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Royal Mail Gyms

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JP1
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Royal Mail Gyms

Post by JP1 »

Does anyone here go to one of the gyms that Royal Mail provide. They all seem to be around £10 a month, which seems very cheap.

Are they only open during the 'supervised hours' or can you go at other times, just without there being gym staff there? Because Mount Pleasant is only open 11-7, and I'd want to be going before 11 most days.

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Barbel
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Re: Royal Mail Gyms

Post by Barbel »

Awww not fair, there isn't any near my area. :sad:
JP1
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Re: Royal Mail Gyms

Post by JP1 »

yeah they're definitely more convenient for Mail Centre staff. Our DO would have plenty space for one. That empty canteen for a start.
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Re: Royal Mail Gyms

Post by eian687 »

All we have is a kettle and expensive snack machine :left:
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Re: Royal Mail Gyms

Post by shepherdess »

Typical look after the mail centre staff gyms staffed canteens hot cookec food parking air conditioned. Most delivery postmen work in old run down undersized and under invested offices
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Re: Royal Mail Gyms

Post by pokos27 »

i think the mail centre has one, the local delivery office shut down theres, due to more 2000 frames being installed
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Re: Royal Mail Gyms

Post by fng »

Pay £10 per month !!!!!, I get RM to pay me £10p/h to get me fit, they have me on this tread mill thingy thats about 6 miles long, the only catch is, i have to keep jumping off to put mail thru the letter boxes
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Re: Royal Mail Gyms

Post by Dj Silver »

Sounds good but the nearest to me is 80 miles away. :sad:
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Re: Royal Mail Gyms

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Nice, So all you people in the MC's who get the £20 for D2D you don't deliver, unlike us knackered frontline staff. Give it back too RM. For the joy of going too the RM funded Gym! So they can train you up, so you can take over us knackered posties! :nana :nana :nana
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Re: Royal Mail Gyms

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tyconuk wrote:Nice, So all you people in the MC's who get the £20 for D2D you don't deliver, unlike us knackered frontline staff. Give it back too RM. For the joy of going too the RM funded Gym! So they can train you up, so you can take over us knackered posties! :nana :nana :nana


MCs get their own Supplement and its £8 not £20
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Post by eastie »

funny, there are 5 gyms in the South East around the London area but none on the South coast at all :evil/mad :thumbdown
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Re: Royal Mail Gyms

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TrueBlueTerrier wrote:
tyconuk wrote:Nice, So all you people in the MC's who get the £20 for D2D you don't deliver, unlike us knackered frontline staff. Give it back too RM. For the joy of going too the RM funded Gym! So they can train you up, so you can take over us knackered posties! :nana :nana :nana


MCs get their own Supplement and its £8 not £20
Still too much,just a bit less than a part timer who has to deliver to approx 800 addresses.
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Re: Royal Mail Gyms

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DB1100 wrote:
TrueBlueTerrier wrote:
tyconuk wrote:Nice, So all you people in the MC's who get the £20 for D2D you don't deliver, unlike us knackered frontline staff. Give it back too RM. For the joy of going too the RM funded Gym! So they can train you up, so you can take over us knackered posties! :nana :nana :nana


MCs get their own Supplement and its £8 not £20
Still too much,just a bit less than a part timer who has to deliver to approx 800 addresses.
Only if your thinking that the delivery supplement is for delivering D2Ds only - and it isn't.

Do I agree with NOT being paid for D2Ds - No. Do I think that Delivery Supplement is completely fair - No I don't.

But if we are going to change it, then we have to base our arguments on facts and not supposition.

The FACTS are: We do not get paid anything for D2Ds - Delivery Supplement is paid for doing work in the Deliveries Sector of Royal Mail.
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Re: Royal Mail Gyms

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TrueBlueTerrier wrote:
DB1100 wrote:
TrueBlueTerrier wrote:
tyconuk wrote:Nice, So all you people in the MC's who get the £20 for D2D you don't deliver, unlike us knackered frontline staff. Give it back too RM. For the joy of going too the RM funded Gym! So they can train you up, so you can take over us knackered posties! :nana :nana :nana


MCs get their own Supplement and its £8 not £20
Still too much,just a bit less than a part timer who has to deliver to approx 800 addresses.
Only if your thinking that the delivery supplement is for delivering D2Ds only - and it isn't.

Do I agree with NOT being paid for D2Ds - No. Do I think that Delivery Supplement is completely fair - No I don't.

But if we are going to change it, then we have to base our arguments on facts and not supposition.

The FACTS are: We do not get paid anything for D2Ds - Delivery Supplement is paid for doing work in the Deliveries Sector of Royal Mail.
And our union allowed this,delivery really has got the sh-tty end of the stick.
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Re: Royal Mail Gyms

Post by DGP1 »

DB1100 wrote:
TrueBlueTerrier wrote:
DB1100 wrote:
TrueBlueTerrier wrote:
tyconuk wrote:Nice, So all you people in the MC's who get the £20 for D2D you don't deliver, unlike us knackered frontline staff. Give it back too RM. For the joy of going too the RM funded Gym! So they can train you up, so you can take over us knackered posties! :nana :nana :nana


MCs get their own Supplement and its £8 not £20
Still too much,just a bit less than a part timer who has to deliver to approx 800 addresses.
Only if your thinking that the delivery supplement is for delivering D2Ds only - and it isn't.

Do I agree with NOT being paid for D2Ds - No. Do I think that Delivery Supplement is completely fair - No I don't.

But if we are going to change it, then we have to base our arguments on facts and not supposition.

The FACTS are: We do not get paid anything for D2Ds - Delivery Supplement is paid for doing work in the Deliveries Sector of Royal Mail.
And our union allowed this,delivery really has got the sh-tty end of the stick.
Just remember that it was voted in and us on delivery outnumber those in the MC so really the fault lies with us.
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