Will your office clear by christmas?

[maisymoo04]

were clear no one in today office spotless regs cleared and had revision in for 2 years even had time to clean me van yestday when finished

[doorstepped]

Cleared everyday in the xmas run up ( pre revision ) the bastards have even started throwing Holiday Brochures, caravan owner magazines, freeman catalogs and sale flyers for screwfix etc etc

being a DO of around 30 walks has probably helped somewhat as well, DIM did'nt want to pay at first for OT, but once a couple of us worked to our time and he had to go out on delivery ( took him 5+ hours on a pretty light day on a 3 hour duty and he finished at 6pm ) he realised that it was better to pay us for what we worked and he got 6 people in everyday on sorting from 4am.

probably the easiest Christmas I have had in the 5 years I have been a postie, but dreading January with all the backed up flats that will be arriving in droves :(

[Beforenineoclockgoodone]

I suppose most of you guys who are clear are in a rural location with about a half a dozen walks?

[Stormproof]

I suppose most of you guys who are clear are in a rural location with about a half a dozen walks?

Nope, over 200 staff at my office.

[fishtank]

I suppose most of you guys who are clear are in a rural location with about a half a dozen walks?

No.
A lot of offices that are failing to clear will probably have poor or non-existent local Christmas Agreements.
If your office isn't planned with the right resources to meet the traffic it will fail,if it is failing based on predicted traffic the Christmas Agreement needs looking at.
Packet traffic is up this year and letter/cards are down but managers knew to expect that and should have resourced accordingly.
The problem is a lot of reps and managers just score out the date on the previous year's Christmas Agreement and insert this year's...because it's less hassle than having to think about it.

[fng]

Not a chance

[WornOutPosty]

We've been clear every day but haven't had a revision yet.I'm guessing it will change after that.

[clashcityrocker]

We've been clear every day but haven't had a revision yet.I'm guessing it will change after that.

Why would it?
It is simply a matter of having the right resources in the right place at the right time.
It isn't rocket science.

[chooch]

clashcityrocker - This is Royal Mail we're talking about here!!

[steven100]

Some places will fail and RM will blame the weather now. Could be legit in some places.

[maisymoo04]

I suppose most of you guys who are clear are in a rural location with about a half a dozen walks?

load ov bull av heard ever before nine. got 50 duties about 100 vans no rurals . think it s down to bein the best postman and woman ever hahaha

[fishtank]

got 50 duties about 100 vans

Two vans for each duty?
I know the Bippers are small maisy but i didn't think the answer was one van for mail and one for packets.
It's brilliant.

[maisymoo04]

haha soz fish i mean 50 combos and 100 walks ha

[STEWPOT]

cleared every day in our office no problem

Same as our small office,but then we have a decent manager who has had things organised properly.

[trythat]

We've cleared every day, had P&L over 2 years. We started planning xmas stuff middle November. Had some long days, packets coming out of every where, put the office has been clear. Same as last year. 125 OPG.

Got 4 D2D for WC 24/12