More Royal Mail managers facing the axe in snap cull

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Royal Mail's chief executive, Moya Greene, has ordered a snap cull of delivery office managers as part of her latest round of cost cuts to get the company ready for privatisation.

Managers were told on Friday that all those who had volunteered for redundancy would leave by the end of this month apart from a minority the company wants to keep.

Departing managers will be paid their 12 weeks' notice as well as their redundancy terms in an apparent show of decisive action after Royal Mail posted a loss last week.

The cuts are said to cover all management grades on permanent contracts with the group. It is unclear how many will be affected.

No compulsory managerial redundancies have been made so far, but a further swathe of managers were declared "surplus" and will be moved to fill vacancies in other offices in a process known as "bumping".

A Royal Mail spokesman said: "We have made clear that Royal Mail will be a smaller company going forward given the continuing declines in mail volumes."

The sudden move is said to have been taken without consulting the Communication Managers Association union, which was taken by surprise. The union, which represents Royal Mail's rank and file, is already considering industrial action to fight the plan.

Ms Greene ordered area managers to tell staff of the latest cuts by Friday.

She warned publicly last week that more cuts were on the way after Royal Mail's letters division posted a loss of £120m for the last financial year. This sent the group to a £49m loss for the year from a £113m profit the year before.

Friday's job reductions show Ms Greene's cuts digging into managerial posts. The group announced in March that it intended to reduce the number of operational managers it employed by 1,000 through a programme of voluntary redundancies.

Ms Greene, the former head of the Canadian postal service, was parachuted into the top job at Royal Mail to get the company in shape for a sell-off that could be delayed until she turns performance around. She made £637,000 in pay and bonuses last year.

[hatetheboss]

The sudden move is said to have been taken without consulting the Communication Managers Association union, which was taken by surprise. The union, which represents Royal Mail's rank and file, is already considering industrial action to fight the plan.

Loi

[TrueBlueTerrier]

The sudden move is said to have been taken without consulting the Communication Managers Association union, which was taken by surprise. The union, which represents Royal Mail's rank and file, is already considering industrial action to fight the plan.

Should we expect a rash of letters to Moya from the CMA, and some serious Industrial dirty looks across the table.

[fishtank]

Should we expect a rash of letters to Moya from the CMA, and some serious Industrial dirty looks across the table.

I hear Industrial Action up to and including a frosty glare has been called.
I don't know if the "members" will be prepared to go that far.

[Stormproof]

About bloody time the lazy gits got the heave-ho. NONE of them will be managers in any other business thats for sure.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Should we expect a rash of letters to Moya from the CMA, and some serious Industrial dirty looks across the table.

I hear Industrial Action up to and including a frosty glare has been called.
I don't know if the "members" will be prepared to go that far.

[Broxi51]

Share prices for quadrant have plummeted on the stock market when the news of RM managers being asked to piss off was released.

[Danelectro]

'More managers facing the axe' More? i havnt noticed any less of the f***ers in these parts.

[Cut Off King]

You'll miss them when they're gone

[hubbahubba]

You'll miss them when they're gone

bit like genital warts?

[74tower]

Are these cuts over and above the 1000 or so that were supposed to go anyway ? and guess whose next when they have all gone !

[mdm]

Good God, the profits on the coffee machine is going to take a serious hit

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Are these cuts over and above the 1000 or so that were supposed to go anyway ? and guess whose next when they have all gone !

Above as far as I can see - the 1000 (or was it 2.5K) was HQ and Non operational - I think this is the first operational cull of Managers beyond VRs as MCs close down.

[spurs1959]

The sudden move is said to have been taken without consulting the Communication Managers Association union, which was taken by surprise. The union, which represents Royal Mail's rank and file, is already considering industrial action to fight the plan.

Should we expect a rash of letters to Moya from the CMA, and some serious Industrial dirty looks across the table.

My heart bleed for them spinless gutless w***ers they will never strike I will take pleasure crossing there picket line, ROYAL MAIL must be shitting themselves with the might of the CMA in full flow them spineless c**ts all of them HA HA collet your p45's arsewipes

[Dee Plish]

The most appropriate word I can find is schadenfreude