Coms choosing your duty

[SpacePhoenix]

That would be the sensible idea but unfortunately the second class mail that isn’t due delivery that day isn’t sent to the delivery office but is held at the mail centre due to the DTS algorithm

If there's any 1C items or if any 2C items have hit the time limit then any 2C for the DP will be released. The DTS classes DSA as being 2C, some is 3 day delivery, some 2 day (iirc the 2 day DSA is meant to be migrating to 3 day). Some DSA is 5 day.

[ted_e_bear]

All our rurals were going over until the network changes came in and no one was willing to work past the 16.30 finish time so all duties cut off. We are now a trial office with the rurals doing 50/50.
That means we’re taking out all the parcels and first class for the whole duty and alternating the second class so we’re doing double mail on half the duty every day not just a single days as in the previous comments.Most days are just about manageable but on heavy tracked days we still have to cut off.
And as for the batshit crazy comment you seem to be under the same crazy impression as some managers that driving down a road with only a parcel and no letters somehow makes the distance shorter.
All that happens is you go to a stop one day with the tracked parcel then go back the next day with the second class so no actual time is being saved.

Er...No if you're referring to my comment you didn't read what I said properly, I said going around the full duty with parcels only takes a lot less time than going round with everything

[MERLIN681901]

So I have a road that takes me twenty minutes to drive to the house at the end but miss out the delivery half way along that takes me two minutes to drive into I have saved loads of time.

[ted_e_bear]

So I have a road that takes me twenty minutes to drive to the house at the end but miss out the delivery half way along that takes me two minutes to drive into I have saved loads of time.

You've just summed it up absolutely with an excellent example, it does if it's a parcel only day and you didn't have to go to this house that takes twenty minutes to get to, that's the whole point.

[MERLIN681901]

You’ve obviously never done a duty in the wilds of Scotland it’s always the last stop. They are 30-40 miles away from the nearest shop and order everything online
Coffee one day toilet rolls the next then cat food the next
So even on a parcel only day you are still going to most of the same stops.So no a parcel only day dosen’t really save any time.

[oypostie]

sub 100 for the 2 rounds.

If we had duties that were that light i might agree but our duties are over 100 for each duty. Add in first class and you're looking at 300 calls plus box and doorstep collections, maybe a locker or two and don't forget to get your specials done on time !!!

[Chelseablue]

The chaos is going to be incredible, sick absence will be high , will really mess this clusterf, system up.

[postmanplod2026]

that happens in my office anyway, manager gives duties to his mates seniorty out the window long time ago

[1988]

Let's be clear, RMs proposals always include a degree of fear mongering so their union buddies (Martin) can appear to apply the lube.

It's not even the deception that annoys me, it's the fecklessness.

They are unable to put forward a detailed plan and can only threaten you with a slightly worse and vague alternative.

Two-tier workforce.
Additional staff for expected failures.
Ridiculous carousel of duties and staff.

To be in the fortunate position of having the reduction of the USO and serving this up is incredible.

At the most basic level you'd think allocating a manageable workload, promoting personal responsibility and paying staff fairly would be achievable.

[scotchy1962]

Let's be clear, RMs proposals always include a degree of fear mongering so their union buddies (Martin) can appear to apply the lube.

It's not even the deception that annoys me, it's the fecklessness.

They are unable to put forward a detailed plan and can only threaten you with a slightly worse and vague alternative.

Two-tier workforce.
Additional staff for expected failures.
Ridiculous carousel of duties and staff.

To be in the fortunate position of having the reduction of the USO and serving this up is incredible.

At the most basic level you'd think allocating a manageable workload, promoting personal responsibility and paying staff fairly would be achievable.

Oh 1988 you talk far to much sense to ever be listened to by union or company.
That last sentence should be the unions mantra and at its most basic core principals, instead its do what we say, when we say it and no questions asked.
Dictatorship at its finest.