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Part timers and the loss of pride in the job.

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doveston
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Post by doveston »

L Tommo wrote:
doveston wrote:i wasn't even on about o't,i was on about 318,but i deleted the thread cos i couls see me getting flamed to hell.btw i am all for seniority.
NO BACKBONE.... Type it with your head and heart and it cant be wrong.... BUT,.... If your a screw??? U aint got a heart and your brains are full of shite!!!

OUT


I would love to say i DONT blame these two :lfo :cfo .... BUT i cant
erm i was shitfaced last nite,can't even remember what i wrote,must of hit a nerve somewhere.
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Post by smokerjim »

cantypeANDSHOUTS wrote:
cantypeANDSHOUTS wrote:
disgruntledpostie1 wrote:
cantypeANDSHOUTS wrote:seniority =way to shaft your collegues for the best holiday spots
another example of the me me me mentallity

i get paid(not work)8hrs
he gets paid and works 6 hrs

i should be more senior

:so there

as we all know differance between full time and part time is the 2 hrs ips paid for.but in my do it takes about 45 minutes(more money for nothing)does that make you more important than a part timer getting paid for 6 hours or 5 hrs...and a s we all know how work shy some are at ips time...quick 30minutes toilet breaks or not even bothering to leave their frame in my office...

fairer system to work out seniority go on sick days....less sick days more senior....cos lets face it part timers are less likely to go sick cos were paid less ..why should you be senior yet take extra weeks off for ingrowing hair

That would be great because I have 6 years in and NO sick days so I move to the top of the list :nana :nana . Maybe you should think before you type (and while I'm on that could you please learn to spell and to use proper grammar).
well that old chestnut of grammer and spelling...should act your age...
id pit my education above yours anyday madam secratary...and i did think i typed muppet...i to would be at the top ...but nearly ever full time guy in my do has had time off since i started in november......
so think before you time disgutted turd
:left: fooking yokels...now wheres my tractor

but seriously,im a fully qualified electrical and mechanical engineer and qualified welder fabricator and you are what........apart from a twat
You may want to modify what you type in future - what I have highlighted is abuse of other members ( which is against the Rules ) which was uncalled for and unwarrented which, coming straight after you previous post, was unnecessary. I humbly suggest you either make relevant posts / reasoned arguements in a mature manner, or you decline to make any comment in future.
I don't suppose your mouth bleeds every 28 days, does it?

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Post by L Tommo »

doveston wrote:
L Tommo wrote:
doveston wrote:i wasn't even on about o't,i was on about 318,but i deleted the thread cos i couls see me getting flamed to hell.btw i am all for seniority.
NO BACKBONE.... Type it with your head and heart and it cant be wrong.... BUT,.... If your a screw??? U aint got a heart and your brains are full of shite!!!

OUT


I would love to say i DONT blame these two :lfo :cfo .... BUT i cant
erm i was shitfaced last nite,can't even remember what i wrote,must of hit a nerve somewhere.


Na Doveston.. Ur Ok... Good luck to ya and hope you aint got a hangover...?

I have.... :sad:

Its good to let off some steam nown again mate... :dance :crazy: :dance
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Post by L Tommo »

fooking yokels...now wheres my tractor

but seriously,im a fully qualified electrical and mechanical engineer and qualified welder fabricator and you are what........apart from a twat

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! More like a fecking engineer of Lego and the only thing he FABRICATED R HIS STORYS ON HERE!!!

Weld that together Brain of Britain!!! ahahahahahahahahha

And the best bit... "BUT SERIOUSLY" !!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! That went n donr it for me.... Ohh my life wot a card!!!!

:crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

Like anyone can take this clown SERIOUS????? :oops:


Ohh well.. There are more out then in....!


CUCKOOOOOOOOOOO!
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norbert
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Post by norbert »

L Tommo wrote:fooking yokels...now wheres my tractor

but seriously,im a fully qualified electrical and mechanical engineer and qualified welder fabricator and you are what........apart from a twat

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! More like a fecking engineer of Lego and the only thing he FABRICATED R HIS STORYS ON HERE!!!

Weld that together Brain of Britain!!! ahahahahahahahahha

And the best bit... "BUT SERIOUSLY" !!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! That went n donr it for me.... Ohh my life wot a card!!!!

:crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

Like anyone can take this clown SERIOUS????? :oops:


Ohh well.. There are more out then in...


CUCKOOOOOOOOOOO!
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Post by majeed »

Up Hill Down Hill wrote:If it wasn't for the overtime the part timers at my office would struggle

You are expected to get by on £40 a week though?
I'm part-time and I would struggle. The job does not pay enough for people to do it, when they first start part-time. I work full-time hours by coming in earlier doing my own sorting. The job is good, but it's just not viable for a person with a family. I've seen at least one good person leave since I started a year ago, on the basis of the pay: she liked the job but: you have to live. By comparison a little bird tells me that in Pakistan, postal workers are treated poorly: they can expect to bring in about Rs.300 (£2.60) a week for doing the same job that we do. Consequently, postmen there are looked down upon and only do the (low) job because they can't get any other work.
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Re: Part timers and the loss of pride in the job.

Post by pinstripe »

"By comparison a little bird tells me that in Pakistan, postal workers are treated poorly: they can expect to bring in about Rs.300 (£2.60) a week for doing the same job that we do. Consequently, postmen there are looked down upon and only do the (low) job because they can't get any other work."

You've just described RM/TNT's future policy for us!
But seriously, isn't it strange how countries like Pakistan and India can spend billions of £ or $ on nuclear power and weapons, but can't afford to pay workers a decent living wage. You couldn't even buy a pint of beer for that in this country. This country is pretty sh** as well, before anyone thinks I'm having a go at them.
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Post by majeed »

linkinpark wrote:
majeed wrote:
Up Hill Down Hill wrote:If it wasn't for the overtime the part timers at my office would struggle

You are expected to get by on £40 a week though?
I'm part-time and I would struggle. The job does not pay enough for people to do it, when they first start part-time. I work full-time hours by coming in earlier doing my own sorting. The job is good, but it's just not viable for a person with a family. I've seen at least one good person leave since I started a year ago, on the basis of the pay: she liked the job but: you have to live. By comparison a little bird tells me that in Pakistan, postal workers are treated poorly: they can expect to bring in about Rs.300 (£2.60) a week for doing the same job that we do. Consequently, postmen there are looked down upon and only do the (low) job because they can't get any other work.
Bloody hell are you on holiday and bored or something?

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Re: Part timers and the loss of pride in the job.

Post by majeed »

pinstripe wrote:"By comparison a little bird tells me that in Pakistan, postal workers are treated poorly: they can expect to bring in about Rs.300 (£2.60) a week for doing the same job that we do. Consequently, postmen there are looked down upon and only do the (low) job because they can't get any other work."

You've just described RM/TNT's future policy for us!
But seriously, isn't it strange how countries like Pakistan and India can spend billions of £ or $ on nuclear power and weapons, but can't afford to pay workers a decent living wage. You couldn't even buy a pint of beer for that in this country. This country is pretty sh** as well, before anyone thinks I'm having a go at them.
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Re: Part timers and the loss of pride in the job.

Post by TeeferTiger »

I was taken on part time and I have every pride in my job. However, I'm not a young beer monster. Well, I'm young enough <coff>

It's also a little unfair to tar every youngster with the same brush. There are some young lads in our office who work a damn site harder than any of the full timers because they've worked in worse places and realise that, to be fair, it's a pretty easy and good wage for our area. However, there's also 2 or 3 who turn up bleary eyed far too much but no more so than the full timers do.

I used to be a supervisor in a retail store, responsible for a team of 14 people, doing rotas and sorting complaints etc for £6.14 (it was a national store). I started at Royal Mail on over £7 an hour and am now on the full wage. I'm still part time but I'm earning more now than I was working shifts (including xmas day etc) full time in 2002 in a city centre call centre with shift disturbance allowance. Now I can afford a house without having to work all the hours under the sun and I don't work bank holidays or Sundays, unlike the retail store I worked in before.

Anyway, I do actually rather like my job and I therefore want to do it well and take pride in my "work(wo)manship".
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Re: Part timers and the loss of pride in the job.

Post by kay_thebigbird »

Aprilaydee wrote:I was taken on part time and I have every pride in my job. However, I'm not a young beer monster. Well, I'm young enough <coff>

It's also a little unfair to tar every youngster with the same brush. There are some young lads in our office who work a damn site harder than any of the full timers because they've worked in worse places and realise that, to be fair, it's a pretty easy and good wage for our area. However, there's also 2 or 3 who turn up bleary eyed far too much but no more so than the full timers do.

I used to be a supervisor in a retail store, responsible for a team of 14 people, doing rotas and sorting complaints etc for £6.14 (it was a national store). I started at Royal Mail on over £7 an hour and am now on the full wage. I'm still part time but I'm earning more now than I was working shifts (including xmas day etc) full time in 2002 in a city centre call centre with shift disturbance allowance. Now I can afford a house without having to work all the hours under the sun and I don't work bank holidays or Sundays, unlike the retail store I worked in before.

Anyway, I do actually rather like my job and I therefore want to do it well and take pride in my "work(wo)manship".
Well said I take pride in my postie job aswell been a postie for nearly 15 years did the buy down 3 years ago 40 hrs to 28 hrs & I agree most off the p/t walks are longer & heavier than the f/t dutys ,I see f/t posties going past me a good hour before I finish, but a resign due soon fingers crossed & I am fairly high on seniorty list so I will defo get better walk, What I love is no Ips & the p/t walks are prepped so in tie up & out & I don't have to start till 8am great when you have young children.
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Post by kay_thebigbird »

L Tommo wrote:fooking yokels...now wheres my tractor

but seriously,im a fully qualified electrical and mechanical engineer and qualified welder fabricator and you are what........apart from a twat

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! More like a fecking engineer of Lego and the only thing he FABRICATED R HIS STORYS ON HERE!!!

Weld that together Brain of Britain!!! ahahahahahahahahha

And the best bit... "BUT SERIOUSLY" !!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! That went n donr it for me.... Ohh my life wot a card!!!!

:crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

Like anyone can take this clown SERIOUS????? :oops: Now thats funny an engineer of LEGO I have only just got up from the floor. :chuckle :chuckle :chuckle


Ohh well.. There are more out then in....!


CUCKOOOOOOOOOOO!
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Post by norbert »

kay_thebigbird wrote:
L Tommo wrote:fooking yokels...now wheres my tractor

but seriously,im a fully qualified electrical and mechanical engineer and qualified welder fabricator and you are what........apart from a twat

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! More like a fecking engineer of Lego and the only thing he FABRICATED R HIS STORYS ON HERE!!!

Weld that together Brain of Britain!!! ahahahahahahahahha

And the best bit... "BUT SERIOUSLY" !!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! That went n donr it for me.... Ohh my life wot a card!!!!

:crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

Like anyone can take this clown SERIOUS????? :oops: Now thats funny an engineer of LEGO I have only just got up from the floor. :chuckle :chuckle :chuckle


Ohh well.. There are more out then in....!


CUCKOOOOOOOOOOO!
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Re: Part timers and the loss of pride in the job.

Post by smokerjim »

To get this back on track somewhat, I think a lot of people here still have a huge amount of pride in the job ( and that includes reluctant part timers - ie, those like me that want 40 hrs contracts ). It helps somewhat imho that there are always people I deliver to, that are always pleased to see me ( and some I would cheerfully defenestrate from Canary Wharf ).... but are there any ideas on how I could get my rep to argue for a raise in my ( and other PTs ) hours?
I don't suppose your mouth bleeds every 28 days, does it?

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Re: Part timers and the loss of pride in the job.

Post by RTI »

theres a pt in my office that comes in at 6 instead of 8, just so he can finish early. he wont be told, and like someone said before, hes only a boy looking to earn a few quid. it rite winds me up. these people wont be told tho. anyway, all this talk of overtime? whats overtime?

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