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What determines a Full time or Part time walk?

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realitybites
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What determines a Full time or Part time walk?

Post by realitybites »

As above really, only have full time walks at our place at the moment but assume part time walks will materialise. Was wondering if there were certain criteria that determine the two
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Re: What determines a Full time or Part time walk?

Post by delboy »

part time walks don't do ips..
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Re: What determines a Full time or Part time walk?

Post by Exrep »

In our office P/Ts dont do d2ds either but there nothink else to sepaerate a F/T walk from a P/T walk
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realitybites
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Re: What determines a Full time or Part time walk?

Post by realitybites »

I was thinking more along the lines of walks that involve driving, or six day a week walks with the week off, or does that not make a difference
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Re: What determines a Full time or Part time walk?

Post by smok3y666 »

One is 8 hours the other 4?
realitybites
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Re: What determines a Full time or Part time walk?

Post by realitybites »

The reason I ask is I was due to cover a walk that required the use of a van but was later declined it as it was not a duty that could be carried out by a part timer, i do remember insurance being mentioned at some point, though how that would have a bearing on things I don't know. I was also thinking that maybe locality had something to do with what walks were suitable for part time.
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Re: What determines a Full time or Part time walk?

Post by happymackem »

MoNkEyBoY wrote:In our office P/Ts dont do d2ds either but there nothink else to sepaerate a F/T walk from a P/T walk
WHAT how do they get away with that then?
slinger
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Re: What determines a Full time or Part time walk?

Post by slinger »

I can't believe PTers get away with not doing D2D's! LOL

In theory PTers come in get their bag and do their delivery and maybe throw the last of their rounds off before tying up and going out if they are on an actual walk. What tends to happen is they get asked to come in early and have to throw most if not all of their rounds. None that do deliveries work just to their time.
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Re: What determines a Full time or Part time walk?

Post by not me »

the idea between PT & FT is the difference is in the indoor hours
the walk is the same
thats the theory ;)
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Re: What determines a Full time or Part time walk?

Post by Exrep »

Happymac its allways been the case in our office only regulars do the d2ds.

Theres simply no time in a P/T duty to do d2ds but seen as im a f/t its never affected me.

Do P/Ts o d2ds in your office.
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Viewfindergeneral
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Re: What determines a Full time or Part time walk?

Post by Viewfindergeneral »

I'm part-time and I do IPS, D2D's and my delivery is as big as the full-timers.
Big Daz
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Re: What determines a Full time or Part time walk?

Post by Big Daz »

Workload is the difference.

A PT can do anything that they are fully trained for, its simply a matter of having a workload to fit their hours.
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Re: What determines a Full time or Part time walk?

Post by mclovin »

D2D's shouldnt affect the delivery aspect as the 20% per day is accounted for within the duties timespan.
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Re: What determines a Full time or Part time walk?

Post by montriff »

in our office the majority of part time walks are bigger ,because all the full timers have seniority and left the dreggs for the part timers after the last resign :silenced
oh and the part timers have to do d2ds ,finish prep ,do packet bags ,kill offs than bundle ,bag up ,get to walk and finally pouch off all in 4.30 hours :crazy: and nearly all the walks(including full timers) are 4 hours plus .the jobs totally FOOKED :cfo
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Re: What determines a Full time or Part time walk?

Post by DirtyHarry »

custard wrote:the idea between PT & FT is the difference is in the indoor hours
the walk is the same
thats the theory ;)
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