there are the scumbag reasons..
Lazy feckers who would normally just have jacked it in know there are no jobs out there..
E-bay and internet shopping means there's more out there you can nick and easily move on..