Outhouse Watch !

[Sparrowhawk]

As the title reads , why don't we have an "Outhouse Watch" ? .
The idea being that whenever any of us hears of an outhouse location , post it on here so we ALL know about it . That's more than likely where the Agency workers , Xmas casuals , managers and "strike breakers" will be working from during our IA.
Edinburgh.
During our 2007 IA , an outhouse at Livingston was used. For Xmas 2008, Livingston was used again although I believe a different bigger unit was used ( supposedly just for packets although we were receiving yorks of "splitters" - pre-sorted letters and flats, returned to EHMC from the above outhouse !).
This year , an outhouse at Bathgate has been mentioned ( or is this a decoy to take our attention away from Livi ? ).

[farin]

it was the old tesco's warehouse if i remember right,, I've also heard the rumour about it being the old Motorola factory at bathgate this year, maybe "friends" in that D.o. can keep an eye out for developments ...

[baldrick]

Well I think it's well known now, but a lot of London work is being sent
to a warehouse in Dartford being used as an Outhouse for the last 6 weeks.
It's being staffed by Agency staff supplied by Manpower, who charge around
£15 per hour for each person. There are supposed to be 400 people working
there on three shifts, and they have been told they will be employed there
for4 months.
I can't see them being able to process much of the work normally done by more
than 12,000 experienced London OPGs, so the backlog is probably going to
continue to grow, and a lot faster once the National IA starts.

[harry09]

Yeah the London stuff is coming to Dartford in a warehouse at sandpit road da1 5b-, i work at Dartford office and we have been having right fun sending the lost HGV the wrong way, when being asked out on delivery where the warehouse is, been giving them directions to housing estates ...

[baldrick]

[fishtank]

Xmas Casuals West Lothian Out House



Contract Type Christmas Casual Engagement

Employer Royal Mail Letters

Address Pyramids Business Park

Easter Inch
BATHGATE
EH48 2EH
About the job

December is, naturally, a very busy time of year for Royal Mail. To help us handle the increased volumes of mail we require casual workers to help with sorting in our processing and distribution centers.

Sorting the mail is an important task; the first step to ensuring all those Christmas cards and presents get delivered to the right address!

This type of role involves:

•Sorting items by hand into compartments on a sorting frame
•Bagging and labeling mail for its destination
•Moving mail around the office between conveyor belts, loading docks and trolleys
•Moving mailbags from cages, sorting mailbags and bundles of mail into cages
•Loading and unloading wheeled containers from vehicles to the dispatch areas
Pay Rates per hour :

Age 16 £3.97
Age 17 £4.62
Age 18 and over £5.95

Typical Shift patterns :

Early - 6am - 2pm
Late - 2pm- 10pm
Nights - 10pm - 6am

Please note that shift times may vary from those stated.


I think the Bathgate Outhouse is confirmed

[oypostie]

Pay Rates per hour :

Age 16 £3.97
Age 17 £4.62
Age 18 and over £5.95

As is slave labour at those rates

[kingtubby]

Pay Rates per hour :

Age 16 £3.97
Age 17 £4.62
Age 18 and over £5.95

As is slave labour at those rates

RM management would like us all on mininum wage if they could get away with it. Besides, a few more years of pay freeze and we'll be there by default anyway.

[stewiegriffin]

In Glasgow i know there is the ex-Amazon outhouse in Kinning Park that RM use, and more than likely still own/lease, and also the old Parcel Force building in Dixons Blazes in Gorbalsthat was used last Christmas .. and more than likely still active in some way or another.

[Tamsky]

Don't know about Outhouses, could name plenty of Shithouses due to backlog. Can hardly move in some DO's due to backlog already. One unit at least 5 trays undelivered mail at each frame.

[fishtank]

Anybody lost 5 artics last seen driving around Industrial estates in Bathgate looking for the "secret" outhouse!

[Anura]

'Secret' outhouse in Raunds is no more than the usual defered site, that is run at various places that ndc can get cheap every christmas. Yep, casuals will be there like they are every year.....borin eh??

[oafctom]

big rumours off one thats used in Christmas at Heywood.