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CURRENTLY TRIALLING DM26 HCT’s

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monkeybuisness
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CURRENTLY TRIALLING DM26 HCT’s

Post by monkeybuisness »

Just done week 1 of trialling DM26 on the HCT duties at our office and I have to say carving my skin off with a rusty implement and pouring vinegar over my flesh I’ve previously carved off would seem more appealing. Obviously I can’t say too much to give the game away but currently I’m doing approximately 60 % of the work load I’m expected to do under this new delivery method and I’m averaging between 9-11 miles a day. Now I know people will say that’s nothing and I do longer but trust me it’s a killer.
When I’ve tried to put input about the new system aswell as my other colleagues who are struggling immensely we’re all met with a wall of “ it will happen “
I get and I understand just come in and do your hours then go home but trust me this is a delivery designed to get people to quit.
Ps.. I don’t want to give much away but I’ve got nearly 30 years in the business and this is the true story.
A2B
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Re: CURRENTLY TRIALLING DM26 HCT’s

Post by A2B »

Were you using a HCT previously?
Barnacle
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Re: CURRENTLY TRIALLING DM26 HCT’s

Post by Barnacle »

monkeybuisness wrote:
Yesterday, 23:17
Just done week 1 of trialling DM26 on the HCT duties at our office and I have to say carving my skin off with a rusty implement and pouring vinegar over my flesh I’ve previously carved off would seem more appealing. Obviously I can’t say too much to give the game away but currently I’m doing approximately 60 % of the work load I’m expected to do under this new delivery method and I’m averaging between 9-11 miles a day. Now I know people will say that’s nothing and I do longer but trust me it’s a killer.
When I’ve tried to put input about the new system aswell as my other colleagues who are struggling immensely we’re all met with a wall of “ it will happen “
I get and I understand just come in and do your hours then go home but trust me this is a delivery designed to get people to quit.
Ps.. I don’t want to give much away but I’ve got nearly 30 years in the business and this is the true story.
Are you doing 60% because of the volume of mail created by only doing 2c every other day and so the number of delivery points with mail increases?
’You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.’
monkeybuisness
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Joined: 12 Mar 2021, 09:29
Gender: Male

Re: CURRENTLY TRIALLING DM26 HCT’s

Post by monkeybuisness »

We are doing obviously a different format to shared vans but still based on heavy & light days ( even though the mail is still coming in as before, not through the algorithm)
Day 1 : your own duty tracked / first class ( half of delivery )
: rest of delivery everything goes ( other half )
: 1/3 dissolved duty ( everything goes )
: half of all D2D’s to be thrown in
Day 2 : reverse of your duty you did day before
: 1/3 dissolved duty ( everything goes )
: finish D2D’s

Saturday : All tracked and first class
Barnacle
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Re: CURRENTLY TRIALLING DM26 HCT’s

Post by Barnacle »

monkeybuisness wrote:
58 minutes ago
We are doing obviously a different format to shared vans but still based on heavy & light days ( even though the mail is still coming in as before, not through the algorithm)
Day 1 : your own duty tracked / first class ( half of delivery )
: rest of delivery everything goes ( other half )
: 1/3 dissolved duty ( everything goes )
: half of all D2D’s to be thrown in
Day 2 : reverse of your duty you did day before
: 1/3 dissolved duty ( everything goes )
: finish D2D’s

Saturday : All tracked and first class
So you are doing it as DM26- the spec of it - except for on the 1/3 of the lapsed duty. You are taking all of that out every day except Saturday?

No wonder that is hard going for a HCT.
’You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.’
Perseus
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Re: CURRENTLY TRIALLING DM26 HCT’s

Post by Perseus »

Shouldn’t you be doing heavy/light on the part from the other duty too?