FIVE DAY WEEK

k979aaa · Post by **k979aaa** » 10 May 2008, 10:42

This has been floated about before but looks increasingly likely since no competitor's do a six day service!. POSTCOM & ROYALMAIL will in all probability look to reduce the six day week to just five to save money and the USO!.

Post by **POSTMAN** » 10 May 2008, 10:57

http://www.royalmailchat.co.uk/forum/vi ... hp?t=11129

Digger1975 · Post by **Digger1975** » 10 May 2008, 11:58

Think it could happen but not sure if it will. Would it be a mon-fri delivery or maybe lose a day in the week? Interesting times ahead!!

Punk · Post by **Punk** » 10 May 2008, 12:01

This particular snowball has began its inevitable descent and is gaining momentum by the day. Surely its now inconceivable that we will continue to provide a six day delivery.

Aren't we the only country in the EU to offer this service?

pickaname · Post by **pickaname** » 10 May 2008, 13:29

Perhaps the competion could club together and cover the 6th day? Fairs fair y'know...i mean in a level playing field why should RM be making a loss on a USO?

steviemac · Post by **steviemac** » 10 May 2008, 15:44

if we are to be a commercially run business then use our 6day delivery as a selling point and not 'dumb down' the service. Don't we all work a 5 day week anyway with either a day off or every 6th week off depending on office structure. Let the rest of europe raise their game to match ours and anyway it's the british right indeed duty to show the rest of europe they are wrong and we are right!!

speedfreak191a · Post by **speedfreak191a** » 10 May 2008, 16:03

i would love a 5 day week, i hate working on saturdays!

Navy Bob · Post by **Navy Bob** » 10 May 2008, 17:20

But Saturdays can be light,well, I mean light compared to other days,and I can't even begin to imagine what every Friday would be like.......Lets keep the Saturday!!!!
I finished at 11:40 today compared with 1:45 every other day

dogfood · Post by **dogfood** » 10 May 2008, 17:23

i would love a 5 day week, i hate working on saturdays!

Same here mate.

johnsonrmc · Post by **johnsonrmc** » 11 May 2008, 08:02

linkinpark wrote: are none of these covers your mates?

Now this is a good point, because we seem at this moment to be in `a taking frenzy`.....all these `pieces of silver`that are coming our way are the result of less bodies (colleagues) in the business and that has resulted in more physically demanding work for those of us left on the `delivery side`.......and we do not require a `thread` on the subject of, is there more work or not, as this has been done to death already.

My point is that we criticize Big Al & little C for `cutting costs` which means less people, and it seems to me we are in danger of advocating the `same` when we encourage the talk of a 5 day delivery system?...... Saturday should be a lighter day, lets keep it!

If `it` does not go on Saturday we will be taking `it` on Monday.

axeman · Post by **axeman** » 11 May 2008, 08:14

We all work a five day week but the delivery spec is for six take one out of that spec and you will be carrying rather a lot of mail over the five day spans
it's the one thing that must be kept !!. If you go to a mon to fri delivery then thousands will lose there jobs just hope that if it ever does get implemented then those that advocated it will be first out the door i presume

DirtyHarry · Post by **DirtyHarry** » 11 May 2008, 10:35

steviemac wrote: Let the rest of europe raise their game to match ours and anyway it's the british right indeed duty to show the rest of europe they are wrong and we are right!!

Trouble is, there aren't any mugs anywhere else in Europe quite like the British, with their "work until you drop" ethos. Lucky buggers.

bogstandard · Post by **bogstandard** » 11 May 2008, 11:21

there are other countries in the EU that provide a six day service.
it was with 1 of those graphs that showed how had the 2nd cheapest postage cost for the uso and othe countries that provided a 6 day service.
sorry about the vagueness of it all.

BELIAL · Post by **BELIAL** » 11 May 2008, 11:53

Why stop with Mon-Fri. ? Sure that might save 40,000 jobs but once youve set the precedent of changing the USO think how many more you could cut.
Why not deliver every other day? One postie covers two walks, no more next day delivery but I'm sure RM would offer the carrot of a token price reduction

k979aaa · Post by **k979aaa** » 11 May 2008, 12:09

BELIAL wrote:Why stop with Mon-Fri. ? Sure that might save 40,000 jobs but once youve set the precedent of changing the USO think how many more you could cut.
Why not deliver every other day? One postie covers two walks, no more next day delivery but I'm sure RM would offer the carrot of a token price reduction

Once a week or how about every two week's just after the bin collection's!. When will the madness of gordon brown end!.