Why shouldn't a Postman / Woman get minimum wage?

[k979aaa]

Why?

Bexcause they would be entitled to a lot more tax credit and housing benefit, thus taking more out of the state and paying less in.

That is barmy economics!!!!!!!

Untill the tory party gets in and after this :mfo shower of sh*te they will.

[krussel]

The PHG in our office should be on minimum wage because he's a useless w@nker who only took the job because a walk would kill him. Mind you he is good at going running to the manager telling tales

SNAP!

The extending of deliveries under SDD and now the lapsing on top the deliveries have been really hit in recent years. However the PHG (or locker duties) have hardly changed at all I know they can be stressfull (ive covered them) but compared to walks they are the same as they were 5 years ago.

Oh and yeah why not work for nothing and save RM the minimum wage Get a life

[delboy]

If Royal Mail paid minimum wage, there would be no Royal Mail... simple as that..

[calpsy]

I think someone like myself should be paid a small fortune .

Why ? ?

because I come in early so therefore NEVER late

because I use my car therefore others get their bags earlier and the drivers have an easy time

because I do lots of different jobs within RM

And finally

because I am a really nice guy

[krussel]

I think someone like myself should be paid a small fortune .

Why ? ?

because I come in early so therefore NEVER late

because I use my car therefore others get their bags earlier and the drivers have an easy time

because I do lots of different jobs within RM

And finally

because I am a really nice guy

In a WRONG kind of way, pure class

I am off to watch some tube

[pickaname]

I thought posties got minimum wage anyway...certainly seems like it on a Friday.

[Big Daz]

I thought posties got minimum wage anyway...certainly seems like it on a Friday.

With door to dustbins anda 30 hour week im on around 290 a week average, 40 hours on the minium wage would be a paycut.

That shows just how crap the minium wage is. :mfo

[DirtyHarry]

To be fair theres alot harder jobs for less money.

And I bet you're not in one of them.

[montriff]

Can you remember before the minimum wage came in ,some jobs were £1.50 an hour and we were on £5 or so (i think ) now those were the days

[andy2007]

i think there should also be a sliding scale of wages dependent on how long a service you have.....i personally dont think that someone with say 30 years of time in should be on the same wage as a person who has done 1 year....maybe if Royal Fail paid its staff a loyalty bonus for each year they stayed with them after say a minimum of 3 years it could keep staff that have valuable experience in the different tasks involved in the job 9its a nightmare in my office with the turnover of new staff not knowing how to sort etc) ......also drivers and PHG staff are no longer paid for the different type of skills they have to use (unlike the good old days)

Don't you think we have enough trouble, with RM trying to get rid of long serving Posties. Without giving them an incentive to get rid of more?
It'd be nice to get the extra money. But the cost is too high IMHO.

[DGP1]

i think there should also be a sliding scale of wages dependent on how long a service you have.....i personally dont think that someone with say 30 years of time in should be on the same wage as a person who has done 1 year....maybe if Royal Fail paid its staff a loyalty bonus for each year they stayed with them after say a minimum of 3 years it could keep staff that have valuable experience in the different tasks involved in the job 9its a nightmare in my office with the turnover of new staff not knowing how to sort etc) ......also drivers and PHG staff are no longer paid for the different type of skills they have to use (unlike the good old days)

Don't you think we have enough trouble, with RM trying to get rid of long serving Posties. Without giving them an incentive to get rid of more?
It'd be nice to get the extra money. But the cost is too high IMHO.

There is also a legal issue to paying people more to do the same work but don't you get extra leave the longer you're in.

That's sounds like parole.

[vinnieb5]

To be fair theres alot harder jobs for less money.

:cfo we know its you crozier !!

[andy2007]

To be fair theres alot harder jobs for less money.

:cfo we know its you crozier !!

Oh come on. Let's not start going down that route again. Just because someone has such objectionable opinions, doesn't mean that he's Crozier. The General Public use this site too. And many are taken in by RM propoganda about us. He may actually have believed that what he said was right.

It's better and more effective to educate these people, than insult them.

[Si67]

To be fair theres alot harder jobs for less money.

Theres an old sayiying,,,, Pay peanuts get Monkeys, And thats damned well true!! I could tell you a few stories of some agency staff we had on min wage.. f**k me!!

[Ethilfrog]

i think there should also be a sliding scale of wages dependent on how long a service you have.....i personally dont think that someone with say 30 years of time in should be on the same wage as a person who has done 1 year....maybe if Royal Fail paid its staff a loyalty bonus for each year they stayed with them after say a minimum of 3 years it could keep staff that have valuable experience in the different tasks involved in the job 9its a nightmare in my office with the turnover of new staff not knowing how to sort etc) ......also drivers and PHG staff are no longer paid for the different type of skills they have to use (unlike the good old days)

Don't you think we have enough trouble, with RM trying to get rid of long serving Posties. Without giving them an incentive to get rid of more?
It'd be nice to get the extra money. But the cost is too high IMHO.

Ex PHGs still get more than the rest of us and higher SA/overtime rates even though they've now been 'ex' for nine years. Wish I could become an ex PHG but there's no way of course.

I once asked RM (through the 'Ask Allan' thing) why we still have this discrimination. Their so-called Head of Rewards didn't even attempt to justify it.