xmas mail

[Toby Tyke]

Hope gb93 doesn't think this is spouting off, ah! but i would like to know if other offices think they may not deliver in time for xmas as our office ( Barnsley ) is chocker everything just building up, rounds are too big n long 5/ 5.5 hrs, nobody wants to be out even longer or work days off, d.o.m appear'd to be loosing it on saturday, and no-one wanted to work sunday, i hope that at least we make sure packets n parcels get delivered for our customers but that may be doubtful no matter what we do though i sincereley believe it wont be enough or good enough for our mr humbug.

No chance of clearing up in Barnsley.
Get ready for the big speech on Fri morning.
Got my tissues ready now
Will we get the £200 still owed to us this week.Who will he blame this time the tooth fairy

[shadow]

i had 1 of my wage slips today for w/e 10 dec. no o/t payment in. so see if get 2 on thu. this week.

same here 10th dec.

[axeman]

Im confident my D.O will deliver everything that turns up from the M.C.

However on Friday the M.C reduced its workforce by around 75 OPG's. Why RML consider one week before Xmas a suitable date for VR bods to leave is rather baffling.

Ah! If only we all lived in Shangri La.

My DOM tells me that half the VR's have been taken back on as Xmas casuals.

thought they had to wait for 2 years before they could again work even as temps ... but you do have a 'special office' dont you ......eutopian regimes

[gb93]

Daz you really should of known better
Doom & Gloom only please

[Mikkie]

I'm waiting for a package that was dispatched on Tuesday 14th December, First Class - still hasn't arrived.

[Big Daz]

Im confident my D.O will deliver everything that turns up from the M.C.

However on Friday the M.C reduced its workforce by around 75 OPG's. Why RML consider one week before Xmas a suitable date for VR bods to leave is rather baffling.

Ah! If only we all lived in Shangri La.

My DOM tells me that half the VR's have been taken back on as Xmas casuals.

thought they had to wait for 2 years before they could again work even as temps ... but you do have a 'special office' dont you ......eutopian regimes

Utopian? Special ?

What on earth are are you on about?

[Big Daz]

Daz you really should of known better
Doom & Gloom only please

Sorry folks, cant help the WF agreement making Xmas pressure period close to annual leave thus generating 8 extra members of staff. Big help that.


Plenty of day off working as well going on.

Troops having a 1 hour earlier start on docket third year on the trot the DOM has decided to do that. NOT negotiated by me was off sick for 37 days up to Sunday.

Troops are completing their deliveries and booking docket if they go over.

Not so long ago RML management higher up the chain were hoping for Xmas at no cost


Of course all of the above is at risk with a privatised RM that will not fork out docket but instead employ seasonal staff on the minium wage thus saving around £3 a hour? (Accurate figure most welcome)

[gb93]

You were just getting into the swing of things in the last paragraph Daz.
There you see you can do it, and conform to the right way of thinking.

[POSTMAN]

I'm waiting for a package that was dispatched on Tuesday 14th December, First Class - still hasn't arrived.

Please see here...
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[TrueBlueTerrier]

Daz you really should of known better
Doom & Gloom only please

Sorry folks, cant help the WF agreement making Xmas pressure period close to annual leave thus generating 8 extra members of staff. Big help that.


Plenty of day off working as well going on.

Troops having a 1 hour earlier start on docket third year on the trot the DOM has decided to do that. NOT negotiated by me was off sick for 37 days up to Sunday.

Troops are completing their deliveries and booking docket if they go over.

Not so long ago RML management higher up the chain were hoping for Xmas at no cost


Of course all of the above is at risk with a privatised RM that will not fork out docket but instead employ seasonal staff on the minium wage thus saving around £3 a hour? (Accurate figure most welcome)

£5.95 I believe for directly employed casuals, which is 2p above the minimum wage.


Current minimum wages are:

£5.93 - the main rate for workers aged 21 and over
£4.92 - the 18-20 rate
£3.64 - the 16-17 rate for workers above school leaving age but under 18
£2.50 - the apprentice rate, for apprentices under 19 or 19 or over and in the first year of their apprenticeship

[axeman]

Utopian? Special ?

What on earth are are you on about?

Just refering to your idilic, utopian, paradise,etc work place where as if by some magic is cleared by santas elves when the going is tough ......or put it another way bulls*it

[Big Daz]

Dont be so grumpy axeman

If you read my post further up you will se there is extra man power in the D.O in the form of no annual leave which should be the case with all D.O's, there is day off working going on including OPGs who do not normally volunteer to work their day off, the DOM is offering one hour overtime in the morning prior to normal duty start time and nobody is cutting off simply booking heavy delivery/Xmas pressure overtime if they go over.

That is not utopia, it is RML having the good fortune to have staff willing to work enough overtime hours to have a clear D.O on Xmas Eve.

Who knows the MC might end up sending us mail in such a quanity that not even the overtime hours the staff/CWU mbrs are willing to work will be enough.


I would to like finish off with a bit of Doom and gloom for my good comrade gb93

Xmas mail 2012, well that will be a eye opener as buy then we will have had almost 12 months of delivery methods and sequenced mail revisions planned using geo route and a planner. I'd best get on behalf of the mbrs.

[clashcityrocker]

...the DOM is offering one hour overtime in the morning prior to normal duty start time

We were offered 1hr on IPS some days prior to duty start time but almost to a man the posties knocked it back.
And then they came in 1hr early to prep their frames.

[mccoop]

While the Government runs our Royal Mail,as a national enterprise many areas which are essentially profitless still get a six day a week service.Under Privatization,private companies could to a degree remove them from their performance targets.
We have already seen this Christmas the Dangerous cost-cutting measures to maximize overtime/extra driving duties,etc,etc.Royal Mail,its not all been about the weather holding us back.Pull all the stops out and get Our Christmas back on track!Santa needs some help .

[POSTMAN]

Utopian? Special ?

What on earth are are you on about?

Just refering to your idilic, utopian, paradise,etc work place where as if by some magic is cleared by santas elves when the going is tough ......or put it another way bulls*it

That aint fair axeman,Daz tells it like it is,each office is different,and Daz does not do Bull.