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PDA data
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ninja22
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PDA data
Question for union reps: Are managers actually allowed to use pda data against you. Lately several people have been hauled into office and questioned over why they stopped for x amount of minutes on delivery and been given warning.
I was under the impression that they couldn’t use this data against you. How much time can you stop for, if you’re talking to a customer, before it gets flagged up?
Just like to know what our actual rights are on this matter.
I was under the impression that they couldn’t use this data against you. How much time can you stop for, if you’re talking to a customer, before it gets flagged up?
Just like to know what our actual rights are on this matter.
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qwerty2
- Posts: 2098
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- Gender: Male
Re: PDA data
They can’t
RM put a statement out a while ago - someone will find it on here
RM put a statement out a while ago - someone will find it on here
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clashcityrocker
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- Location: strummerville
Re: PDA data
I think you will find they can.
If you aren't completing your duty or failing to complete any lapsing and your PDA is stationary for 30 minutes someone is going to ask why.
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yellowbelly
- Posts: 3716
- Joined: 23 Jun 2015, 15:51
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Re: PDA data
Well this is what the BRTG agreement says from last year - did people really know what they were voting 'Yes' to?:
Hope the 'hauling into the office' was done in a 'supportive manner'.......
Just can't be done in real time as far as I can gather.Individual data will be used for coaching purposes in a supportive manner.
In exceptional circumstances where a serious incident or accident has
occurred which may be a potential gross misconduct issue, relevant data
may be used. Where this is the case managers will explain the reasons to
the individual; including what, why, and how the information or data has
been used in that relevant investigation.
Hope the 'hauling into the office' was done in a 'supportive manner'.......
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heraldmoth
- Posts: 705
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- Gender: Male
Re: PDA data
Pda being stationary doesn’t mean you have been. However it will be used in future to corroborate SISOclashcityrocker wrote: ↑25 Feb 2024, 14:53I think you will find they can.
If you aren't completing your duty or failing to complete any lapsing and your PDA is stationary for 30 minutes someone is going to ask why.
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chickenwittle
- Posts: 2092
- Joined: 15 Nov 2009, 09:43
- Gender: Male
Re: PDA data
Well it does .heraldmoth wrote: ↑25 Feb 2024, 18:11Pda being stationary doesn’t mean you have been. However it will be used in future to corroborate SISOclashcityrocker wrote: ↑25 Feb 2024, 14:53I think you will find they can.
If you aren't completing your duty or failing to complete any lapsing and your PDA is stationary for 30 minutes someone is going to ask why.
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ted_e_bear
- Posts: 4094
- Joined: 03 Sep 2012, 19:37
- Gender: Male
Re: PDA data
No idea about anyone else but I can't deliver for more than a few minutes without encountering something that requires scanning, these days I need to keep my PDA in my pocket all the time.heraldmoth wrote: ↑25 Feb 2024, 18:11Pda being stationary doesn’t mean you have been. However it will be used in future to corroborate SISOclashcityrocker wrote: ↑25 Feb 2024, 14:53I think you will find they can.
If you aren't completing your duty or failing to complete any lapsing and your PDA is stationary for 30 minutes someone is going to ask why.
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Dorset Plodder
- Posts: 4351
- Joined: 29 Apr 2009, 20:05
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Re: PDA data
We'll soon have the Personal Performance App to deal with as well.
RM are really stacking the deck in the Manager's favour. Ours is rubbing his hands with glee because he thinks he's going to finally be able to get rid of all those pesky posties that haven't been doing what he wants for years! Despite the fact that they're doing their jobs OK.
I think the idea is to "Manage them out of the Business", I suppose they can then replace them with New Starters on Crap T&Cs who they think will be easier to BS and gaslight.
It really takes a lot of effort nowadays to just come into work and get the job done. I'm sure if I was in my 20s I'd just say Stick It and walk out the door.
RM are really stacking the deck in the Manager's favour. Ours is rubbing his hands with glee because he thinks he's going to finally be able to get rid of all those pesky posties that haven't been doing what he wants for years! Despite the fact that they're doing their jobs OK.
I think the idea is to "Manage them out of the Business", I suppose they can then replace them with New Starters on Crap T&Cs who they think will be easier to BS and gaslight.
It really takes a lot of effort nowadays to just come into work and get the job done. I'm sure if I was in my 20s I'd just say Stick It and walk out the door.
Like all Wage Slaves, he had two crosses to bear: The people he worked for and the people he worked with! (Stephen Vizinczey.)
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Barnacle
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- Location: Earth
Re: PDA data
I wouldn’t worry too much about the Personal Performance bit of the pda because it’s crap. According to mine I’ve only delivered 3 items at the 1st attempt. The app has been active for over a monthDorset Plodder wrote: ↑25 Feb 2024, 20:06We'll soon have the Personal Performance App to deal with as well.![]()
RM are really stacking the deck in the Manager's favour. Ours is rubbing his hands with glee because he thinks he's going to finally be able to get rid of all those pesky posties that haven't been doing what he wants for years! Despite the fact that they're doing their jobs OK.
I think the idea is to "Manage them out of the Business", I suppose they can then replace them with New Starters on Crap T&Cs who they think will be easier to BS and gaslight.![]()
It really takes a lot of effort nowadays to just come into work and get the job done. I'm sure if I was in my 20s I'd just say Stick It and walk out the door.![]()
’You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.’
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Postmanham
- Posts: 60
- Joined: 29 Oct 2022, 21:13
- Gender: Male
Re: PDA data
Apparently I deliver everything everyday first time even tho I dont. No idea how I do it 
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twoloops
- Posts: 2031
- Joined: 24 May 2017, 20:52
- Gender: Male
- Location: Sheffield
Re: PDA data
They definitely look @ PDA data, my partner often stays out to complete our walk 2/3 loops he can stretch this out to 3/4 hours, my manger quizzed me about him asking if he parks up & takes the battery out, I really hope he does, fill your boots Son 
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SpacePhoenix
- MAIL CENTRES/PROCESSING
- Posts: 12159
- Joined: 12 Nov 2008, 17:03
- Gender: Male
Re: PDA data
How could he go that long without anything to scan given how many items these days have a barcode on them?
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Smoothbackground
- Posts: 1274
- Joined: 21 Sep 2023, 20:01
- Gender: Female
Re: PDA data
That is stretching it out! Some posties only scan tracked, reg and specials, refusing to scan anything else that has a 2D barcode. Twoloops’ partner is staying out to finish the final loops so probably has nothing that he feels needs a delivery scan as it is all ‘normal’ stuff?SpacePhoenix wrote: ↑26 Feb 2024, 07:18How could he go that long without anything to scan given how many items these days have a barcode on them?
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SpacePhoenix
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Re: PDA data
I'm surprised that RM aren't giving out bollockings for failing to scan "Delivered Scanned" items. There must be some recordeds and SDs that get missed where the barcode is in with the postage of the franking.Smoothbackground wrote: ↑26 Feb 2024, 07:51That is stretching it out! Some posties only scan tracked, reg and specials, refusing to scan anything else that has a 2D barcode. Twoloops’ partner is staying out to finish the final loops so probably has nothing that he feels needs a delivery scan as it is all ‘normal’ stuff?SpacePhoenix wrote: ↑26 Feb 2024, 07:18How could he go that long without anything to scan given how many items these days have a barcode on them?
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Barnacle
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Re: PDA data
Some managers just don’t use the data at their fingertips. At some point this person will take a day off and the stand-in will reveal what is happening just by doing their job.SpacePhoenix wrote: ↑26 Feb 2024, 09:08I'm surprised that RM aren't giving out bollockings for failing to scan "Delivered Scanned" items. There must be some recordeds and SDs that get missed where the barcode is in with the postage of the franking.Smoothbackground wrote: ↑26 Feb 2024, 07:51That is stretching it out! Some posties only scan tracked, reg and specials, refusing to scan anything else that has a 2D barcode. Twoloops’ partner is staying out to finish the final loops so probably has nothing that he feels needs a delivery scan as it is all ‘normal’ stuff?SpacePhoenix wrote: ↑26 Feb 2024, 07:18How could he go that long without anything to scan given how many items these days have a barcode on them?
’You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.’