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Royal Mail accused of prioritising parcels over letters

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mickeymacca
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Re: Royal Mail accused of prioritising parcels over letters

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POSTMAN wrote:
17 Jan 2023, 20:20
mickeymacca wrote:
17 Jan 2023, 20:09
do managers get a bonus for clearing tracked?
There is a bonus linked to tracked performance.
It forms a % of their overall bonus.
In that case, I reckon we might have got to the bottom of it.....
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Kenfandango
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Re: Royal Mail accused of prioritising parcels over letters

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Our managers claim that they don't get a bonus for clearing tracked, but they do get a "30-45 minute bollocking on a video call that takes up most of a morning" if too many fail...

I choose to believe both
portadown
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Re: Royal Mail accused of prioritising parcels over letters

Post by portadown »

Simon keeps saying team ho is his team is it managers as its not the workers on the ground on the lower wages ho do the hard work and don't get the bonus that the managers get
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Re: Royal Mail accused of prioritising parcels over letters

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FilthyBloke wrote:
17 Jan 2023, 17:19
The best bit is the quote from the postman who sent the poster to the bbc…

“We feel depressed. We're leaving mail behind and that's not what we're about…”

lol as if.
Why would you lol at that?

Some of us do have pride if nhs letters, important solicitors letters, peoples new debit cards, kids birthday cards ect aren't delivered on time when they are supposed to be when that service has been paid for in good faith.
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Re: Royal Mail accused of prioritising parcels over letters

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smok3y666 wrote:
17 Jan 2023, 19:27
Rogue DoM? We are told every day tracked are to be prioritised and mail is to be left if need be.
Exactly.EVERONE is told this and has been for years. Thompson as much as admitted that a sorting frame is a good place to STORE LETTERS. That means NOT delivering them, while the pkts all go. If that's not prioritising pkt over letters what is? 'just concentrate on your pkts, tracked first' is the mantra from any manager and thet don't make this up on the hoof, it's told to them from above. If Thompson wants to keep his job he's gonna have to fire ever office manager and plead ignorant.
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Re: Royal Mail accused of prioritising parcels over letters

Post by Schiff »

Everyone, even Thompson, knows that this has been going on since covid. If it isn't what Thompson wanted then surely all he has to do is put out an announcement on Workplace that prioritising tracked will be a disciplinary matter from now on.

For the avoidance of doubt...he won't.
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Re: Royal Mail accused of prioritising parcels over letters

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2chorizon wrote:
17 Jan 2023, 18:42
The poster was from a rogue delivery office manager in NI.

Thompson knew that and explained it exactly, can't see the problem. :left:
I sometimes cannot believe what I read on this site.
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Re: Royal Mail accused of prioritising parcels over letters

Post by cobrakai »

timbo1234 wrote:
18 Jan 2023, 12:08
2chorizon wrote:
17 Jan 2023, 18:42
The poster was from a rogue delivery office manager in NI.

Thompson knew that and explained it exactly, can't see the problem. :left:
I sometimes cannot believe what I read on this site.
A rogue delivery manager that commuted round the country and pinned it up in literally every office and wrote it on most flip charts and whiteboards!!!!
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Re: Royal Mail accused of prioritising parcels over letters

Post by POSTPERSON50 »

Reality in my office is:

1. Premium products
2. Lapsing

Then parcels. Letters go out as and when they want them to.

The lapsing is usually letters that have been left in for 4 days, plus the parcels.

Comical how Royal Mail deny it.
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Re: Royal Mail accused of prioritising parcels over letters

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If he can be so blatant in lying about that then I don't believe a word about them not being in communication with that Czech billionaire who owns 20%.

Not a shred of integrity from Simon. Can't see how the board can keep him in that role after that embarrassment. Needs replacing asap.
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Re: Royal Mail accused of prioritising parcels over letters

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I’ve written to Darren Jones, the MP who led the questions on this committee, basically telling him how things are actually run, as opposed to how Thompson replied with his untruths. Apparently he will be hauled back in for further questioning. :Applause
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Re: Royal Mail accused of prioritising parcels over letters

Post by Barnacle »

SMS1969 wrote:
18 Jan 2023, 14:47
I’ve written to Darren Jones, the MP who led the questions on this committee, basically telling him how things are actually run, as opposed to how Thompson replied with his untruths. Apparently he will be hauled back in for further questioning. :Applause
Excellent. We all know what has been happening. Royal Mail and the USO is too significant to be run by such as Thompson.
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Re: Royal Mail accused of prioritising parcels over letters

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2chorizon wrote:
17 Jan 2023, 18:42
The poster was from a rogue delivery office manager in NI.

Thompson knew that and explained it exactly, can't see the problem.
Take it your not a postie then? Otherwise you would know different.