A contract you were happy to sign ad you've mentioned quite a few times
I was — and remain — happy with its terms and conditions.
My comment was more directed like this: I feel for the decent legacy staff, many of whom I count as friends, who will be forced to be more flexible or otherwise forced out.
A contract you were happy to sign ad you've mentioned quite a few times
I was — and remain — happy with its terms and conditions.
My comment was more directed like this: I feel for the decent legacy staff, many of whom I count as friends, who will be forced to be more flexible or otherwise forced out.
So you are happy doing the same job as other posties on a higher wage ,paid breaks,delivery supplement etc etc
A contract you were happy to sign ad you've mentioned quite a few times
I was — and remain — happy with its terms and conditions.
My comment was more directed like this: I feel for the decent legacy staff, many of whom I count as friends, who will be forced to be more flexible or otherwise forced out.
So you are happy doing the same job as other posties on a higher wage ,paid breaks,delivery supplement etc etc
It is what it is. Who could be happy about it? For my personal circumstances, the 1.25 overtime rate I get more or less neutralises it cost wise, and my own unpaid break arrangements mean I am not losing out in any way. That said, I can see why many of my new-entrant colleagues feel hard done by and feel they are made to work much harder than legacy posties (tongue in cheek aside, we should stop using that term; it’s horrible) yet watch those long-time posties skiving and getting away with less than what others think is bare minimum — but all the while being paid more than them.
Complete opposite in my office, new lot can even be arsed to write notice left cards out, just stick card through with tick on the day, one took 26 parcels out one day, and that's it, Complete joke
To the newer starts who claim they should be on pay parity, for every other who should deservedly be, believe me there’s at least another 6 who’s shouldn’t be near the job, ask the guy who follows u their opinion clearing up ur Mia deliveries, mail under passenger seats lifting ur shite that u door stepped the day before….
Some new people don't give a s**t because it is just a stop gap job until they get something better. That is what the job has become now, there is no incentive to stay.
Complete opposite in my office, new lot can even be arsed to write notice left cards out, just stick card through with tick on the day, one took 26 parcels out one day, and that's it, Complete joke
See to be fair it’s a complete waste of our time writing the rest of the details on the card when we need to take the parcel out again the next day anyway
If the recipient wants to schedule to have it collected or to PO they will already have the tracking details to do so so I don’t really see the point in having to put their address on the card when they can’t do anything with the card. The address details in the past would be used by the PHG for id purposes and to save time going to get their parcel but now you’d need to leave a second card with that after the first attempt so doing it on the first is pointless.
I still do it to keep myself right and because it fills the time and stops more calls getting lumped on us but it does seem a bit futile
If you tolerate this, then your paid break will be next
Complete opposite in my office, new lot can even be arsed to write notice left cards out, just stick card through with tick on the day, one took 26 parcels out one day, and that's it, Complete joke
See to be fair it’s a complete waste of our time writing the rest of the details on the card when we need to take the parcel out again the next day anyway
If the recipient wants to schedule to have it collected or to PO they will already have the tracking details to do so so I don’t really see the point in having to put their address on the card when they can’t do anything with the card. The address details in the past would be used by the PHG for id purposes and to save time going to get their parcel but now you’d need to leave a second card with that after the first attempt so doing it on the first is pointless.
I still do it to keep myself right and because it fills the time and stops more calls getting lumped on us but it does seem a bit futile
Complete opposite in my office, new lot can even be arsed to write notice left cards out, just stick card through with tick on the day, one took 26 parcels out one day, and that's it, Complete joke
See to be fair it’s a complete waste of our time writing the rest of the details on the card when we need to take the parcel out again the next day anyway
If the recipient wants to schedule to have it collected or to PO they will already have the tracking details to do so so I don’t really see the point in having to put their address on the card when they can’t do anything with the card. The address details in the past would be used by the PHG for id purposes and to save time going to get their parcel but now you’d need to leave a second card with that after the first attempt so doing it on the first is pointless.
I still do it to keep myself right and because it fills the time and stops more calls getting lumped on us but it does seem a bit futile
I no longer bother on first attempts.
I haven’t done a 739 card for a 1st attempt tracked for about a year now and have no comeback. Customer gets email and texts to manage the delivery and they mostly don’t bother so why should I .
The CWU never thought Royal Mail would write off Black Friday and Xmas , once that happened it was all about the CWU getting out still in one piece.
A slight rephrase: once that happened it was all about RM getting the CWU(‘s influence and power) out in one piece. It achieved that, arguably, with the new-entrant workforce. It pits friends and colleagues either side of divide, legacy and new contract, against one another.
Legacy workers didn’t and don’t want to work Sundays, this paved the way for the 2 tier workforce we now have , Royal Mail got what they wanted on our reluctance to change.
