Overtime ban incoming, allegedly

[ted_e_bear]

It's the 1st time in about 2 years that I wasn't asked to work my day off.....

Was there any work to actually do.

Yeah bet they saved the mail for him to do when he came back

[Cedar_Room]

Complete ban at ours from next week. No early sorting,day off or excess. Let’s see how long it lasts

[Clappedoutpostie]

Complete ban at ours from next week. No early sorting,day off or excess. Let’s see how long it lasts

The same for us. The office has already collapsed and that’s with overtime.

[Barnacle]

Are OFCOM asleep.

[WalkerX]

Complete ban at ours from next week. No early sorting,day off or excess. Let’s see how long it lasts

Came back this afternoon after being soaked. I`m off tomorrow, but my partner was scheduled to work her day off(as she usually does) but was told she wasn`t allowed to work it. Doubtless neither of our walks will will be covered, so it`ll be double mail on Saturday. I shall be leaving a few loops in. If this is how they want to play it, then so be it. You`d think they`d learn by now wouldn`t you? but I guess bonusses are at stake.

[Valentina@1]

Most offices have a S/A contract to work rest days….so are they now saying you can’t work them?

[ted_e_bear]

Most offices have a S/A contract to work rest days….so are they now saying you can’t work them?

Most offices ? Not round here they don't

[Barnacle]

Most offices have a S/A contract to work rest days….so are they now saying you can’t work them?

SAs are a contractual agreement so they remain the same.

[Cedar_Room]

Most offices have a S/A contract to work rest days….so are they now saying you can’t work them?

Not at our office mate. No structured day off cover anymore. You’re lucky if anything other than tracked gets delivered
It’s the norm nowadays to return to chaos after day off/annual leave

[Cedar_Room]

Are OFCOM asleep.

Rest assured they’ll issue RM a fine & release a statement in a few months!

[TopperGas]

Doesn't this happen every year then after a week or so the DO's are in such a state they have to start paying OT again? It seems a bizarre way to run a company.

[Perseus]

Most offices have a S/A contract to work rest days….so are they now saying you can’t work them?

That's not the case.

[clashcityrocker]

Doesn't this happen every year then after a week or so the DO's are in such a state they have to start paying OT again? It seems a bizarre way to run a company.

I think it would be a mistake to assume that was has happened before will happen again.
Royal mail is a different beast. Expect different scenarios.
Nobody can run a business at a loss.

[clashcityrocker]

Most offices have a S/A contract to work rest days….so are they now saying you can’t work them?

Why do people assume that what goes on in their office is typical of the country as a whole?
The use of SA to cover rest days is an abuse of the SA agreement and is fundamentally anti trade unionism.

[goldy2007]

Doesn't this happen every year then after a week or so the DO's are in such a state they have to start paying OT again? It seems a bizarre way to run a company.

I think it would be a mistake to assume that was has happened before will happen again.
Royal mail is a different beast. Expect different scenarios.
Nobody can run a business at a loss.

There lies the problem

It’s impossible to run what was once a service where everything went everyday

as a business model wanting profit