clashcityrocker wrote:The increase in delivery times has never been matched by a less harsh sickness entitlement.If you are out on delivery for four hours in crappy shoes in the rain week in week out there is a strong possibility you will fall ill , especially if you have already been out lapsing and are wet at the start of your delivery.I would like to see Royal Mail recognize this and offer an amnesty to all people on first stage,second stage warnings.
Lapsing might seem like a good idea from an office but it needs competent managers to arrange it fairly and they are very rare on the ground.
competent managers in rm are as rare as rocking horse s@@@.
the problems are in the corporate structure.
RM is a dictatorial enviroment thats run in a climate of fear.
each delivery office manager has to do what his cluster manager dictates, he does what the area manager says and so on all the way up to crozier and co.
.but isn't this how all companies work ? you might say,true except that in great companies they empower their managers and trust them to manage.
Doms follow strictly dictated policy , budgets, and targets revised constantly.
My point?
Theres no room in RM for any manager who questions policy.
Theres no room in RM for managers who want to think for themselves.
you must lack empathy with the staff as this will hinder you in implementing policy.
you need to have a moral code that will allow you to carry out policy you don't necessarily agree with,
and the the ability to withstand the scorn and derision of your workers who know you are just an extension of crozys arm.
They are therefore not chosen from the best candidates Q.E.D
I'm a postman-and i know where you live.....
