Employers ban staff from getting parcels delivered at work

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Employers ban staff from getting parcels delivered to them at work because post rooms can't cope with mountains of online shopping

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HSBC and DVLA among companies which ban personal deliveries at work
Processing time for extra orders are placing post rooms under strain
Comes as the number of Britons shopping online continues to grow

A number of Britain's biggest employers have reportedly banned staff from having parcels delivered to the workplace because their post rooms are struggling with the volume of online shopping orders.

HSBC, JP Morgan and Citi are among those who do not allow employees to have personal deliveries sent to their London offices.

The DVLA and the Department of Transportation also to have similar policies in place.

Longer working hours and restricted delivery slots mean millions of Britons each year are choosing to have packages delivered to work - or face missing the postman.
Under strain: Extra orders are creating problems for busy mail room staff who are already responsible for corporate shipments. More time is also needed to put the

But the extra orders are creating problems for busy mail room staff who are already responsible for corporate shipments. More time is also needed to put the parcels through security checks.

Matt Maer, Director Group Security, Canary Wharf Group said; 'One Canada Square alone receives 450 deliveries every 24 hours, and 11,000 parcels or letters are delivered every month.

'We estimate about 30 per cent of these are personal packages which adds to the cost of managing a service at such high volumes.


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Amazon: Offers customers the option to have packages delivered to one of their 'lockers' at more than 300 locations across the UK.

Doddle: Has 37 stores in Britain, mainly at railway stations. One opened in Canary Wharf this week.

Royal Mail: Some 10,000 Post Office branches allow customers to collect parcels free of charge.

'On top of the time required to sort the incoming parcels, each one must also go through the necessary security processing. This in itself is a labour and time intensive exercise.'

Sophie McCarthy, retail analyst at Conlumino, said that while packages are still being delivered to home addresses - and increasingly to click-and-collect points - workplaces are seeing an increase.

She said: 'Because online retail is growing so much even a small percentage of those being delivered will have a big impact.

'If you are a company that already receives a lot of post it is doubling the work of post rooms.'

She said the extra physical space needed to store the parcels and the added costs of processing are just two of the problems faced by employers.

Those who do allow staff to have parcels delivered are now offering it as a perk, she added.

One post room employee of a major London-based firm said personal parcels caused an 'extra hassle'.

He said that it was mostly small items that were delivered but that there had been 'all sorts' - including a 'few bicycles'.

The worker, who did not want to be named, said he would welcome a policy that banned personal deliveries - but said he doubted that it would happen because 'bosses use it too'.

Amazon, Collect Plus and Doddle are among the companies who have set up click-and-collect services where customers can pick up goods they have ordered online.

Tim Robinson, founder and chief executive of Doddle, which opened a depot in Canary Wharf this week, said the company had received an 'overwhelming' amount of interest.

He said: 'Time poor professionals and commuters in high density areas are one of Doddle’s biggest customer segments and we look forward to making parcels a seamless experience for people in Canary Wharf.'

MailOnline has contacted the JP Morgan and Citigroup for comment.

[RedBagMan]

What is a "time poor professional" ?

[TrueBlueTerrier]

What is a "time poor professional" ?

Overworked people who don't have much time outisde of work. Posties would probably be classed as Time Poor Labourers

[DB1100]

Tim Robinson,should take a lesson in plain English because at the minute he sounds like a right cock.