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Packet forecast for December

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steven100
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Re: Packet forecast for December

Post by steven100 »

tadger144 wrote:LOL :mad as a rep in my office i can conclude These guys are idiots , no wonder were in the state were in , there forecasts are based on last years traffic witch probably wasnt recorded properly anyway , theres no xtra time for anything now once you hit model week traffic ( which is most of the time ) then you need to resource to it by spending ie overtime, with everyone total pissed off in our office with our manager then there not willing to go past there time , looking at a disaster this xmas . the only way this bussines runs is by the good will of the posties , that im afraid is all but gone .

I wouldn't believe RM forecasting because it changes from year to year how it is calculated.
adamanti
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Re: Packet forecast for December

Post by adamanti »

Goodwill gone here too...... Completed days last week that we really should not have going 10 to 15 mins over but not claiming. Got to Friday and had had enough, just too heavy so told manager. NO MORE. His response was to send planner over to us to test walk. My reply was will you be testing every walk that completes with O/T as obviously they must be too long too! Pissed me off as my partner and me are workers not shirkers, we don't take the piss. Now they can go do one. :speak to the hand
flaminmoses
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Re: Packet forecast for December

Post by flaminmoses »

windermeredave wrote:And they actually pay people to think up this rubbish? unbelievable

haha especially when their answer to things like this is "bully them into delivering it"
OnAFlyer
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Re: Packet forecast for December

Post by OnAFlyer »

adamanti wrote:Goodwill gone here too...... Completed days last week that we really should not have going 10 to 15 mins over but not claiming. Got to Friday and had had enough, just too heavy so told manager. NO MORE. His response was to send planner over to us to test walk. My reply was will you be testing every walk that completes with O/T as obviously they must be too long too! Pissed me off as my partner and me are workers not shirkers, we don't take the piss. Now they can go do one. :speak to the hand
You need to keep a record of the time you are owed and tell your manager you want it back by the end of the week (or paying as OT if that's what you would prefer)

Some in my office get to go to football or finish early on Fri or Sat as they have loops taken off for the time they're owed. Just don't leave it until the last minute to tell your manager, make sure he knows before Friday.
k979aaa
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Re: Packet forecast for December

Post by k979aaa »

Most royalmail line managers cannot predict which hole the sun shines out of their arse as senior management has ripped so many holes in them all.
halfull
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Re: Packet forecast for December

Post by halfull »

OnAFlyer wrote:
adamanti wrote:Goodwill gone here too...... Completed days last week that we really should not have going 10 to 15 mins over but not claiming. Got to Friday and had had enough, just too heavy so told manager. NO MORE. His response was to send planner over to us to test walk. My reply was will you be testing every walk that completes with O/T as obviously they must be too long too! Pissed me off as my partner and me are workers not shirkers, we don't take the piss. Now they can go do one. :speak to the hand
You need to keep a record of the time you are owed and tell your manager you want it back by the end of the week (or paying as OT if that's what you would prefer)

Some in my office get to go to football or finish early on Fri or Sat as they have loops taken off for the time they're owed. Just don't leave it until the last minute to tell your manager, make sure he knows before Friday.
this is banking hours and is an unagreed practice. It should not be happening.
General Mannerheim
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Re: Packet forecast for December

Post by General Mannerheim »

Phantom wrote:Draw a big cock on it and give it back
I don't see how drawing a member of the farmyard is going to help :hmmmm They might call it fowl play.
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motch
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Re: Packet forecast for December

Post by motch »

General Mannerheim wrote:
Phantom wrote:Draw a big cock on it and give it back
I don't see how drawing a member of the farmyard is going to help :hmmmm They might call it fowl play.
yes especially if the cock has got his wanger out.
robbertwhitton
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Re: Packet forecast for December

Post by robbertwhitton »

same old story,with meaningless jobs by managers all out to justify what they actualy do on a day to day basis.the texts on our pda,s a prime example of stating the obvious of how to do our job on the round,tracked and special delivery times etc,maybe adjust the time on them to reflect the changes of rounds following the ill fated revision???
RedBagMan
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Re: Packet forecast for December

Post by RedBagMan »

I was told the "number" is 21 attendance calls per 500 delivery points "up our end" (still bag on shoulder, rurals, no van/PLoop etc) - HA !! Regularly 30+ and one day last week I lost count after 50 - Mystic Meg can just eff off ... I'll deliver 'em - just pay me the docket ... I'm dreading the "real" Christmas Pressure - believe Dimensions do not have head torches on their "Uniform Menu" ...
"We're under model" - oh no we're not - stick your lapse elsewhere ...
Hitcher
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Re: Packet forecast for December

Post by Hitcher »

RedBagMan wrote:Dimensions do not have head torches on their "Uniform Menu" ...
No but your manager can supply you with one if you ask.