Taking your van home?

[DaveF14]

Some people in my office take their van home after their shift. We are a small office and not all vans fit in the yard. Some live locally but 2 have a 30 mile round trip everyday to get into work.
Now with a revision coming up, we are being threatened with one van delivery going. Should these 2 still be allowed to take their vans home if savings have to be made. We are talking 300 miles a week in diesel costs. I know we are allowed to take vans home but there must be a rule saying how far?

Any answers?

[Pat Ostman]

We are not allowed to take vans home, we have a largish carpark. You are apparently allowed to take vans home because Royal Mail have no where to stick them (although I would have a few suggestions).

Royal Mail does what suits them.

[justdeno]

We do not take our vans home, but when it suits them eg they needed me to work when I was on hols, and my car was in the garage, 30 mile round trip, got my days back though, which worked better for me

[POSTMAN]

Should these 2 still be allowed to take their vans home if savings have to be made.

And stopping these 2 taking their vans home will stop one of your van duties being pulled?

[Cheetah]

Some people in my office take their van home after their shift. We are a small office and not all vans fit in the yard. Some live locally but 2 have a 30 mile round trip everyday to get into work.
Now with a revision coming up, we are being threatened with one van delivery going. Should these 2 still be allowed to take their vans home if savings have to be made. We are talking 300 miles a week in diesel costs. I know we are allowed to take vans home but there must be a rule saying how far?

Any answers?

Why worry, it doesn't effect you, you're not loosing any money are you. I would only kick off if they were toadies having preferentual treatment

[DGP1]

Should these 2 still be allowed to take their vans home if savings have to be made.

And stopping these 2 taking their vans home will stop one of your van duties being pulled?

I think he's under the impression that if they save on the diesel they'll not take away the van.

[DaveF14]

Should these 2 still be allowed to take their vans home if savings have to be made.

And stopping these 2 taking their vans home will stop one of your van duties being pulled?

They are threatening to drop one van duty. If the office is wasting 300 miles a week in diesel costs to transport 2 into work it doesnt make sense to lose a van duty.

[DaveF14]

Some people in my office take their van home after their shift. We are a small office and not all vans fit in the yard. Some live locally but 2 have a 30 mile round trip everyday to get into work.
Now with a revision coming up, we are being threatened with one van delivery going. Should these 2 still be allowed to take their vans home if savings have to be made. We are talking 300 miles a week in diesel costs. I know we are allowed to take vans home but there must be a rule saying how far?

Any answers?

Why worry, it doesn't effect you, you're not loosing any money are you. I would only kick off if they were toadies having preferentual treatment

It is saving the guy £30 on a week in fuel. Managers pet.

[fishtank]

1. Permission to participate is not automatic and may only be granted by a Delivery Office Manager. A second line verification in all cases will be required – usually the Delivery Sector Manager (DSM). This verification must be supported by authorisation from the relevant Regional Fleet & Assets Manager (RF&AM)

4. This will involve drivers declaring relevant distances and managers verifying 1) that these distances are reasonable and 2) are not exceeded without good cause and permission

5. Where “home to start / end of work” mileage is significantly greater than the typical working mileage of a vehicle each day, Regional Fleet & Asset Managers (or equivalent) should consider viability under the scheme and directly confirm their agreement for each case.


If they are doing it by the book,and i'm not making a judgement either way...it will have been cleared at a much higher level than your Dom....and it won't have any affect on an office budget.

[Cheetah]

Some people in my office take their van home after their shift. We are a small office and not all vans fit in the yard. Some live locally but 2 have a 30 mile round trip everyday to get into work.
Now with a revision coming up, we are being threatened with one van delivery going. Should these 2 still be allowed to take their vans home if savings have to be made. We are talking 300 miles a week in diesel costs. I know we are allowed to take vans home but there must be a rule saying how far?

Any answers?

Why worry, it doesn't effect you, you're not loosing any money are you. I would only kick off if they were toadies having preferentual treatment

It is saving the guy £30 on a week in fuel. Managers pet.

Sorry that's different......Bang in a grievance that you're not being allowed this preferential treatment .....

[DaveF14]

But surely with a revision on the way and the office having to make cuts, this extra mileage should be dealt with first, before job cuts and reduced deliverys? It can be the difference between a full time and part time job?

[POSTMAN]

But surely with a revision on the way and the office having to make cuts, this extra mileage should be dealt with first, before job cuts and reduced deliverys? It can be the difference between a full time and part time job?

It wont,it would be a double whammy,fuel savings and a job cut.If a job can be lost,it will be lost.

[fishtank]

But surely with a revision on the way and the office having to make cuts, this extra mileage should be dealt with first, before job cuts and reduced deliverys? It can be the difference between a full time and part time job?

No....these revisions are not based on savings.
Seriously though they are based on saving opportunities,the job cuts and reduced deliveries are saving opportunities...if you throw in the fuel it's just another opportunity to add to the list,not an alternative.

[mazza111]

You gotta admit RM should be looking at cutting those kind of perks first before talking of job losses.

I know with the revisions, job losses usually come, but maybe if managers' pets weren't getting these perks then they wouldn't need to cut back so much. Not that I think they need to cut back as much as their doing tho

[happymackem]

We do not take our vans home, but when it suits them eg they needed me to work when I was on hols, and my car was in the garage, 30 mile round trip, got my days back though, which worked better for me

why would you work when your on your holidays ????????
no wonder ths job is f@@@@d