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bedrock
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summer staffing

Post by bedrock »

it is supposed to start in my d/o soon no agreement to date can anyone give me any ideas what may be coming ## thanks## :hmmmm
chickenwittle
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Re: summer staffing

Post by chickenwittle »

yeah more absorbstion
gunners1
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Re: summer staffing

Post by gunners1 »

its ok for them just to say absorb more duties but i would like them to come and show us how we are meant to do it :arrrghhh
blackadder
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Re: summer staffing

Post by blackadder »

all the time they get rid of full timers will mean we have to make do. all the time we cover the duties and make do they keep getting rid
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fishtank
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Re: summer staffing

Post by fishtank »

gunners1 wrote:its ok for them just to say absorb more duties but i would like them to come and show us how we are meant to do it :arrrghhh
RM are predicting a 19% decrease in traffic over the summer staffing period.

A prediction or forecast is a statement about the way things will happen in the future, often but not always based on experience or knowledge.
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Re: summer staffing

Post by Ahebban »

fishtank wrote:RM are predicting a 19% decrease in traffic over the summer staffing period.
Is that prediction using the Delivery Forecasting Tool ... or the normal manner of using the left-overs from my :cuppa
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fishtank
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Re: summer staffing

Post by fishtank »

Ahebban wrote:
RM are predicting a 19% decrease in traffic over the summer staffing period.
Is that prediction using the Delivery Forecasting Tool ... or the normal manner of using the left-overs from my :cuppa
I asked the obvious question at the weekly resource meeting...what happens if this decline fails to materialise?
For a second it looked as if i had questioned his parentage.
He composed himself and said..."I may be out of a job".
Every cloud etc. :neutral: :whistle
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BillyPosty
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Re: summer staffing

Post by BillyPosty »

Our summer staffing kicks in soon - we lapse every friggin day over the summer regardless of traffic.
doorstepped
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Re: summer staffing

Post by doorstepped »

we lapse 3 walks every frigging day 11.5 months of the year. only got 25 walks in our DO
only two weeks we don't lapse is pressure weeks in December
Bahia Feliz
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Re: summer staffing

Post by Bahia Feliz »

doorstepped wrote:we lapse 3 walks every frigging day 11.5 months of the year. only got 25 walks in our DO
only two weeks we don't lapse is pressure weeks in December
How many come in early to do the lapsing in duty time?
dvbuk55
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Re: summer staffing

Post by dvbuk55 »

Funnily enough summer lapsing hasn't been mentioned yet - though there is rumour of DOMs and Reps going on a training day to use the new Delivery Forecasting Tool :wink: Which goes something along the lines "Yep it's Summer - we're lapsing".
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Re: summer staffing

Post by Ahebban »

[quote=]How many come in early to do the lapsing in duty time?[/quote]

Probably quicker to count those who don't come in early than those who come in early .. rush around .. no meal breaks .. and then question why the f*ck are we lapsing more duties :crazy:
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Red Robbo
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Re: summer staffing

Post by Red Robbo »

Yeah they will asking who wants to take more annual leave soon.
hans solo
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Re: summer staffing

Post by hans solo »

gunners1 wrote:its ok for them just to say absorb more duties but i would like them to come and show us how we are meant to do it :arrrghhh
easy just encourage your pt staff to work for free and start early
and you know what they will
doorstepped
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Re: summer staffing

Post by doorstepped »

Bahia Feliz wrote:
doorstepped wrote:we lapse 3 walks every frigging day 11.5 months of the year. only got 25 walks in our DO
only two weeks we don't lapse is pressure weeks in December
How many come in early to do the lapsing in duty time?
None that I know of, but then I am only a lowly part-timer and we are yet to have our rivision despite two lots of planers coming in and then going off again with stress :arrrghhh