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Porters, Single slot frames, how many?

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El-Bandito
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Joined: 27 Jan 2009, 14:14
Gender: Male

Porters, Single slot frames, how many?

Post by El-Bandito »

We have had P&L in our office for almost 2 years now. The planners have gone, came back, rejigged the office about 4 times now. The short story is we have NO porters, NO single slot frames (the office apparently not fit for purpose). Yet its a constant battle, still, with the DOM, regarding failing duties. DOM constantly reads from the same old hymn book. Performance issues etc. Harass .Testing prep rates etc. Harass. How common IS this? How many offices is this occurrence happening to?
Postaltony
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Joined: 03 Oct 2013, 14:54
Gender: Male

Re: Porters, Single slot frames, how many?

Post by Postaltony »

Same in my office no single slot frames, but we do have porters. But we have less on IPS and we are sorting more.
Nondescript
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Joined: 29 Nov 2013, 16:25
Gender: Male

Re: Porters, Single slot frames, how many?

Post by Nondescript »

We've had P&L for two and a half years and it's the same - never any porters, hardly any single slot frames, too many packet yorks such that you'd never get out quickly enough in the event of a fire, and of course the ubiquitous B&H.
Thixty
Posts: 40
Joined: 22 Feb 2011, 22:13
Gender: Male

Re: Porters, Single slot frames, how many?

Post by Thixty »

you could very well be from the same office as me it sounds identical lol
jimmy c
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Joined: 01 May 2010, 17:59
Gender: Male

Re: Porters, Single slot frames, how many?

Post by jimmy c »

we still have porters and most rounds are single slots, but it is a constant battle to keep it that way.
OnAFlyer
Posts: 1938
Joined: 16 Aug 2009, 14:24
Gender: Male

Re: Porters, Single slot frames, how many?

Post by OnAFlyer »

We have backless frames but have never had porters, and the vast majority of frames are mainly double slot. There just isn't room for single slot frames which would be a lot bigger.
plymouth3
EX ROYAL MAIL
Posts: 119
Joined: 06 Jul 2010, 18:45
Gender: Male

Re: Porters, Single slot frames, how many?

Post by plymouth3 »

Porters are set to fail in our office, they are required to supply 24 walks, impossible after 20 mins, and all the double prepar's end hope collecting their own mail.
loverman shabba
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Joined: 11 Jul 2013, 15:15
Gender: Male

Re: Porters, Single slot frames, how many?

Post by loverman shabba »

porters lasted about a week at my office as theres never enough sorters. as for single slot fittings our office is so small they are making everyones fitting smaller so there will be no single slots. bring on the weeks where its 6 door to doors there wont be any mail going into the fitting :crazy:
Pinky 1
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Joined: 01 Mar 2009, 11:38
Gender: Male
Location: Wales

Re: Porters, Single slot frames, how many?

Post by Pinky 1 »

Only our rural and business frames have single slots.
What's a porter ? :whistle
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P739
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Joined: 20 Sep 2007, 13:48

Re: Porters, Single slot frames, how many?

Post by P739 »

El-Bandito wrote:We have had P&L in our office for almost 2 years now. The planners have gone, came back, rejigged the office about 4 times now. The short story is we have NO porters, NO single slot frames (the office apparently not fit for purpose). Yet its a constant battle, still, with the DOM, regarding failing duties. DOM constantly reads from the same old hymn book. Performance issues etc. Harass .Testing prep rates etc. Harass. How common IS this? How many offices is this occurrence happening to?

Same in our office it's a battlefield daily...