Did you know....?

[REDLETTER]

How many Managers are women?

[NumptyBumpty]

And the summer holidays?

If you were serious about it you could easily find a solution to issues like this.
One solution might be banking days just like the wallington system to use during school holidays.
It needs a progressive,21st century employer...so it would be doomed from the start.

We already have plenty of people on term time only contracts so we are already doing it. In admin roles it's probably 50%, there are a lot of teams in HR which are more than 50%.

18% doesn't really mean anything though, how does that compare to similar physical jobs. If you compared it to the building trade then I'm sure it would be quite favourable. Compare it to midwifery it would not.

Lies, damn lies and statistics.

[Stormproof]

There are 8 of us(FT) in a DO with 140+. We've just had a few part timers start on 3 month contracts, so another 4 more now.

[fishtank]

Lies, damn lies and statistics.

I don't think in this case that's valid.
It's not a statistic that has been spun or tweaked or otherwise corrupted.
It's a fact....82% of our workforce are men,18% are women.
I simply asked why.

[foodforthought]

because they've got sense that's why it's low

[TeeferTiger]

You've also got to think that not many women like the idea of trotting around the streets on their own. There are some areas I certainly didn't feel safe, but didn't feel I could say anything to the DOM because it was clearly safe enough for a guy to deliver there so why not a woman? However, I think the male posties probably handle strange blokes staring at them a little better than I do... That's if the strange blokes do stare at the male posties, I dunno! You've also got this "you could get mugged at any moment" paranoia drummed into you which doesn't help.

[clashcityrocker]

You've also got to think that not many women like the idea of trotting around the streets on their own..

But with Park and Loop they wouldn't be on their own.
And they could go to the loo together......

[NumptyBumpty]

I think the male posties probably handle strange blokes staring at them a little better than I do.

In my office those strange blokes are called colleagues

[TeeferTiger]

You've also got to think that not many women like the idea of trotting around the streets on their own..

But with Park and Loop they wouldn't be on their own.
And they could go to the loo together......

Not alone now maybe, and there were no toilets on the rounds I did!! lol Actually, that's a lie, there was a pub which was the designated listed toilet on my walk, but it was shut at that time of the morning It didn't open until I was right at the other end of my walk and nearly finished. When the reserves covered my walk, they used to do it slightly differently so they'd get to the chippy after it opened and get free chips, the gits lol

Oh, and there was an outside toilet in someone's garden I could use on another walk I covered a few years later... but I was told there was never any toilet roll in it apparently, so I never bothered even attempting that one.

[fishtank]

there was a pub which was the designated listed toilet on my walk,

My local has been designated a toilet by most of the regulars.
It's a bit rough...even by our relatively low standards.
On my delivery i have two pubs,three bookies,5 or 6 cafes,a library,a sports centre and a....public toilet although i would have to be desperate to use that at 20p for a....p.

[TeeferTiger]

there was a pub which was the designated listed toilet on my walk,

My local has been designated a toilet by most of the regulars.
It's a bit rough...even by our relatively low standards.
On my delivery i have two pubs,three bookies,5 or 6 cafes,a library,a sports centre and a....public toilet although i would have to be desperate to use that at 20p for a....p.

They don't let you use it for free?! That's one good thing about wearing the SJA uniform when on public duty, you get in places for free, including the 20p toilets

[not me]

Because it's a hard physical job and getting harder, would like to see how the numbers have changed since all the revisions started.

in 8 years we have gone from about 9 women in 75 staff
to 3 in 120 staff (amalgamate office)
one is DDA on a lighter duty,one works indoors,other is a grafter

[BELIAL]

Lies, damn lies and statistics.

I don't think in this case that's valid.
It's not a statistic that has been spun or tweaked or otherwise corrupted.
It's a fact....82% of our workforce are men,18% are women.
I simply asked why.

Because females have ,on average a higher IQ than men ,and are less likely to piss in the street