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managers gettin van home

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shimmyrule
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managers gettin van home

Post by shimmyrule »

120 mile a day round trip, it just gets worse, on the back o there bonus, weve all to get to work our own way, but for them, royal mail van home. pissed right off, :evil/mad
R@YAL F@IL
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Post by R@YAL F@IL »

Need more info to comment on that :hmmmm
NO bags on shoulders please except for Moya who keeps her big fat wage packet in hers
shimmyrule
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like what, 2 doms, live minimum of 60 miles away, they share a royal mail van home, and come to work in the van next day.Unsure who ok ayed this, maybe its the sector operation manager, hes from the same city, they are all mates, so thats the best bet.!
ronpetetrevchris
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Post by ronpetetrevchris »

shimmyrule wrote:like what, 2 doms, live minimum of 60 miles away, they share a royal mail van home, and come to work in the van next day.Unsure who ok ayed this, maybe its the sector operation manager, hes from the same city, they are all mates, so thats the best bet.!
I get a van home also - on my own, am i bad too!
krussel
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Post by krussel »

This was talked about at our office before the park and loop was shelved. Personally i dont want to look out the window and see a bloody RM van sat outside my house, i like to walk right away from work. :Very Happy

Other than coming on here of course :nervous
Rows of houses all bearing down on me........I can feel their blue hands touching me.......All these things in all positions.........All these things will one day take control..........
R@YAL F@IL
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Re: managers gettin van home

Post by R@YAL F@IL »

shimmyrule wrote:like what, 2 doms, live minimum of 60 miles away, they share a royal mail van home, and come to work in the van next day.Unsure who ok ayed this, maybe its the sector operation manager, hes from the same city, they are all mates, so thats the best bet.!
Cannot see Moya sanctioning this little sneeky way of saving money for themselves, cut backs are a plenty in every office so only time will tell if their bosses are told of this scam, years ago Managers were NOT allowed to take vehicles home.
NO bags on shoulders please except for Moya who keeps her big fat wage packet in hers
dvbuk55
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shimmyrule wrote:120 mile a day round trip, it just gets worse, on the back o there bonus, weve all to get to work our own way, but for them, royal mail van home. pissed right off, :evil/mad

Well what's sauce for the goose...................read other threads, plenty of postmen taking them home too, apparently.
shimmyrule
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Post by shimmyrule »

i know dv, its just starting in my do, but only a chosen few, if you complete, do extended dely, you may get the van home, if you work to your time, cut off, no van home?
Its like everything else, if your puss fits, you asslick, your ok, you cant get an answer fron no-one, nobody is resposible for eff all,and this is going on, with a div rep in our office for a few days, and the area rep ffs...........what next, ward and co?
hans solo
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Post by hans solo »

one in our officed sacked for taking van home
and low and behold teachers pet gets van home monday and tday tue another van home
ronpetetrevchris
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Post by ronpetetrevchris »

I love my van :chuckle :chuckle All i had to do to get it was sign this little bit of paper... something bout savings targets
Cliff Clavin
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Post by Cliff Clavin »

I generally get the vans home, or take them back in for others,

Its about 14 miles round trip.

I had to sign a form, with all the vans I take home, my home address, wheres its parked, etc. This happens
about once a year.

I dont find it as any great advantage, other than a little saving on fuel, as like others have said you
have see it out the window, your responsible for it and its a bassa when its your day of the next day as
you need to make arrangements for getting a back or getting a lift.
scum_opg
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Re: managers gettin van home

Post by scum_opg »

dvbuk55 wrote:
shimmyrule wrote:120 mile a day round trip, it just gets worse, on the back o there bonus, weve all to get to work our own way, but for them, royal mail van home. pissed right off, :evil/mad

Well what's sauce for the goose...................read other threads, plenty of postmen taking them home too, apparently.
i dont think he is moaning because someone is using an OMV to get between work and home...
but because the DOM(s) in question are using it to travel 120 miles a day at (im guessing) no cost to themselves in fuel, insurance or maintenance.

most guys i have known that get the use of an OMV have normally been the collection duty lads... and one or two select others... and in all those cases the drivers lived no more than 7 miles (max - one way) from the office...

lets be fair... if you lived 60 miles from the DO you worked at, how much do you think it would cost you for fuel alone to get to and from work each day...
and the OMV they are using is (im guessing) one of the ones used daily, as opposed to a reserve... so if they have a smash, or anything else... then the office is down a van for one of its duties, all because the DOM(s) dont wanna fork out £60 - £100 on diesel or petrol per week, and god knows what for insurance...
as well as landing the business with maintenance and repair costs, while getting no benefit for the £££ loss, and losing money on the residual/resale value of the van

the MC i work at is 14 miles drive from where i stay... if i want my job, then its up to me to catch a bus/train, get a lift or drive myself to work...
if these DOM(s) need to get to work then they should use a car... or if its a business requirement to have these clowns at this specific DO.. then im sure the business could justify the cost of a lease/rental car or a rail pass
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Post by DGP1 »

ronpetetrevchris wrote:I love my van :chuckle :chuckle All i had to do to get it was sign this little bit of paper... something bout savings targets
You need to stop fishing........................that's my job :nervous
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74tower
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Post by 74tower »

it could be they are allowed to take the van home rather than pay them T&S at 45p a mile , and out of that they will make a tidy sum for themselves x 2 of them.
fishtank
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Post by fishtank »

74tower wrote:it could be they are allowed to take the van home rather than pay them T&S at 45p a mile , and out of that they will make a tidy sum for themselves x 2 of them.
That's exactly what it is.
I would bet money that this is not their choice...or their parent D.O.
Much as we like to criticise management and most of the time they deserve it...if you were moved to a D.O. 60 miles away due to "business requirements"would you be happy to foot the bill for the extra travelling costs incurred?
At least as you say they aren't scamming any money from the deal.
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