Rumour: 92p on the basic wage + £?? lump sum
Funny how Leighton couldnt wait to pay us last year. Didnt want us to be without our money due to us and yet this year, he wont give us money he owes us in efficiency savings!
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woemc
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not like i want a bribe or owt like that im just curius to know what the ??? lump sum is? and as for 92 f***ing p , im just hoping thats an hour and not on top of basic!! 
this friggin leighton and crozier double act has got to be stopped , we are not just his work force we have familes and houses to pay for tooo. come on big al pay us what we are really worth and stop trying to fob us off with little incentive packs so we do all your donkey work for peanuts you money hungry company disrupting sell out mother fucka!!!
oooooooh im angry now
this friggin leighton and crozier double act has got to be stopped , we are not just his work force we have familes and houses to pay for tooo.
come on big al pay us what we are really worth and stop trying to fob us off with little incentive packs so we do all your donkey work for peanuts you money hungry company disrupting sell out mother fucka!!! oooooooh im angry now
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Lump Sum ?
The trouble with lump sum payments is that they don't get incorporated into ongoing pay rates and we usually end up being screwed. There are people in my office who only see the £££s and will happily surrender a (hypothetical example) £20/week allowance for a one-off £500, even after you point out to them they're losing over a grand a year, EVERY year, for just 25 weeks worth of money up front.
"Yeah, but it's £500 , so I'm gonna vote for it" is their stupid response
And because lump sums aren't put into basic pay, am I right in assuming they aren't pensionable, either ?
Q. Why is a postman like a disgruntled prostitute ?
A. Because he gets paid once and ends up being screwed twice
"Yeah, but it's £500 , so I'm gonna vote for it" is their stupid response
And because lump sums aren't put into basic pay, am I right in assuming they aren't pensionable, either ?
Q. Why is a postman like a disgruntled prostitute ?
A. Because he gets paid once and ends up being screwed twice
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POSTMAN
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HH has it spot on which is why these things get voted in
Dave Ward did say that the union aren't interested in these lump sum deals,so by what they're saying we shouldn't have to vote on shite like that.
But then again
Dave Ward did say that the union aren't interested in these lump sum deals,so by what they're saying we shouldn't have to vote on shite like that.
But then again
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.
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.
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woemc
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I agree hertfordshirehog wholeheartedly. Over the last 4/5 years, our office has employed quite a few Polish, Somalians, Malaysians and Eastern bloc people. These people will sell their soul for a £1. They are here to earn at any cost and have to send £xx amount of money home every month regardless! The whole culture of our office has changed, the union were slow to adapt and a few strike calls have been thwarted as these new comers wont lose money for anything!. The past couple of years we have been educating them to show them they dont have to take the first £1 waved at them, but it is a long hard slog.
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Carnoustie
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What woemc has seen is something I've noticed in my office, but maybe to a slightly lesser degree.
At the risk of sounding like a hypocrite, though, despite what I said before about lump sums....
If I were only three months from retirement, and RM wanted to bung me a £1000 lump sum to give up my £20/week ex-PHG allowance, I'd bite their stupid hands off
. I mean, why would any sane person in that position not vote 'YES' to giving up thirteen weeks of allowance (£260) if RM were stupid enough to pay me the same £1000 as everyone else, regardless of how many weeks/months/years of service they have to go ? It would be nice to screw RM just once as a farewell gesture before retirement 
BUT THOSE ARE THE ONLY CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE I WOULD EVER VOTE YES TO LOSING AN ALLOWANCE !!!
At the risk of sounding like a hypocrite, though, despite what I said before about lump sums....
If I were only three months from retirement, and RM wanted to bung me a £1000 lump sum to give up my £20/week ex-PHG allowance, I'd bite their stupid hands off
. I mean, why would any sane person in that position not vote 'YES' to giving up thirteen weeks of allowance (£260) if RM were stupid enough to pay me the same £1000 as everyone else, regardless of how many weeks/months/years of service they have to go ? It would be nice to screw RM just once as a farewell gesture before retirement BUT THOSE ARE THE ONLY CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE I WOULD EVER VOTE YES TO LOSING AN ALLOWANCE !!!