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D2D's

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bingbong424
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D2D's

Post by bingbong424 »

Hi,
Just to do with d2d's - when you start putting the d2d's in 1/6 of the frame in the morning, do you take the leftover d2d's from the previous days 1/6 and put them into todays section, or do you have to leave them there all week until they eventually have mail in their slot? sometimes i see people with d2d's all over their frame which look leftover but then others will never had any in their frame at all apart from the 1/6 for that day so i dont quite understand why it differs.
Also when it comes to saturday and you have plenty of d2d's leftover what do you do with them all?
Thanks
Postie45
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Re: D2D's

Post by Postie45 »

some people take the whole of their 1/6th every day, others like me will prep in the 1/6th but only take the ones where theyre delivering to that day and deliver the other ones when those houses gets mail. Normally on a Friday I take all the D2Ds from houses I havent gotten to yet to leave it clear for Saturday.
Remember to not leave them in frame for the cover person to do on your rest day, make sure frame is clear for them.
You must deliver a D2D to each delivery point for the week (unless a customer has opted out), you cant just not deliver their D2D because they didnt have mail on the day you prepped them in the frame.
bingbong424
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Re: D2D's

Post by bingbong424 »

ah so i can deliver just the d2d's to houses even when they have no actual letters?
Postie45
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Re: D2D's

Post by Postie45 »

yes, and thats what you're "supposed" to do - 20% per day , so long as you get them done over the week the managers wont care how you get it done, so long as its done.
bingbong424
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Re: D2D's

Post by bingbong424 »

that clears things up, thanks!!
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Re: D2D's

Post by fishtank »

There will be issues "going forward" about leaving D2D in the frame,it's a quality thing that WCM stomps all over,clear frame check and all that.
Personally,i just do the whole 16% and don't leave anything in.
Less chance of the fuckupability factor creeping in.
Rural's are a different story,stupid to drive half a mile down a farm track with only D2D.
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Re: D2D's

Post by hampshireman »

fishtank wrote:There will be issues "going forward" about leaving D2D in the frame,it's a quality thing that WCM stomps all over,clear frame check and all that.
Personally,i just do the whole 16% and don't leave anything in.
Less chance of the fuckupability factor creeping in.
Rural's are a different story,stupid to drive half a mile down a farm track with only D2D.
Fish; Surely it matters not a jot whether it is a half mile or 3 yards. If RM wish us to do a sixth a day then that should be done.

BTW; i agree with your sentiment
1984
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Re: D2D's

Post by 1984 »

Nothing stays in the frame in my office

Doesnt matter if theres no mail for that house, we have to take the D2D
whatamess!!
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Re: D2D's

Post by whatamess!! »

How many get dumped by managers, when opg says they have no time??
    korky
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    Re: D2D's

    Post by korky »

    1984 wrote:Nothing stays in the frame in my office

    Doesnt matter if theres no mail for that house, we have to take the D2D
    so you have to take a fixed set of streets per day?
    i take at least 1/6 per day and some, and leave the ones i'm not going to there (mostly single slots)
    i even try to do my covers if i can if its my sat off and they get paid more than me for them!
    mailmonkey
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    Post by mailmonkey »

    korky wrote:they get paid more than me for them!
    how do you work that out?
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    Post by TrueBlueTerrier »

    mailmonkey wrote:
    korky wrote:they get paid more than me for them!
    how do you work that out?
    Unless he is a new starter or trialist then he doesn't.

    He probably thinks they do because they get more Delivery Supplement but is ignorant of the fact that we all get paid the same hourly rate up to 39 hours inclusive of the supplement. I have checked this out with a Part Timer in my office who does a lot of overtime and he usually has three rates of pay on his chit.

    1. Normal wage with DS separate
    2. Normal Wage + (to include hours above contract to 39 hours AND delivery Supplement) appears as "Weekday Overtime @SSPR"
    3. Overtime first 10 hours over 39 - No DS
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    korky
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    Re: D2D's

    Post by korky »

    mailmonkey wrote:
    korky wrote:they get paid more than me for them!
    how do you work that out?
    i'm 34hrs, covers are 39hrs, i get the delivery supplement pro rata
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    Post by mailmonkey »

    we all get paid the same per hour of work.
    gary1975
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    Re: D2D's

    Post by gary1975 »

    the duty holder will prep most of them the day before he is off so the reserve gets a s**t load to do,but its mostly single slots