mandelsons_toenail wrote:
. Yes he is the REP!

: the poster just did not get it...
When I read the title, I thought that the Reserves were going to get 1 in 4 saturdays off whilst the rest get 1 in 6 - that will be the fair thing to implement.
Posties having their own duties are privileged (yea, seniority and not so-seniority - a la revision, blah blah). There is so much going for people with walks already... Hence, Reserves deserve better not worse.
What this office has done (sorry, Mr Rep) is to throw the RESERVES to the wolves just that they can get themselves (duty holders) 1 in 4 saturdays. It is pure selfishness and should easily have been foreseen.
1 in 4 saturday is a poison chalice that relies on some sections being very badly treated. I saw the options sheet and it was obvious some people will have to work more saturdays (even dedicated saturdays' PT) to fulfil the 1 in 4.
I work in a 1 in 6 office and sometimes do not get saturdays for 2.5 months and have to go screaming and/or begging for it.
Members and Union want to keep a 6-day delivery but very few actually want or like to work on Saturdays - speaking with forked tongue is not just reserved for Politicians