Royal Mail pay 287 posties..who have no job

[POSTMAN]

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CRISIS-hit ROYAL MAIL is paying a fortune to keep hundreds of staff on its books despite having no formal jobs for them.

Damning documents show the postal operator is coughing up salaries for at least 287 staff it admits are "surplus".

Many are posties or sorting staff left without a "templated role" after restructuring by bosses.

But rather than lay them off and risk a strike by trade unions, the Royal Mail is keeping them on to "fill in" until something comes up - or they decide to leave.

Some have been in the "surplus pool" for nearly SIX YEARS. It is believed they have been kept on their existing salaries.

The Taxpayers' Alliance said Royal Mail could be blowing nearly £10MILLION a year. Campaign director Matthew Sinclair said the figures "beggared belief".

He told Sun City: "It's hard to accept Royal Mail's line that they're facing up to their financial difficulties when this is going on.

"If staff are deemed to be 'surplus', then Royal Mail clearly cannot find roles for them.

"In that case they shouldn't be kept on at taxpayers' expense."

The revelation comes a day after Royal Mail chief executive Moya Greene said radical change was needed for the group to survive.

She signalled thousands of jobs may have to go after thumping losses of £120million in the letters business. Royal Mail later admitted the Canadian-born boss trousered a £142,000 bonus for 2010-2011.

Sources last night claimed at least one "surplus" worker was able to take on a separate job running a Post Office branch - effectively being paid TWICE.

Royal Mail insisted that having surplus staff around was an "effective use of resource".

In a memo seen by Sun City, head of information Colin Young said: "They are given work to do until such time as a template role is found for them or the individual leaves."

Royal Mail's profits dived from £180million to just £39million in 2010-2011

[Throgg]

So if they are suggesting that the 287 people are costing £10,000,000 a year, that would mean they are on, about £38,000 a year...

[74tower]

Come off it , that statement makes it sound as if they are sat at home being paid to do nothing when in fact they dont have a templated job but they are still working filling in where needed .

[POSTMAN]

Come off it , that statement makes it sound as if they are sat at home being paid to do nothing when in fact they dont have a templated job but they are still working filling in where needed .

Near enough same thing aint it.
Let's be honest,in situations like this most would do feck all productive.

[DGP1]

I know my office could use a few, send them over and we'll make use of them.

Most of them are likely to be non operational grades and so they're of no use to us on delivery (either that or they're from London and wouldn't know a full days work if it jumped up and bit them on the arse ).

[TrueBlueTerrier]

I know my office could use a few, send them over and we'll make use of them.

Most of them are likely to be non operational grades and so they're of no use to us on delivery (either that or they're from London and wouldn't know a full days work if it jumped up and bit them on the arse ).

[DGP1]

I'm getting good at these Teebs

[Straight4ward]

or they're from London and wouldn't know a full days work if it jumped up and bit them on the arse

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[DGP1]

or they're from London and wouldn't know a full days work if it jumped up and bit them on the arse

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[demon]

this site now is just full of s**t was good once over

[dvbuk55]

this site now is just full of s**t was good once over

Bye

[POSTMAN]

Pissed down with rain today.
Ignore 'em POSTMAN,ignore 'em.

[REDLETTER]

this site now is just full of s**t was good once over

Something is only as good as its members want it to be

[Stormproof]

So if they are suggesting that the 287 people are costing £10,000,000 a year, that would mean they are on, about £38,000 a year...

Are the 287 Posties or Managers and Admin Staff? the latter I reckon

[cyclemech1]

So if they are suggesting that the 287 people are costing £10,000,000 a year, that would mean they are on, about £38,000 a year...

Are the 287 Posties or Managers and Admin Staff? the latter I reckon

Thats what I thought, but it doesn't make quite the same headline as 'Those lazy good for nothing overpaid posties' does it?