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39hr week

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Big Daz
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Re: 39hr week

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Aaah the 8 hour hybrid duty, I spotted that in a RM document which having just looked at again shows no IPS on a shared van duty.

Its duty structures document titled

new duty structures;
Moving our business forward: an introduction to new duty structures


07:00 to 09:15 – Prepare and merge delivery
09.15 to 09.30 – Meal relief at office
09:30 to 09:40 – Vehicle checks and loading
09:40 to 13:00 – Delivery in shared van with a partner
13:00 to 13:20 – Meal break in vehicle with partner
13:20 to 14:45 – Delivery in shared van with a partner
14:45 to 15:00 – Return to office
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Re: 39hr week

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10:00 to 10:15 – Travel to start of delivery
10:15 to 13:45 - Delivery
13:45 to 14:00 – Return to office
14:00 to 14:40 – Meal relief
14:40 to 18:00 – Collections
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POSTMAN
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Re: 39hr week

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09:30 to 09:40 – Vehicle checks and loading
Impossible!
I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
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POSTMAN wrote:
09:30 to 09:40 – Vehicle checks and loading
Impossible!
Driver checks...Non-driver loads...park&loop. :wink:
good times, bad times you know I've had my share
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fishtank wrote:
POSTMAN wrote:
09:30 to 09:40 – Vehicle checks and loading
Impossible!
Driver checks...Non-driver loads...park&loop. :wink:
Still too short!
I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
fishtank
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Re: 39hr week

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POSTMAN wrote:
fishtank wrote:
POSTMAN wrote:
09:30 to 09:40 – Vehicle checks and loading
Impossible!
Driver checks...Non-driver loads...park&loop. :wink:
Still too short!

It's 9mins to do a daily van check and 14mins for the weekly....i think. :hmmmm
good times, bad times you know I've had my share
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Re: 39hr week

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fishtank wrote:
POSTMAN wrote:
fishtank wrote:
POSTMAN wrote:
09:30 to 09:40 – Vehicle checks and loading
Impossible!
Driver checks...Non-driver loads...park&loop. :wink:
Still too short!

It's 9mins to do a daily van check and 14mins for the weekly....i think. :hmmmm
While i thought it was 15mins per day,i don't give a feck if it isn't,it's too short in my eyes.
I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.