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How many tracked is too many for your duty?
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Rage24
- Posts: 142
- Joined: 07 Mar 2010, 18:06
- Gender: Male
How many tracked is too many for your duty?
150 today, manager whinging because I couldn't get them all done, weren't out the door till 10am.
How many is too many for you?
How many is too many for you?
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Mesque1899
- Posts: 27
- Joined: 09 Nov 2024, 16:44
- Gender: Male
Re: How many tracked is too many for your duty?
Close till 160 today, weren't out till near 10 ourselves, got two loops each done then rest of the day just tracked, only took 1 duty out also.
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claretandblue
- Posts: 907
- Joined: 01 Aug 2007, 12:14
Re: How many tracked is too many for your duty?
Another one close to 160, a record today, including Xmas.
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tramssirhc
- Posts: 1815
- Joined: 04 Sep 2012, 20:19
- Gender: Male
Re: How many tracked is too many for your duty?
Its reasonable to do the calculation. If the outdoor is 4 hrs say then thats 37 1/2 items an hour. One item every two minutes. Is it that as fair workload? The CWU say you can do 50 packets an hour.
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kazardaimenu
- Posts: 1391
- Joined: 13 Apr 2022, 19:11
- Gender: Male
Re: How many tracked is too many for your duty?
145 large is about right for a longer day. 160 small tracked could also be doable as some will post through but mail will fail.
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Walter sobchak
- Posts: 479
- Joined: 13 Feb 2014, 04:46
- Gender: Male
Re: How many tracked is too many for your duty?
Today was nuts and it sounds like it was the same up&down the country.
I had 71 tracked on a rural and didn’t get started until 10:30 and delivered about 90% of the mail finishing at 4pm.
I had 71 tracked on a rural and didn’t get started until 10:30 and delivered about 90% of the mail finishing at 4pm.
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norris9
- Posts: 2669
- Joined: 27 Feb 2019, 17:32
- Gender: Female
Re: How many tracked is too many for your duty?
Obviously depends how heavy the mail is, but as a general rule - I think once you start getting anything over 50 parcels per duty then that's when the risk of not being able to complete is right on the edge on medium to heavy mail days.
(older contract)
(older contract)
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menditsa
- Posts: 379
- Joined: 22 Jun 2024, 08:06
- Gender: Male
Re: How many tracked is too many for your duty?
Where do the CWU say that figure ?tramssirhc wrote: ↑11 Jun 2025, 19:27Its reasonable to do the calculation. If the outdoor is 4 hrs say then thats 37 1/2 items an hour. One item every two minutes. Is it that as fair workload? The CWU say you can do 50 packets an hour.
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Rage24
- Posts: 142
- Joined: 07 Mar 2010, 18:06
- Gender: Male
Re: How many tracked is too many for your duty?
You union say you should be doing 50 an hour? Really? So if I get out at 10 and finish at 3, I should be doing 250? that can't be right .tramssirhc wrote: ↑11 Jun 2025, 19:27Its reasonable to do the calculation. If the outdoor is 4 hrs say then thats 37 1/2 items an hour. One item every two minutes. Is it that as fair workload? The CWU say you can do 50 packets an hour.
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Ren Hoëk
- Posts: 737
- Joined: 01 Feb 2018, 12:19
- Gender: Male
Re: How many tracked is too many for your duty?
It's dependent on a number of factors. What is the geography and nature of the duty. How many are letter box sized. Most importantly, how much a f**k I no longer give.
Quite frankly, im sick and tired of having my integrity questioned every day due to unrealistic workloads by a f***ing useless manager. Working for RM is like being in an abusive relationship.
Quite frankly, im sick and tired of having my integrity questioned every day due to unrealistic workloads by a f***ing useless manager. Working for RM is like being in an abusive relationship.
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kiplingcakes
- Posts: 2
- Joined: 05 May 2013, 09:28
- Gender: Male
Re: How many tracked is too many for your duty?
3 Duties, 20 minutes from the office, so -40 minutes total.
2 people
1 Van
1 Duty with 1 days mail, classed as a 5 hour single delivery, + 80 Tracked, 10 Specials, 3 boxes & various customer collections.
1 Duty with 5 (yes, 5) days mail (that I have never done before after the ‘revision’) (classed as a 5 hour delivery with 1 days mail)
No Tracked, but specials and customer collections.
1 Duty’s specials, customer collections and boxes.
First loop started at 10:10am
Home time 14:20pm
Manager…. Why didn’t you complete??


2 people
1 Van
1 Duty with 1 days mail, classed as a 5 hour single delivery, + 80 Tracked, 10 Specials, 3 boxes & various customer collections.
1 Duty with 5 (yes, 5) days mail (that I have never done before after the ‘revision’) (classed as a 5 hour delivery with 1 days mail)
No Tracked, but specials and customer collections.
1 Duty’s specials, customer collections and boxes.
First loop started at 10:10am
Home time 14:20pm
Manager…. Why didn’t you complete??
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TopperGas
- Posts: 3416
- Joined: 13 Feb 2021, 22:46
- Gender: Male
Re: How many tracked is too many for your duty?
No idea what's going on with the make up of our business but everything seems to be in boxes, big and small, letter box sized items seem to be disappearing and even clothing in plastic bags seems to be reducing.
I sense Father's Day as led to today's increase, going off track you do wonder how we're not making bigger profits from .all the tracked items we're now delivering, it's hard to believe most of us could deliver many more.
I sense Father's Day as led to today's increase, going off track you do wonder how we're not making bigger profits from .all the tracked items we're now delivering, it's hard to believe most of us could deliver many more.
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Valentina@1
- Posts: 832
- Joined: 13 Apr 2023, 16:48
- Gender: Male
Re: How many tracked is too many for your duty?
Don’t worry CWU Tony bouch says heart monitors being used in pilots to keep an eye on fatigue.
Do me a favour
Do me a favour
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TopperGas
- Posts: 3416
- Joined: 13 Feb 2021, 22:46
- Gender: Male
Re: How many tracked is too many for your duty?
Has anybody heard from TB following his suggestions that we only worked 12,000 steps a day?Valentina@1 wrote: ↑11 Jun 2025, 21:56Don’t worry CWU Tony bouch says heart monitors being used in pilots to keep an eye on fatigue.
Do me a favour![]()
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kiplingcakes
- Posts: 2
- Joined: 05 May 2013, 09:28
- Gender: Male
Re: How many tracked is too many for your duty?
Today’s step count whilst on duty…TopperGas wrote: ↑11 Jun 2025, 22:01Has anybody heard from TB following his suggestions that we only worked 12,000 steps a day?Valentina@1 wrote: ↑11 Jun 2025, 21:56Don’t worry CWU Tony bouch says heart monitors being used in pilots to keep an eye on fatigue.
Do me a favour![]()
Steps : 24,624
Miles : 12.04
Flights of steps climbed : 60
Average resting Heart Rate : 48 BPM
Average Heart Rate between 10am & 2pm : 138 BPM