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Finish times

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Pfrizzy10
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Re: Finish times

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Martin Walsh wrote:
29 Jul 2026, 20:52
The workload on a Saturday is only first class, parcels and tracked. The maximum attendance for a Saturday is capped at 7 hours 40 minutes.

In terms of start times the Wednesday alignment start time benefits a significant amount of units.

183 units on the review will be able to move at least 15 minutes earlier Monday to Saturday including 116 in Scotland.

All other units can move at least 15 minutes earlier Monday and Saturday as part of the review.

‘Only’
Wait to Christmas when we have 230+ tracked on our own duty, another 70+ from the 1/3 duty and then 1st class letters on top of that.
No chance that is achievable and I’ll not be staying out one minute past my finish time, or any day for that matter.
A2B
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Re: Finish times

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Pfrizzy10 wrote:
29 Jul 2026, 21:04


‘Only’
Wait to Christmas when we have 230+ tracked on our own duty, another 70+ from the 1/3 duty and then 1st class letters on top of that.
No chance that is achievable and I’ll not be staying out one minute past my finish time, or any day for that matter.
Now don't laugh at me but have been told that everything reverts back to the current way of working at Christmas :shock:
funkflex55
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Re: Finish times

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Martin Walsh wrote:
29 Jul 2026, 20:22
Two points here :

1 if you start later on either Monday, Tuesday , Thursday , Friday or Saturday then your Wednesday start time then on deployment you can move your start times to that of the Wednesday.

2. The finish times will be dependent on the above and the attendance pattern you choose. For example on the 2 in 5 attendance pattern Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday are 8 hour attendances. On Wednesday it is 8 hours 30 attendance and on a Saturday it is 7 hours 40 minutes.

3. All of these will be reviewed under the review with Saturday attendance being reviewed in January 2027.
That's 3 points.
moonjaguar
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Re: Finish times

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Are family friendly hours to be finished? We still finish no later than 2.30pm. Any later and we'd lose a few people.
Pfrizzy10
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Re: Finish times

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moonjaguar wrote:
29 Jul 2026, 21:40
Are family friendly hours to be finished? We still finish no later than 2.30pm. Any later and we'd lose a few people.
Seems great to me. Do you want to swap with my 5pm finishes 😂
Delbhoy
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Re: Finish times

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Perseus wrote:
29 Jul 2026, 21:03
A potentially 15 minutes earlier finish when our finish times are up to 3 hours later than they were just over 2 years ago is a tough sell.
:Applause :Applause :Applause :Applause
Mr Rush
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Re: Finish times

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Perseus wrote:
29 Jul 2026, 20:26
Martin, we are still waiting for our times being reviewed from 2024.
That didn't materialise and finish time now time pushed close to 5pm for many, including Saturdays.
Like a holiday request, the answer was an instantaneous 'no'. To think improved attendance on a Saturday once meant preserving a noon finish.
The machine stops.
Perseus
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Re: Finish times

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Mr Rush wrote:
30 Jul 2026, 17:24
Perseus wrote:
29 Jul 2026, 20:26
Martin, we are still waiting for our times being reviewed from 2024.
That didn't materialise and finish time now time pushed close to 5pm for many, including Saturdays.
Like a holiday request, the answer was an instantaneous 'no'. To think improved attendance on a Saturday once meant preserving a noon finish.
If you ignore the 3 hour later finish on a Saturday in the space of 2 years, then the 15 minute offset looks great.
DM26 is pushing our Saturday time on even later, but we are to be compensated with a chance of 15 mins off that.

It's a terrible stance to take in my view.
Fed
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Re: Finish times

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Fed wrote:
29 Jul 2026, 18:01
Rommagic wrote:
29 Jul 2026, 18:00
Fed what are your sat times?.
Finish at 15:10
I checked this again today and I was wrong yesterday. Finish time on a Saturday is 14:40. Apologies
Rommagic
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Re: Finish times

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Ok fed
Rve83ndxd
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Re: Finish times

Post by Rve83ndxd »

Fed wrote:
30 Jul 2026, 18:09
Fed wrote:
29 Jul 2026, 18:01
Rommagic wrote:
29 Jul 2026, 18:00
Fed what are your sat times?.
Finish at 15:10
I checked this again today and I was wrong yesterday. Finish time on a Saturday is 14:40. Apologies
10 years ago my finish time on a Saturday was 1515. Happy days with your earlier finish. 😀
Ozzvaldo
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Re: Finish times

Post by Ozzvaldo »

Martin Walsh wrote:
29 Jul 2026, 20:52
All other units can move at least 15 minutes earlier Monday and Saturday as part of the review.
The Saturday finishing time in my unit is projected to be 25 minutes later than it currently is. 4 15pm instead of 3.50pm, which is bad enough as it is.
Perseus
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Re: Finish times

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Ozzvaldo wrote:
30 Jul 2026, 20:29
Martin Walsh wrote:
29 Jul 2026, 20:52
All other units can move at least 15 minutes earlier Monday and Saturday as part of the review.
The Saturday finishing time in my unit is projected to be 25 minutes later than it currently is. 4 15pm instead of 3.50pm, which is bad enough as it is.
Does the potential 15 mins feel like a win? :nana
Ozzvaldo
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Re: Finish times

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Perseus wrote:
30 Jul 2026, 20:36
Ozzvaldo wrote:
30 Jul 2026, 20:29
Martin Walsh wrote:
29 Jul 2026, 20:52
All other units can move at least 15 minutes earlier Monday and Saturday as part of the review.
The Saturday finishing time in my unit is projected to be 25 minutes later than it currently is. 4 15pm instead of 3.50pm, which is bad enough as it is.
Does the potential 15 mins feel like a win? :nana
We can hardly contain our excitement.
moonjaguar
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Re: Finish times

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Ozzvaldo wrote:
30 Jul 2026, 20:29
Martin Walsh wrote:
29 Jul 2026, 20:52
All other units can move at least 15 minutes earlier Monday and Saturday as part of the review.
The Saturday finishing time in my unit is projected to be 25 minutes later than it currently is. 4 15pm instead of 3.50pm, which is bad enough as it is.
That's absurd in this hot weather. My office and the several others I get sent to all finish before 2pm on a Saturday. They are all in the South East.