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Is this now the norm?

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wheresourmoney
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Is this now the norm?

Post by wheresourmoney »

We have just had a new revision in which one third of the walks was taken out for the part-timers to pick before the full timers picked theirs, the walks that were taken out were what you would call senior walks ,so we now have a situation where part timers who have been here for 1 year have senior walks, and posties with 10 years are now holiday subs, before any one says that it's sour grapes, I am part time and like a few others we don't think it's fair, has this happened in any other office.
sparky80
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Re: Is this now the norm?

Post by sparky80 »

That's exactly what has happened in my office. Any full time staff who has served roughly less than 13 years has dipped out on being able to sign for a duty.
IloveMYredTROLLEY!
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Re: Is this now the norm?

Post by IloveMYredTROLLEY! »

I think it varies from depot to depot, at some the 3-day PT staff are day off cover for three FT duties, while two 4-day PT duties are covered by another 4-day PT.
Jack Rouse
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Re: Is this now the norm?

Post by Jack Rouse »

I didn't think any walks could be classed as "senior", we are told the only difference between a PT walk and FT walk is the indoor workload.

I would imagine most of our senior posties get the pick they want, hardly any seem to move from one re-sign to the next.
IcanthelpthewayIam
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Re: Is this now the norm?

Post by IcanthelpthewayIam »

If your not happy about it then simply get your rep to lodge a stage 1 disagreement over it and then follow the ir process through to the end