Can you take a raoyal mail van home ?

[dvbuk55]

FFS, is RM running a free car hire for new starters without a vehicle - it is totally unheard of in my office for anyone to take a vehicle home. There is no justification for it. How would it be if I was to claim mileage from home to work because someone else is using a van and fuel provided by RM. Are there no regulations which apply across the board.

If there's no parking space for the van at the Delivery Office then it's in Royal Mail's interests for you to take it home, and it's safer parked on your drive in the better side of town than on the street outside the DO at the back end of the town centre.

Right so whose problem is the "no parking" ? I'll bet some neighbours just love the idea of RM hogging parking spaces, because the vans on the drive and the cars in the street or more likely the vans in the street. I don't believe that employees should be responsible for employers vehicles outside of working hours.

[calpsy]

U really only get the van home if your starting early in the morning .

Whats the point giving someone the van home if hes coming in at 8 or 9 ? ? Waste of a van sitting there unused .

I am part time 25 hours, I start at 9am mon tues and half 8 wed to fri and half 7 sat. I take the van home all the time. it's not wasting a van cos when I start we are basically only start to pull out anyways. First letter at my DO is half 9 mon to fri, theres no need for the van before I start.

Each office is different but MY comment would probably be the one MOST offices use . No need to make it more difficult .

Don't think so like. If you find that difficult then you need to go back to school.

I need to go back to school . ? At least I speak english . Maybe in YOUR "village" you lot get away with adding LIKE to the end of your sentences but to most of us it just sounds stupid . Anyway why start an argument when there was none there to start with ??? grow up .

[PhilthyPhil]

Right so whose problem is the "no parking" ? I'll bet some neighbours just love the idea of RM hogging parking spaces, because the vans on the drive and the cars in the street or more likely the vans in the street. I don't believe that employees should be responsible for employers vehicles outside of working hours.

I don't see the problem as long as both the postie and RM are happy with the arrangements. This has afterall always happened in RM particularly in SPDOs where a lot of them have no parking, it is just becoming more common now because P&L is increasing the number of vans. It is also quite common to see other firms vans parked on peoples driveways overnight so it is not exactly unusual.

[Lounge Lizard]

FFS, is RM running a free car hire for new starters without a vehicle - it is totally unheard of in my office for anyone to take a vehicle home. There is no justification for it. How would it be if I was to claim mileage from home to work because someone else is using a van and fuel provided by RM. Are there no regulations which apply across the board.

If there's no parking space for the van at the Delivery Office then it's in Royal Mail's interests for you to take it home, and it's safer parked on your drive in the better side of town than on the street outside the DO at the back end of the town centre.

Right so whose problem is the "no parking" ? I'll bet some neighbours just love the idea of RM hogging parking spaces, because the vans on the drive and the cars in the street or more likely the vans in the street. I don't believe that employees should be responsible for employers vehicles outside of working hours.

There's space on the drive for two cars and a van, so no need to park in the street. like
Others park work vans at home too so no problems with the any neighbours. like
I'm no more responsible for the van outside of working hours than during working hours, in fact less so because there's not the added responsibility of driving responsibly. like

[dvbuk55]

FFS, is RM running a free car hire for new starters without a vehicle - it is totally unheard of in my office for anyone to take a vehicle home. There is no justification for it. How would it be if I was to claim mileage from home to work because someone else is using a van and fuel provided by RM. Are there no regulations which apply across the board.

If there's no parking space for the van at the Delivery Office then it's in Royal Mail's interests for you to take it home, and it's safer parked on your drive in the better side of town than on the street outside the DO at the back end of the town centre.

Right so whose problem is the "no parking" ? I'll bet some neighbours just love the idea of RM hogging parking spaces, because the vans on the drive and the cars in the street or more likely the vans in the street. I don't believe that employees should be responsible for employers vehicles outside of working hours.

There's space on the drive for two cars and a van, so no need to park in the street. like
Others park work vans at home too so no problems with the any neighbours. like
I'm no more responsible for the van outside of working hours than during working hours, in fact less so because there's not the added responsibility of driving responsibly. like

So just to cut a long story short -you and those like you are getting subsidised travel, whilst the rest of us pay for it - unless of course you are putting your own fuel in the vehicle.

[97gaz]

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[dvbuk55]

So you get subsidised travel and the majority of us don't. There should have been further arrangements made about subsidised travel beyond the stipulated 3 years. It's poor management, after 20 years.

[Pinky 1]

It shouldn't be a problem. What usually happens with new starts is that you get your pick of the driving duties and you get to take the van for that duty home. When they find out that you don't have a car they'll probably insist that you take one of the 4 seaters incase you want to take your family on a trip to the seaside at the weekend or go out cruising with your mates. If you want to keep the van on your day off you have to tell them 2 days before so that they can hire a replacement. Good luck and please let us know how you get on.

Priceless ....................

[Lounge Lizard]

FFS, is RM running a free car hire for new starters without a vehicle - it is totally unheard of in my office for anyone to take a vehicle home. There is no justification for it. How would it be if I was to claim mileage from home to work because someone else is using a van and fuel provided by RM. Are there no regulations which apply across the board.

If there's no parking space for the van at the Delivery Office then it's in Royal Mail's interests for you to take it home, and it's safer parked on your drive in the better side of town than on the street outside the DO at the back end of the town centre.

Right so whose problem is the "no parking" ? I'll bet some neighbours just love the idea of RM hogging parking spaces, because the vans on the drive and the cars in the street or more likely the vans in the street. I don't believe that employees should be responsible for employers vehicles outside of working hours.

There's space on the drive for two cars and a van, so no need to park in the street. like
Others park work vans at home too so no problems with the any neighbours. like
I'm no more responsible for the van outside of working hours than during working hours, in fact less so because there's not the added responsibility of driving responsibly. like

So just to cut a long story short -you and those like you are getting subsidised travel, whilst the rest of us pay for it - unless of course you are putting your own fuel in the vehicle.

If there's nowhere for the van to be securely parked at the Delivery Office then I am doing Royal Mail a favour, which I don't mind doing, in looking after the vehicle when it is not in use.
If that were not the case I would most likely walk to and from the D O, so I'm not getting 'subsidised travel'.

[dvbuk55]

FFS, is RM running a free car hire for new starters without a vehicle - it is totally unheard of in my office for anyone to take a vehicle home. There is no justification for it. How would it be if I was to claim mileage from home to work because someone else is using a van and fuel provided by RM. Are there no regulations which apply across the board.

If there's no parking space for the van at the Delivery Office then it's in Royal Mail's interests for you to take it home, and it's safer parked on your drive in the better side of town than on the street outside the DO at the back end of the town centre.

Right so whose problem is the "no parking" ? I'll bet some neighbours just love the idea of RM hogging parking spaces, because the vans on the drive and the cars in the street or more likely the vans in the street. I don't believe that employees should be responsible for employers vehicles outside of working hours.

There's space on the drive for two cars and a van, so no need to park in the street. like
Others park work vans at home too so no problems with the any neighbours. like
I'm no more responsible for the van outside of working hours than during working hours, in fact less so because there's not the added responsibility of driving responsibly. like

So just to cut a long story short -you and those like you are getting subsidised travel, whilst the rest of us pay for it - unless of course you are putting your own fuel in the vehicle.

If there's nowhere for the van to be securely parked at the Delivery Office then I am doing Royal Mail a favour, which I don't mind doing, in looking after the vehicle when it is not in use.
If that were not the case I would most likely walk to and from the D O, so I'm not getting 'subsidised travel'.

You wouldn't be if you did walk but you don't so it is subsidised travel -as for doing RM favours

[Lounge Lizard]

FFS, is RM running a free car hire for new starters without a vehicle - it is totally unheard of in my office for anyone to take a vehicle home. There is no justification for it. How would it be if I was to claim mileage from home to work because someone else is using a van and fuel provided by RM. Are there no regulations which apply across the board.

If there's no parking space for the van at the Delivery Office then it's in Royal Mail's interests for you to take it home, and it's safer parked on your drive in the better side of town than on the street outside the DO at the back end of the town centre.

Right so whose problem is the "no parking" ? I'll bet some neighbours just love the idea of RM hogging parking spaces, because the vans on the drive and the cars in the street or more likely the vans in the street. I don't believe that employees should be responsible for employers vehicles outside of working hours.

There's space on the drive for two cars and a van, so no need to park in the street. like
Others park work vans at home too so no problems with the any neighbours. like
I'm no more responsible for the van outside of working hours than during working hours, in fact less so because there's not the added responsibility of driving responsibly. like

So just to cut a long story short -you and those like you are getting subsidised travel, whilst the rest of us pay for it - unless of course you are putting your own fuel in the vehicle.

If there's nowhere for the van to be securely parked at the Delivery Office then I am doing Royal Mail a favour, which I don't mind doing, in looking after the vehicle when it is not in use.
If that were not the case I would most likely walk to and from the D O, so I'm not getting 'subsidised travel'.

You wouldn't be if you did walk but you don't so it is subsidised travel -as for doing RM favours

"if you did walk but you don't" - what gives you that idea, and do you also assume that I own a car ?

[axeman]

the van going home with the driver is going to be stoped soon as things are in place

[dvbuk55]

the van going home with the driver is going to be stoped soon as things are in place

and quite right too.

[dvbuk55]

to and from the D O, so I'm not getting 'subsidised travel'. "if you did walk but you don't" - what gives you that idea, and do you also assume that I own a car ?

No I assume you take a van home and unless you push or free wheel it, then you are using the vehicle and fuel that belongs to RM and whether you have a car or not is immaterial.

[Lounge Lizard]

to and from the D O, so I'm not getting 'subsidised travel'. "if you did walk but you don't" - what gives you that idea, and do you also assume that I own a car ?

No I assume you take a van home and unless you push or free wheel it, then you are using the vehicle and fuel that belongs to RM and whether you have a car or not is immaterial.

I don't dispute that the 'fuel belongs to RM' but if there's nowhere for the van to be parked at the Delivery Office what's the alternative ?