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barkingdog
Posts: 41
Joined: 23 May 2007, 21:46
Location: hertfordshire

temps/casuals

Post by barkingdog »

whats happening at watford mail centre? fri & sat l've seen individuals out delivering post in the WD area looking very puzzled, clutching what looks like a map walking very slowly up and down various roads. one of them had a large bulky rucksac on his back, plus carrying a bulky royal mail pouch looking totally bemused, friends tell me they are polish agency staff. would be interested to know how long they take to do a walk, accuracy of delivery, weight of pouches, safety of mail, reason why they are being used and cost? got a suspicion that there will be rather a kot of misdelivered mail and e bay sellars from poland. hopefully management are doing regular pouch/security checks. :shock:
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gazzer
Posts: 134
Joined: 24 May 2007, 22:24

Post by gazzer »

We have a casual started in our office 2 weeks ago,was trained(yes hard to believe)for a week on 1 walk and has been out on his own this week,he is taking 5 and a half hours to deliver the walk!!!!! It was his day off today and as floater I was on the delivery-I had 18 complaints of misdelivered mail,by the end of the delivery I was ashamed to be a postie-its a disgrace!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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nelson
Posts: 278
Joined: 24 May 2007, 17:28

Post by nelson »

18 complaints of misdelivered mail
They should phone in and complain and then just maybe things will get done, I would bet that the manager thinks he is great. :no no :no no :no no :no no
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gazzer
Posts: 134
Joined: 24 May 2007, 22:24

Post by gazzer »

nelson wrote:
18 complaints of misdelivered mail
They should phone in and complain and then just maybe things will get done, I would bet that the manager thinks he is great. :no no :no no :no no :no no
Hope they do I gave them customer services number
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not me
Posts: 2735
Joined: 10 Aug 2007, 15:07
Gender: Female
Location: Uranus

Post by not me »

most of the new start part timers in my office are polish.
some speak english well but not all and if your not fluent in english its not the best job to be in!!
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shelanda
Posts: 422
Joined: 19 May 2007, 20:44
Location: south east

Re: temps/casuals

Post by shelanda »

barkingdog wrote:whats happening at watford mail centre? fri & sat l've seen individuals out delivering post in the WD area looking very puzzled, clutching what looks like a map walking very slowly up and down various roads. one of them had a large bulky rucksac on his back, plus carrying a bulky royal mail pouch looking totally bemused, friends tell me they are polish agency staff. would be interested to know how long they take to do a walk, accuracy of delivery, weight of pouches, safety of mail, reason why they are being used and cost? got a suspicion that there will be rather a kot of misdelivered mail and e bay sellars from poland. hopefully management are doing regular pouch/security checks. :shock:
The rucksack on his back was probably his tent and provisions for when he gets lost....Now I know what the observation test we used to take was for.....does anyone else remember them? the ones that used to ask you where the sun rises and sets and where the best place to pitch a tent, beginning to wonder why they stopped using them!!!!
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