Blue shirts, be afraid, be very afraid.

whitemoor66 · Post by **whitemoor66** » 10 Mar 2011, 11:29

Where is my f***ing shirt? I have tracked the order and the courier left it my shed on the 1st of March, I don't have a shed. On the 8th of March they left it in my porch at 20:46 when I was in, I don't have a porch. Yesterday, they left it under the doormat out side my front door, guess what, I don't have a doormat. Some bastard is walking around wearing my shirt. The courier is Hermes from Peterborough.

Indy · Post by **Indy** » 10 Mar 2011, 12:25

theboropostie · Post by **theboropostie** » 10 Mar 2011, 13:05

bottletree · Post by **bottletree** » 10 Mar 2011, 14:25

One day i was out jogging and it turned dark very quickly. I stumbled over a garden wall and into a shed. There i found a new shirt still in its wrapper. I put it on. As i stumbled further in the darkness i came to a porch where i found another package which i thought belonged to me. As i took this package i noticed a bulge under the doormat. I pulled out the package from underneath and took this also.
Hope this helps.

Tank · Post by **Tank** » 10 Mar 2011, 15:07

Post by **Straight4ward** » 10 Mar 2011, 15:39

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That Hermes, what a lad!
No wonder you didn't get your shirt, he's wearing it. Pity he's torn the sleeves off though.

clashcityrocker · Post by **clashcityrocker** » 10 Mar 2011, 16:27

Hermes is ripped.
Has he been working out?

Post by **Straight4ward** » 10 Mar 2011, 16:40

the courier left it my shed on the 1st of March, I don't have a shed. On the 8th of March they left it in my porch at 20:46 when I was in, I don't have a porch. Yesterday, they left it under the doormat out side my front door, guess what, I don't have a doormat.

Sorry, I completely got hold of the wrong end of the stick earlier.

What you're saying is that while delivering 3 shirts, they've stolen your shed, your porch and your doormat.
Cripes! Don't leave anything outside that isn't nailed down. These bastards will nick anything!

fishtank · Post by **fishtank** » 10 Mar 2011, 16:47

Do you think when Hermes couriers take their kids to school they just throw them over a random fence in the general area of the school?

Post by **97gaz** » 10 Mar 2011, 19:30

Post by **POSTMAN** » 10 Mar 2011, 20:24

I know we shouldn't laugh but it is funny.

krussel · Post by **krussel** » 10 Mar 2011, 20:28

Err err eer ok

Post by **savo** » 10 Mar 2011, 22:02

Started working for Hermes a couple of days ago.... covering a very rural area.

Some of it i am familiar with from RM days, other parts were covered by another DO, so i am getting up to speed.

Get my parcels delivered to home around 10 am , after receive scanning them, usually on the road by 1030, but it then takes me 30 mins driving to get to area where i start.

Been finishing around 5pm, first day was later, due to teething problems with Hand Held Terminal.

Get £2 per parcel delivered, £1 per collection, been doing 40+ deliveries per day, and about 10 collections.

Heard hermes slagged on here, personally i make every effort to get a neighbour etc to accept parcel if intended recipient is not in. Very rural/low crime area though, most folks happy for you to leave them in porch,shed, garage etc ( a lot give specific instructions where to leave )

Think it pi$$es all over working for RM to be honest, chatted to a couple of posties on my travels ( not from my old DO ) and they paint a bleak picture...

Hermes are recruiting in some areas i think, a lot worse jobs out there for ex-posties,,,

Post by **savo** » 10 Mar 2011, 22:04

One downside is that you do 6 days a week Mon - Sat, but then again , the extra day is another 1er.

Post by **labbloke** » 10 Mar 2011, 22:15

savo wrote:One downside is that you do 6 days a week Mon - Sat, but then again , the extra day is another 1er.

Dream on Savo, we all have access to the internet and a quick google shows that after costs its unlikely Hermes peeps are even getting minimum wage

Our Gizza Proper Job campaign is calling for low-paid workers like Louisa to be given basic employment rights and not unfairly classed as self-employed.

Hermes says its drivers are self-employed because they provide their own vehicles, don't have to do the work in person, can work for rival firms and can choose their own hours... within reason. Some parcels need to be dropped off by 1pm, others later.

But another driver, who doesn't want to be named, told us: "We are classed as self-employed by the company but cannot take holidays if there is nobody to cover.

"If we are sick we are expected to work and if we do stay off we are threatened with having our work taken away.

"We cannot decide what days to work like most self-employed people do."

If Louisa was an employee the hospital appointment wouldn't have been a problem. She'd be entitled to sick pay - if her bosses objected and got rid of her, she'd have a case for unfair dismissal.

If she was an employee, Louisa would have the rights many of us - including Hermes Parcelnet directors Carole Woodhead and Hanjo Schneider - take for granted.

Then she'd get redundancy pay if she was laid off and be guaranteed at least the minimum wage.

That's not something everyone can take for granted, as some Hermes drivers tell us.

Louisa, from Exeter, Devon, says she earned £450 to £900 a month for driving three to four hours a day, six days a week.

After paying for her own vehicle, insurance and fuel, Louisa reckons she made from £3.50 up to £8 an hour at most.

Another driver says he got £8.50 for delivering 17 parcels in a day. After fuel costs of £5, that's way below the minimum wage.

A third told us the money varies, as he delivers anything between 20 and 90 parcels a day, but it can work out as low as £3 an hour.

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