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management cull

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minimumstandard
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management cull

Post by minimumstandard »

Has anyone heard the rumor that Managers are to be replaced with part timers
onearmedbandit
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Post by onearmedbandit »

thought they are part time
DGP1
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Post by DGP1 »

onearmedbandit wrote:thought they are part time
Maybe they'll be getting paid for the hours they actually work :wink:
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ebbzie
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Post by ebbzie »

DGP1 wrote:
onearmedbandit wrote:thought they are part time
Maybe they'll be getting paid for the hours they actually work :wink:
WOW have you actually seen one working?????
Pat Ostman
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Post by Pat Ostman »

Managers wont be replaced by part timers, its management that make the decisions.
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arnold cheshire
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Post by arnold cheshire »

minimumstandard wrote:Has anyone heard the rumor that Managers are to be replaced with part timers
:dcfo
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teesdale
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Post by teesdale »

We have one manager who is part time working 24 hours, weekends - 12 Sat, 12 Sun. He is paid less than the other managers who work on weekends, who do 24 hours but are actually paid for 40 and classed as full time. Managers in mail centres have lots of free time. New attendance patterns for them when one manager is ok instead of two (why do they need buddies?) and cross overs between shifts/dispatch times when busy periods would need the second manager would save a lot of money. Some could be on 4 day 10 hour shifts. Others could really be on 5 day 5 hour shifts.
steven100
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Post by steven100 »

I'm sure it would be a lot easy if they just paid them off. Most of them are ex-posties(failed) that shouldn't be considered for managerial posts withing RM. Sadly rm keep promoting slightly heavy, useless posties who are only good at bullying and harassing staff into lapsing and what ever else they can find so they do as little work as possible.
And they think they know better because they have a suit on. I'm sure they all work for RM.
worktotime
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Post by worktotime »

steven100 wrote:I'm sure it would be a lot easy if they just paid them off. Most of them are ex-posties(failed) that shouldn't be considered for managerial posts withing RM. Sadly rm keep promoting slightly heavy, useless posties who are only good at bullying and harassing staff into lapsing and what ever else they can find so they do as little work as possible.
And they think they know better because they have a suit on. I'm sure they all work for RM.
yes but they could save money and use cardboard cut outs to stand with there arms folded to try and pressure you on ips etc.
DGP1
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Post by DGP1 »

ebbzie wrote:
DGP1 wrote:
onearmedbandit wrote:thought they are part time
Maybe they'll be getting paid for the hours they actually work :wink:
WOW have you actually seen one working?????
IPS, prep and does drinking coffee count as work :hmmmm :chuckle :chuckle
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steven100
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Post by steven100 »

DGP1 wrote:
ebbzie wrote:
DGP1 wrote:
onearmedbandit wrote:thought they are part time
Maybe they'll be getting paid for the hours they actually work :wink:
WOW have you actually seen one working?????
IPS, prep and does drinking coffee count as work :hmmmm :chuckle :chuckle
Yes in managers eyes
Dee Plish
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Post by Dee Plish »

Pay a manager twice as much as an OPG for doing half the work. Some fantastic business accumen in Royal Mail isn't there?

At our gaff, over many years we have cut duties, hourage, and employee numbers, and we are "told" mail volumes are well down. Despite this clearly leading to less work that requires managing, not one minute of managerial duty time has been cut. Business logic and common sense would inform that such management numbers and its associated costs are an excess a business can do without. But not in Royal Mail. How queer.
Lincox
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Post by Lincox »

Heard they might be picking up £3k bonus for harassing posties to complete without paying overtime.