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bags being weighed by management
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pooperscooper
- Posts: 11
- Joined: 07 Sep 2011, 15:22
- Gender: Male
Re: bags being weighed by management
managers dont give a s**t how much the bags weigh as long as they get taken
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fishtank
- Posts: 19732
- Joined: 28 Sep 2007, 17:22
- Gender: Male
Re: bags being weighed by management
pooperscooper wrote:managers dont give a s**t how much the bags weigh as long as they get taken
You could also say...some/a lot of members dont give a s**t how much the bags weigh as long as they get finished early.
It's us that pack them and us that pick them up.
Unlike most things in this place the overweight bags issue is 99.9% our own failing.
good times, bad times you know I've had my share
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bigcol
- Posts: 404
- Joined: 21 Jun 2010, 13:29
- Gender: Male
- Location: Officially the worst DO
Re: bags being weighed by management
No weighing machine in our office. 
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P13
- Posts: 1016
- Joined: 11 Oct 2007, 14:35
- Gender: Male
Re: bags being weighed by management
Managers are supposed to weigh between 5 & 15% of bags every day
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chunk
- Posts: 957
- Joined: 29 Jul 2009, 20:21
- Gender: Male
Re: bags being weighed by management
your sort of right..fishtank wrote:pooperscooper wrote:managers dont give a s**t how much the bags weigh as long as they get taken
You could also say...some/a lot of members dont give a s**t how much the bags weigh as long as they get finished early.
It's us that pack them and us that pick them up.
Unlike most things in this place the overweight bags issue is 99.9% our own failing.
in that... if an individual doesnt follow procedure and weigh his bags when everyone else does
but how about an office i know where nobody has weighed a bag (or a trolley) for at least a year ?
managers are responsible for the prevailing culture either of enforcement or turning a blind eye.
I'm a postman-and i know where you live.....
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5plusbonusball
- Posts: 1136
- Joined: 12 Jan 2012, 20:50
- Gender: Male
- Location: up north of watford
Re: bags being weighed by management
We were told to - if you are passing by the book - right a few weights in to keep the auditors happy, just 4 or 5 people a day, saves them fraudulently doing them every day I suppose.
Why are lino's paid full-time ??
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clashcityrocker
- Posts: 16736
- Joined: 22 Sep 2009, 13:50
- Gender: Male
- Location: strummerville
Re: bags being weighed by management
As such a pouch weight sampling strategy and checking system was developed which went away from individuals weighing and recording their own pouch weights on record sheets and instead introduced a random sampling process whereby typically, sampling will be carried out by management on a daily basis with in the range of 5 -15% of all the walks at each Delivery Office. Under the process, as a minimum, the DOM will ensure that a sample of 5 -15% of all Delivery Rounds or a minimum 2 - 4 full delivery walks per day will have all pouches weighed, checked and recorded on the new pro-forma provided by the Delivery Office Manager or the delivery person's immediate supervisor. All pouch weights on the randomly selected delivery rounds will be recorded on a new pro-forma (copy attached). This process will take place in each Delivery Office and non-compliance with the weight limits can lead to a 1 to 1 meeting between the DOM and individual in order to find solutions or alternatively a general talk to the Delivery Office staff at a 'Work Time Listening and Learning Session' (WTLL) which can take place to discuss compliance. This will in turn be subject to audit check by the Regional Safety Director's team and will also be subject to scrutiny by LA and HSE Inspectors, should an Inspection be carried out.
So if this isn't happening perhaps a phone call to the Regional Safety Director, the Area H&S rep or the HSE is in order.
So if this isn't happening perhaps a phone call to the Regional Safety Director, the Area H&S rep or the HSE is in order.
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