D2D's

[campostie64]

i've heard that the union and royal mail are talking about giving us a one off payment for delivering D2D's and then it becomes part of our duty.

[silverback]

It is 1 of many options being discussed..taking up to 10 items but pre sorted into 1 envelope / carrier is another possible

[campostie64]

how much do you think we would get ?

[TrueBlueTerrier]

how much do you think we would get ?

Not enough -last year I earned roughly £25 per week over 44 weeks on D2Ds - This amounts to £1056 a year. The current offer being spoken about is roughly £2,000 - so after 2 years you will doing for free. Sorry not worth it the offer would have to be £5,0000 minimum for me even to think about it.

They can increase the amount if they want, as long as they increase the unit payment or make it easier to prep but to stop paying us even with a sweetener is a non starter for me.

[johnnyp]

No cash people Lets use them to fund a shorter working week and save jobs

[dubdaz]

Got 600 calls on my walk and never complete where others have 300 and finish a couple of hours before me,its a fair system now,the more calls you have the longer it takes so the more money you earn.How can our union even contemplate a one off payment when its not a level playing field?

[johnnyp]

Got 600 calls on my walk and never complete where others have 300 and finish a couple of hours before me,its a fair system now,the more calls you have the longer it takes so the more money you earn.How can our union even contemplate a one off payment when its not a level playing field?

Cheer up mate because under pay and mod these guys finishing early might just find themselves doing extra work under phase 3 where as you wont

[BELIAL]

Got 600 calls on my walk and never complete where others have 300 and finish a couple of hours before me,its a fair system now,the more calls you have the longer it takes so the more money you earn.How can our union even contemplate a one off payment when its not a level playing field?

But with johnnyp's 34hr week you would gain most

[Lounge Lizard]

Got 600 calls on my walk and never complete where others have 300 and finish a couple of hours before me,its a fair system now,the more calls you have the longer it takes so the more money you earn.How can our union even contemplate a one off payment when its not a level playing field?

It never will be a level playing field. Is delivering D2Ds to 600 flats really twice as difficult and worth twice as much as delivering them to 300 farmhouses and cottages ?

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Got 600 calls on my walk and never complete where others have 300 and finish a couple of hours before me,its a fair system now,the more calls you have the longer it takes so the more money you earn.How can our union even contemplate a one off payment when its not a level playing field?

It never will be a level playing field. Is delivering D2Ds to 600 flats really twice as difficult and worth twice as much as delivering them to 300 farmhouses and cottages ?

Apparently yes - the payment we were told this week is for prep only - not delivery - so to prep 600 is twice as difficult and therefore worth twice as much - but only if you believe my manager of course.

Also when delivering its twice as heavy and if you on a rural its not carried totally on your back either.

[doveston]

Got 600 calls on my walk and never complete where others have 300 and finish a couple of hours before me,its a fair system now,the more calls you have the longer it takes so the more money you earn.How can our union even contemplate a one off payment when its not a level playing field?

It never will be a level playing field. Is delivering D2Ds to 600 flats really twice as difficult and worth twice as much as delivering them to 300 farmhouses and cottages ?

Apparently yes - the payment we were told this week is for prep only - not delivery - so to prep 600 is twice as difficult and therefore worth twice as much - but only if you believe my manager of course.

Also when delivering its twice as heavy and if you on a rural its not carried totally on your back either.

paid for prep not delivery?then why are we paid more for the heavy items?

[Lounge Lizard]

Got 600 calls on my walk and never complete where others have 300 and finish a couple of hours before me,its a fair system now,the more calls you have the longer it takes so the more money you earn.How can our union even contemplate a one off payment when its not a level playing field?

It never will be a level playing field. Is delivering D2Ds to 600 flats really twice as difficult and worth twice as much as delivering them to 300 farmhouses and cottages ?

Apparently yes - the payment we were told this week is for prep only - not delivery - so to prep 600 is twice as difficult and therefore worth twice as much - but only if you believe my manager of course.

Also when delivering its twice as heavy and if you on a rural its not carried totally on your back either.

Well, if it's payment for prep only, they're preped in normal working hours and we're all working to our full hours now, then is it logical for someone preping 600 to be paid double the D2D payment of someone preping 300, especially as preping the remaining 300 is hardly more difficult or arduous than the sorting or whatever someone who's finished their 300 is doing ?

[stevo302]

Cheer up mate because under pay and mod these guys finishing early might just find themselves doing extra work under phase 3 where as you wont

Doesn't seem to be the case where i'm at. Everyone is on the list for taking out extra bits of walks to be covered, and from what we hear from the managers you cannot leave it even if it will take you overtime. Instead you just end up cutting off a bit of your own walk. Seems rather pointless to me