New Bonus Scheme

[counter man]

Our manager went through the new bonus scheme this morning.....lots of figures to take in but it looks like we will be better off..

She said the union were hoping for it to be voted for..

Any other views??

[The FraudSquad]

Our manager went through the new bonus scheme this morning.....lots of figures to take in but it looks like we will be better off..

She said the union were hoping for it to be voted for..

Any other views??

we have heard nothing about it! what is it?

it must be another carrot to try and entice people not to vote for strikes??

[ldsposti]

its news to me dont trust them they are good at fiddling the figures, we want it on the basic.

[counter man]

A new quarterly sales bonus...

We need to be nearer our 100% of targets....but doing this will give you over £200 a quarter.... more than double we have received before

[smtubbs69]

have heard nothing in grays area,care to elaborate anyone?

[Broxi51]

A new quarterly sales bonus...

We need to be nearer our 100% of targets....but doing this will give you over £200 a quarter.... more than double we have received before

In our office if we reached 100% of our targets our dom would probably get rid of staff and ask us to lapse even more duties

[counter man]

tubbs...

Are you on the counter...this mornings WTL session was all about it...

[Spedley]

£200/quarter = £800 per year or £15.34 per week.
With a basic pay of £347.61 this equates to a 4.4% bonus (not an increase in pay) IF you make their targets.

I'd happily swap it all for a 1.5% pay increase but then RM would loose their carrot (or stick if you don't get the bonus).

[baldrick]

Guys, this is about a bonus in PO Counters, not for RM posties.

[counter man]

Yeah.....its for counter staff and linked to sales performance...ie new products we sell to customers after talking to them! Some offices have got £312 for the first one

[saunders265]

And some Offices will get zero... Who sets the targets? Are they fair? What about an office that has a low target because it has been historically poor at sales, and so therefore has a greater potential? Or has a nearby sub office opening/closure? What about changes to market conditions that are beyond our control? What about good Customer Service? Misselling?

I haven't known a bonus scheme yet that doesn't come with a wide assortment of contradictions. My favourite was the one we had a few years back that was linked to Waiting Times and errors. If the doors were kept closed and you didn't serve any customers, you would not fail any waiting time targets, and you wouldn't make any errors, so you would get the maximum bonus...

If the money is there it should be put on the basic wage in my view...

[DGP1]

And some Offices will get zero... Who sets the targets? Are they fair? What about an office that has a low target because it has been historically poor at sales, and so therefore has a greater potential? Or has a nearby sub office opening/closure? What about changes to market conditions that are beyond our control? What about good Customer Service? Misselling?

I haven't known a bonus scheme yet that doesn't come with a wide assortment of contradictions. My favourite was the one we had a few years back that was linked to Waiting Times and errors. If the doors were kept closed and you didn't serve any customers, you would not fail any waiting time targets, and you wouldn't make any errors, so you would get the maximum bonus...

If the money is there it should be put on the basic wage in my view...

Bonuses are too easily manipulated and if they really valued their employees they would instead increase their basic pay.