10,000 jobs To go by august

[Acca Dacca]

How many delivery offices are there? What would it work out as an average? It might work to move pt staff to ft and not replace the outgoing staff in some places but leaving offices permanently short of staff and using more agency than necessary would be damaging and costly.

About 5%

[Dorset Plodder]

Sombre mood in the office right now... But it was a too predictable!

When a generous employer turns nasty - this is the result!

Generous? This is Royal Mail Chat Mate, are you sure you're posting in the right Forum? The last time I can remember them being generous was when they allowed me a days UNPAID leave to go to my Nans Funeral!

[Zicomurphy]

Maybe I’m being too cynical but…

We recently heard that they want to lose 400 hours out of our office as part of the current unagreed revisions. That roughly equates to losing 10 full time jobs. There are over 900 offices. They want annual revisions. Isn’t it quite possible that their plan has always been to reduce the workforce by 10,000 people in the announced timeframe and they are just taking the opportunity to announce it now to shift the blame onto the CWU and scare people into considering abandoning strike action?

[TopperGas]

Maybe I’m being too cynical but…

We recently heard that they want to lose 400 hours out of our office as part of the current unagreed revisions. That roughly equates to losing 10 full time jobs. There are over 900 offices. They want annual revisions. Isn’t it quite possible that their plan has always been to reduce the workforce by 10,000 people in the announced timeframe and they are just taking the opportunity to announce it now to shift the blame onto the CWU and scare people into considering abandoning strike action?

It definitely seems the case, they showed their hand by announcing the office revisions a few months ago, the redundancy now announced seem to fall into the line with the hours the proposed cutting. If they want every round covered each day, on a good day, I can't see they can cut more jobs.

[2yearpostie]

Told you all this was coming.

[Smir]

if its half decent, I'll jump at the redundancy and get a real job.

[2yearpostie]

if its half decent, I'll jump at the redundancy and get a real job.

Good lad, dont let the door hit you buddy.

[Clappedoutpostie]

Told you all this was coming.

Nothing has happened though….

[2yearpostie]

Told you all this was coming.

Nothing has happened though….

Companies dont tend to announce things like this then say soz false alarm you can all stay.

[ProudhonPJ]

Please stopping quoting him.

[Grads75]

I've worked for Royal mail 24yrs I'm full time would definitely consider leaving as think even if we win this time it's on the decline as a job unfortunately if I was offered enough I would take a years salary to go find other employment but as anyone got any ideas what would be offered vr wise

[2yearpostie]

I've worked for Royal mail 24yrs I'm full time would definitely consider leaving as think even if we win this time it's on the decline as a job unfortunately if I was offered enough I would take a years salary to go find other employment but as anyone got any ideas what would be offered vr wise

https://www.gov.uk/calculate-your-redundancy-pay

[pieoftheday]

36yrs service at 52yr old is around £10700 statutory,

[ninja22]

Totally agree with zicomurphy. My manager mentioned months ago, after a string of meetings about revisions etc, that he believed with the new changes to separate large parcels from mail that there would be job cuts, mainly on the mail side. Also don't forget they want to close callers down. I don't think this is a result of the strikes I think it was already planned and now they're using the strikes as an excuse to the media.

[Foxel]

Companies dont tend to announce things like this then say soz false alarm you can all stay.

You can say what you like when your days are numbered.