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Is there a chance for full time hours?

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Is there a chance for full time hours?

Post by Acca Dacca »

Dont worry im not gonna go all 'El Cartero' on ye's :chuckle

Just wondering if, as a 25er reserve, there will ever crop up a chance to do full time hours for a few weeks like at xmas - dont know how summer works in my office whether its lapsing or whatever as just joined last August.

I dont mean will I become full time perm just if there will ever come a chance to bump the hours up.
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:funneh :funneh Wonder why no replies :hmmmm :hmmmm :hmmmm
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Post by baldrick »

madelin4 wrote::funneh :funneh Wonder why no replies :hmmmm :hmmmm :hmmmm
Well probably because he only posted it at 00.57 this morning, madelin.
I expect he'll get some replies once the delivery people finish and get home.
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Post by Richie89 »

I was made up from 25 to 30 hours after a year. No one has gone from full time to part time in my office since I started 3 years ago though.
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My advice would be to keep buying the lottery tickets :Very Happy
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Re: Is there a chance for full time hours?

Post by theboropostie »

A handfull in my DO got made up to F/T last year.

Still start at 9 but do packets after their walk to make up the hours.

Did it based on who wanted it and then seniority - I know two of them have been P/T with RM for about 8 years.
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Post by coxie »

acca, sometimes in my office if we are short staffed or at busy times of the year they ask the part timers to do full time hours, at my office the 30 hrs guys probably get to do this in average 2 or 3 months a year.
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There are loads of part timers on here posting that they get extra hrs cause their office is fooked.
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Re: Is there a chance for full time hours?

Post by Cedar_Room »

According to our Rep,RM has changed its stance on the the Full-Part Time Ratio.

He reckons,in our office at least,it is going to go from a 50/50 split to 75/25 in the Full Timers favour.

I assume this will be when all the Park & Loopy nonsense kicks in...
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pne_postie wrote:According to our Rep,RM has changed its stance on the the Full-Part Time Ratio.

He reckons,in our office at least,it is going to go from a 50/50 split to 75/25 in the Full Timers favour.

I assume this will be when all the Park & Loopy nonsense kicks in...
Did he also explain how he was going to achieve the increase? I don't want to sound pessimistic here but if he is going to increase the contracts he is cutting down on overall numbers. Unless he is suddenly going to find an increased workload from somewhere.
When all the park and loop nonsense kicks in your delivery time increases and your overall duty numbers decrease.
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Post by Cedar_Room »

dvbuk55 wrote:
pne_postie wrote:According to our Rep,RM has changed its stance on the the Full-Part Time Ratio.

He reckons,in our office at least,it is going to go from a 50/50 split to 75/25 in the Full Timers favour.

I assume this will be when all the Park & Loopy nonsense kicks in...
Did he also explain how he was going to achieve the increase? I don't want to sound pessimistic here but if he is going to increase the contracts he is cutting down on overall numbers. Unless he is suddenly going to find an increased workload from somewhere.
When all the park and loop nonsense kicks in your delivery time increases and your overall duty numbers decrease.

Oh yeah,you`re spot-on of course.

Luckily for us we have Paul Daniels as our CWU representative... :crazy:
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Post by theboropostie »

Really!!

Paul Daniels is your rep?

Recession must of hit the magic trade quite hard. Bet Debbie's not happy. :wink:
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theboropostie wrote:Really!!

Paul Daniels is your rep?

Recession must of hit the magic trade quite hard. Bet Debbie's not happy. :wink:
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Re: Is there a chance for full time hours?

Post by el_cartero »

who the hell wants to get out there bed at 4 am every morning anyway ...

not alot
one day part timers will have the same right as full timers
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el_cartero wrote:who the hell wants to get out there bed at 4 am every morning anyway ...

not alot
el_cartero you are a man of contradictions.

You want more hours as you cannot survive on £138 but you baulk at the idea of getting up at 4.00. :nervous :nervous
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