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9 day fortnight

Postal workers discussion forum. Discuss the day to day life in a Blue Shirt.
sparky29
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9 day fortnight

Post by sparky29 »

may be going into this duty structure , so can anyone already doing this let us know the pros and cons
jessicarabbit
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Re: 9 day fortnight

Post by jessicarabbit »

We do

Wk 1 - Mon Off
Wk 2 - Tue&Wed Off
Wk 3 - Thu Off
Wk 4 - Fri&Sat Off

Decent long weekend every 4 weeks. Mon,Tue,Sat 8:25 Wed,Thu,Fri 8:55

Slightly longer days than others on 'normal' pattern.

Also lose 3 days A/L a year. But if you are clever you can make sure you only use 4 days leave at a time on your shorter weeks.
arnold cheshire
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Re: 9 day fortnight

Post by arnold cheshire »

does this mean your walks have been made bigger ?
jessicarabbit
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Re: 9 day fortnight

Post by jessicarabbit »

Yes P&L walks are timed at 4:40 usually out of the office for 5 hours
Indy
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Re: 9 day fortnight

Post by Indy »

jessicarabbit wrote:Yes P&L walks are timed at 4:40 usually out of the office for 5 hours
It'll be interesting to see what some of the older posties will be like in 6/12 months with that amount of delivery time :crazy:
arnold cheshire
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Re: 9 day fortnight

Post by arnold cheshire »

jessicarabbit wrote:Yes P&L walks are timed at 4:40 usually out of the office for 5 hours
im only out for 5 hrs on a 4 day week :nana