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mtber
Posts: 14
Joined: 18 Sep 2011, 09:05
Gender: Male

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Post by mtber »

So with this DM 26 crap now in at a lot of offices How many of you out there are seriously considering leaving
I'm 35 years in this job and I can honestly say I've never seen out like it in my life :wave
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Pfrizzy10
Posts: 143
Joined: 07 Aug 2022, 21:00
Gender: Male

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Post by Pfrizzy10 »

As long as I have a finish time and get paid, which I do, I couldn’t give a bollocks about DM26. It makes no difference to me and won’t force me out.
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pinstripe
Posts: 2466
Joined: 25 May 2007, 16:42
Gender: Male
Location: 2 left turns from reality

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Post by pinstripe »

We had one retire last week and another 2 have put in their notice. 90+ years experience walking out the door.
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Perseus
Posts: 1075
Joined: 21 Feb 2024, 16:45
Gender: Male

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Post by Perseus »

I think if you can keep a reasonable finish time and get one of the better shift patterns the job won't be too bad.
The difference in workload is going to be the biggest driver in people leaving I think.
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FirstPost
Posts: 661
Joined: 16 Aug 2018, 09:37
Gender: Female

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Post by FirstPost »

We’ve had loads leave as they applied for what they thought was parcels and didnt realise how much walking they’d be doing, all youngsters by the way
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taurus88
Posts: 1256
Joined: 14 Aug 2010, 17:53
Gender: Male

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Post by taurus88 »

DM26 is just a symptom of the ongoing decline - we’ve lost over 300 years of experience across the last 12-18 months, and we’re not a big office. I expect the trend to continue but it won’t (entirely) be down to the ongoing changes.

It’s also a big reason why failure is an inevitability in our office; presently, the office is being held together by the pride of a minority of very experienced staff. When they join the exodus, I imagine we’ll see what true calamity looks like.

In terms of leaving, certainly I shall leave, but still I retain a perverse interest in watching it all fall down - I can see the village collapsing into the sea, and a part of me can’t help but stare. It’s funny how much everything has changed.
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Lapzio
Posts: 38
Joined: 11 Jan 2018, 20:03
Gender: Male

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Post by Lapzio »

Our office has been on the new system a few weeks now , sadly morale is at an all time low , sickness is high and the older workers are struggling with the workload ,no matter what royal mail say ive done 21 years every change is start later, finish later and more on you , this company will eventually be like Evri once the lifers go people coming and going very sad but at least i had some good years before this DM26 tripe
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