CURRENTLY TRIALLING DM26 HCT’s

[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]

Were you using a HCT previously?

[Barnacle]

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?

[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]

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.

[Perseus]

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

[A2B]

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

At a guess they are using more HCT's than vans and are doing a "version" of DM26 to fit their office