We are a parcel business eh moya?

[motch]

Can't speak for the cities but PF do not deliver in rural areas now, they drop off a huge truck load of parcels of all sizes, shapes, weights and time sensitivity and poor old postie wedges them into a.clapped out old Combo because he has time 'cos mail volumes have dropped so much!
This will be rolled out everywhere we are told to fill our spare time.
We are a parcel business now, yes?

ahh, thats why I had about 7 or 8 extra tracked parcels today with 24h or 48h on them. booked an extra hour and a bit of cut off too.

[Sergeant Blast]

I take it you all have received that courier special about RM parcel strategy? Definitely a parcel company. It says so. And we have been told umpteen times recently we are. Anyone else impressed that RM actually has a parcel strategy? Although, it does appear to be to lose as much work as possible as fast as they can.

Yeah I received it today. What is the point? What do they expect us to do with the information contained? If they are saying we have to somehow try harder...well I already do. Send me a courier special on how your going to stop bullying, when I will receive my revision payment, how much the pay increase will be or even where the hell are the shoes I've been waiting 2 months for. Then I may be interested.

[UnhappyGremlin]

I take it you all have received that courier special about RM parcel strategy? Definitely a parcel company. It says so. And we have been told umpteen times recently we are. Anyone else impressed that RM actually has a parcel strategy? Although, it does appear to be to lose as much work as possible as fast as they can.

Yeah I received it today. What is the point? What do they expect us to do with the information contained? If they are saying we have to somehow try harder...well I already do. Send me a courier special on how your going to stop bullying, when I will receive my revision payment, how much the pay increase will be or even where the hell are the shoes I've been waiting 2 months for. Then I may be interested.

I think the basic point as far as RM is concerned, is propaganda. The more they tell us something, they're hoping we'll start to believe it.

[luddite]

Makes perfect sense, lots of little vans going to all the farms, villages, towns with D2Ds why would you need a bloke in a huge Merc who doesn't know where he's going or that mrs Miggins goes to market on Wednesday or there's an ebay fanatic at no.6 who does not answer the door before noon, OK!
Makes perfect sense!

[Sidley]

Our parcels strategy has three parts:

1 Mugs oops I mean Customers
-> lowering customers' expectations
-> minimising choice
-> ramping up the prices

2 overcomplicated gadgets that don't help or Technology
-> personal tracking devices that give ample excuse for conduct codes
-> excuses for ramping up prices
-> ditto

Ah i got bored of that pretty quickly....

"We are making a big investment in the Royal Mail parcels business"

Who is 'We'? And where is the money, that we supposedly have none of, coming from?

[UnhappyGremlin]

Our parcels strategy has three parts:

1 Mugs oops I mean Customers
-> lowering customers' expectations
-> minimising choice
-> ramping up the prices

2 overcomplicated gadgets that don't help or Technology
-> personal tracking devices that give ample excuse for conduct codes
-> excuses for ramping up prices
-> ditto

Ah i got bored of that pretty quickly....

"We are making a big investment in the Royal Mail parcels business"

Who is 'We'? And where is the money, that we supposedly have none of, coming from?

The managers bonus pool. I wish.
More likely, us not getting a decent pay rise.

[bazzaboy48]

if we are a parcel business why are we getting at least 4 sometimes 5 or 6 d2ds every sodding week?

[Mr Rush]

If RM is a parcel business does that make Parcelforce a letters business?

[monkeymutha]

Dear Moya, if we are a parcel business how come we cannot doorstep them like other parcel businesses?

[UnhappyGremlin]

Dear Moya, if we are a parcel business how come we cannot doorstep them like other parcel businesses?

Because of the compensation it would cost. Other couriers don't seem to pay out when mistakes happen. At least, I've not been compensated when I have had reason to complain to one of them. Which is just one reason I always try to ensure RM is the company used.

[RedBagMan]

Dear Moya, if we are a parcel business how come we cannot doorstep them like other parcel businesses?

We're paid by the hour ... they're paid by the item ...