Is it time to bin the USO?

Edward Hunter · Post by **Edward Hunter** » 11 Sep 2019, 19:36

And would the public really care? If handled correctly could be plenty of VRs for the old and knackered, and maybe end up with delivery spans cut if walks are taken out every other day and the duty holder has 2 deliveries to prep. Obviously next day delivery would come at a premium price.And help the company to concentrate on getting where the money is in parcels.

Post by **ballsup** » 11 Sep 2019, 19:38

No......

glass joe · Post by **glass joe** » 11 Sep 2019, 19:38

For shelfie reasons I would love if I didn't have to work on Saturdays.

number one · Post by **number one** » 11 Sep 2019, 19:39

Edward Hunter wrote:And would the public really care? If handled correctly could be plenty of VRs for the old and knackered, and maybe end up with delivery spans cut if walks are taken out every other day and the duty holder has 2 deliveries to prep. Obviously next day delivery would come at a premium price.And help the company to concentrate on getting where the money is in parcels.

So you are happy for 20k jobs to go? What happens when they want to go down to only delivering letters 3 days a week and want to cut another 40k jobs?

number one · Post by **number one** » 11 Sep 2019, 19:40

glass joe wrote:For shelfie reasons I would love if I didn't have to work on Saturdays.

You don’t HAVE to, go and get a mon-Fri job

glass joe · Post by **glass joe** » 11 Sep 2019, 19:42

I usually am done by 12 on Saturday see what happens after the strikes.

Post by **ballsup** » 11 Sep 2019, 19:42

even if USO went you can expect Saturday to still be a delivery day

glass joe · Post by **glass joe** » 11 Sep 2019, 19:48

TBF royal mail would get rid of 10% off full-timers by moving later finishing times on a Saturday to 4-5pm

bowie · Post by **bowie** » 11 Sep 2019, 19:59

The uso has to stay simple,we have to keep on serving the British public 6 days a week

claystones · Post by **claystones** » 11 Sep 2019, 20:02

when is the uso up for review I thought it was brought forward from 2022 to next year (2020) our Dom said its in 5years tme

Edward Hunter · Post by **Edward Hunter** » 11 Sep 2019, 20:06

So you are happy for 20k jobs to go? What happens when they want to go down to only delivering letters 3 days a week and want to cut another 40k jobs?[/quote]

Not particularly, but im talking about in a sensible negotiated way. Im pretty sure a lot of posties would be up for VR - we are an aging workforce. Cutting delivery spans is a must for the job to be long term sustainable. The point im making is 90% of letters we deliver are not time sensitive.

worktotime · Post by **worktotime** » 11 Sep 2019, 20:18

NO , as this isn't about the service it is the only way the company can save and make more money now is to get rid of posties .

glass joe · Post by **glass joe** » 11 Sep 2019, 20:25

USO is next year there probably a lot of money being in paid in lobbying to get rid of it.

Post by **aiden01** » 11 Sep 2019, 20:35

claystones wrote:when is the uso up for review I thought it was brought forward from 2022 to next year (2020) our Dom said its in 5years tme

you are correct

chickenwittle · Post by **chickenwittle** » 11 Sep 2019, 21:46

ballsup wrote:even if USO went you can expect Saturday to still be a delivery day

Rubbish