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Jimbobb
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Post by Jimbobb »

Just wondering how long people are on IPS for? We are on for an hour and a half most mornings sometimes longer.
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Post by international »

Jimbobb wrote:Just wondering how long people are on IPS for? We are on for an hour and a half most mornings sometimes longer.
45mins - one hour its part off the job to keep us in full time so that what we get told
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Re: IPS

Post by mandelsons_toenail »

Depends on the day :Very Happy
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Post by Jimbobb »

mandelsons_toenail wrote:Depends on the day :Very Happy
Doesn't matter which day very rarely off before 8.30
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Re: IPS

Post by TrueBlueTerrier »

Jimbobb wrote:Just wondering how long people are on IPS for? We are on for an hour and a half most mornings sometimes longer.
1:15 to 1:45 depending on how many sorters are in and what day it is
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Re: IPS

Post by eastie »

more IPS so cut off less delivering :nana
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Post by Richard007 »

No ips for rural s in my office :) :nana
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Re: IPS

Post by anTi »

Post revision less than 30 minutes most days
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Post by wacko74 »

Depends on how many trays of letters our colleagues at the MC can't be arsed to put through the WSM on any given day.
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Re: IPS

Post by OnAFlyer »

anTi wrote:Post revision less than 30 minutes most days
How long ago was your revision? Ours was 2 years ago, and in that time more and more hours have been cut resulting in us only having 2 people on IPS some days. We do have some work done by the night CSS staff though, so are on IPS anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours. When it's 2 hours its cut off time :nana
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Post by krussel »

About 30 mins on a light day (rem those) to about 1hr 10min on a back bending day. :cry
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Re: IPS

Post by wiganpostie »

Usually about 1hr to 1h 30 mins.
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Re: IPS

Post by anTi »

OnAFlyer wrote:
anTi wrote:Post revision less than 30 minutes most days
How long ago was your revision? Ours was 2 years ago, and in that time more and more hours have been cut resulting in us only having 2 people on IPS some days. We do have some work done by the night CSS staff though, so are on IPS anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours. When it's 2 hours its cut off time :nana
18 months ago near enough. We have night staff and SA early morning starters. Most of the office cut off every day. They are trying to get all the IPS done so there is nothing to do but prep and then out the door. They just don't realise that we ain't having it. Push us out the door early and we walk slower to ensure that the walks are cut back to a decent size!
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Post by clashcityrocker »

We are usually on IPS for 90 minutes.
However there are some c***s that turn up about 15 minutes late, clear down their own boxes at least twice, go for a coffee and leave about 15 minutes early.
They do about 40 minutes max - and I f***ing hate them.
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Re: IPS

Post by Jimbobb »

clashcityrocker wrote:We are usually on IPS for 90 minutes.
However there are some c***s that turn up about 15 minutes late, clear down their own boxes at least twice, go for a coffee and leave about 15 minutes early.
They do about 40 minutes max - and I f***ing hate them.
Don't sit on the fence mate haha.