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Sickofit
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Post by Sickofit »

Hello, when you cut off does the managers have to try and get it deilvered and if they can't do they have to report it as failed? Because neither happens at our place I don't think.
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Whats a manager? when i get back from my delivery they have long gone home!!!!!!!!!
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my p&l partner told me that if you do that you will get told it's wilful delaying the mail :crazy:

even though it's within royal mail's rules to bring it back and finish on time :crazy:
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Just don't take it out with you.......always best to leave your extra behind rather than have to take it back.
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DGP1 wrote:Just don't take it out with you.......always best to leave your extra behind rather than have to take it back.
the dom wont allow that and says you have to take it out and do your best
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Yep that's what ours says too, I'm just trying to find out if they are meant to record the fails?
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so a two tier system that leaves you open to getting screwed either way then? brilliant!

come the revolution, 1st against the wall, lying sh*thouse management.
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Sickofit wrote:Yep that's what ours says too, I'm just trying to find out if they are meant to record the fails?

Yes, they should also report it as its a failure of the USO for which Royal Mail can be fined.


and if they don't it has been known for managers to be sacked, moved to non operational duties, and apparently some also tended their petunias for an extended period. :whistle :whistle
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so, just for arguments sake, say that these failures weren't being reported and someone who had strong feeling about these things, who would they contact anonymously? hypothetically speaking obviously...
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bringon4dayweeks wrote:
DGP1 wrote:Just don't take it out with you.......always best to leave your extra behind rather than have to take it back.
the dom wont allow that and says you have to take it out and do your best
There's a procedure for overrunning deliveries, that is to be followed.
All decisions must be made on the basis of a clear expectation that once the OPG departs from the Delivery Unit they will be able to deliver all mail in the remaining duty time. Failure to complete delivery could be investigated and may result in a conduct code interview.
Taken from overrunning delivery doc. in the downloads section.
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Postman Plodd wrote:so, just for arguments sake, say that these failures weren't being reported and someone who had strong feeling about these things, who would they contact anonymously? hypothetically speaking obviously...
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So the manager should infact not tell me to take it all out?! And should leave what I think I can't do?
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Sickofit wrote:So the manager should infact not tell me to take it all out?! And should leave what I think I can't do?
Yep, unless he can provide you with another document that contradicts that then this one is still the one we all go with.
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DGP1 wrote:
Sickofit wrote:So the manager should infact not tell me to take it all out?! And should leave what I think I can't do?
Yep, unless he can provide you with another document that contradicts that then this one is still the one we all go with.
The over running deliveries procedure does allow, at the least they way I read it , allow them to tell you to do that..... But it should be recorded and allows for the option of the postie contacting the manager when out on delivery when they estimate they still cannot complete.

Normal practice is to leave it in at our place but we have to have managers agreement to do it.
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Very interesting. Thanks DGP
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