How's the backlog at your place?

postie28 · Post by **postie28** » 16 Oct 2007, 15:06

still working our hours. no o/t. inward sorting prioritised. enforced meal relief. mail going nowhere. most i've taken out since we went back is 3 bags

claretpostie · Post by **claretpostie** » 16 Oct 2007, 15:11

must be about 30 yorkies of mail not touched in our office,most walks have trays of mail under frames,everyone going out at 10 and signing back in at 2.15,they have took the carrot away from us to rush about and sort everything up,nicw stroll round and catch bus back

heston · Post by **heston** » 16 Oct 2007, 15:31

just finished my day at dumfries, what a shithole, mail stacked all over, what i took out didnt make any difference , finished on my time, no flats drop bag not touched,streamed mail,moved our start time back by 40mins, steve cameron driven idea, make us start later in the hope we might bash on to catch up the lost time, what a tosser,this and pensions better be sorted ,65 percent of our mail is in by 5 am,what do these clowns decide on ? a later start,
here we have no strike breakers, and the message is solid no flexible working, leave our pensions alone, and until they remove imposed conditions there will be know goodwill from this unit,

Bulldog · Post by **Bulldog** » 16 Oct 2007, 15:35

And that is exactly how it should be. Well done to your office

Post by **nottsposties daddy** » 16 Oct 2007, 15:42

absolutely choca block in nottm, even having to pile bags up on the floor, cos they ran out of york containers yesterday.
and i have to say, the longer we go without hearing any details of this offer, the more i fear its not gonna be good news for us!! :cfo :lfo

mufc · Post by **mufc** » 16 Oct 2007, 15:49

well, we had absolutly no mail in our D.O today, i know its all still at the mail centre waiting to be sorted, some people were out of the door by 8 o clock today ,bagged up and gone, couldnt beleive it

mind you our manager has all but admitted he hasnt got a clue whats going on,what time we are supposed to go who has there meal breaks ,its an absolute shambles .

i have been working to my time for the last 18 months, but today i couldnt do it , there wasnt enough mail through the system .this is the problem RM cant give us 8 hours work to do on a tuesday, and they are screwing us for it

Portfan · Post by **Portfan** » 16 Oct 2007, 15:51

We are still out so god knows what it will be like when us scousers get back.
At least we will go back eventually with our heads held high.
First Out Last back.

jackdaw · Post by **jackdaw** » 16 Oct 2007, 16:28

it's a WTR in my DO, mail is being left, there's no yorks or alts left cos they're all full of mail. people just taking enough to last til finish. They had to hire loads of vans cos we've no drop boxes. There's no O/T to try to catch up, my section alone left about 150 trays of flats til tomorrow and we had at least 2 days worth of mech this morning.
everone says it's far easier like this, no pressure, just work to time and cos we're all doing it (with a few exceptions) there's no attempt by bosses to force anyone to do more.

coppertop · Post by **coppertop** » 16 Oct 2007, 16:56

I have now started to work to my 318 and it is brill as has been said no pressure just go in and do your job and yes they leave you alone cos if they pester I just tell them that I will have to cut off. And with so many cut off's at the mo they just walk away.

Spedley · Post by **Spedley** » 16 Oct 2007, 17:27

I worked out how long the backlog will last during my break today - depending on what RM mean by 40% underworked.
Without doing excess we should either clear the backlog today (Tuesday) or this Saturday.
According to the news it could take 3 weeks to clear the backlog which means they think we do only 20% less work than we should.

Unfortunately, if we actually do 40 hours work in a 40 hour shift then the backlog will last forever.

I'm still delivering hundreds of letters marked the 4th,9th and 10th.

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 16 Oct 2007, 17:47

Spedley wrote:I worked out how long the backlog will last during my break today - depending on what RM mean by 40% underworked.
Without doing excess we should either clear the backlog today (Tuesday) or this Saturday.
According to the news it could take 3 weeks to clear the backlog which means they think we do only 20% less work than we should.

Unfortunately, if we actually do 40 hours work in a 40 hour shift then the backlog will last forever.

I'm still delivering hundreds of letters marked the 4th,9th and 10th.

I had a registered today dated 5 Oct 07 - 1st class as well TF they were not in I Form Left it.

ROCKY · Post by **ROCKY** » 16 Oct 2007, 19:39

so much mail on the floor the sections are all starting to meld together,from a h and s point though it is starting to get dangerous no where to put me great big feet,think its time to start my long jump practice

greasyweasel · Post by **greasyweasel** » 16 Oct 2007, 20:26

UPDATE[center]
[/center][center]Backlog at WR MC as from 0800 today[/center]
168 RSC of inward mail

120 yorks of inward mail

Managment have relented on booking pressure overtime,they have finally realised that they are in the sh*t.
The backlog here is not going to be cleared for at least a couple of weeks.The place is a total mess.

BettySwollocks · Post by **BettySwollocks** » 16 Oct 2007, 21:44

In our D.O. we can't keep up with the mail coming in, never mind whats accumulated from the strikes etc,
we have too few sorters on the IPS to deal with whats coming in each morning,
the managers haven't got the 1st clue what to do about it, they tell us to cut off at about 07.45 to prep our walks and leave the mail to build up even more,
as far as i know, no one has been offered overtime to sort it, and if there was anyone who intended doing so, i'd have a not so quiet word with them.

ROCKS · Post by **ROCKS** » 16 Oct 2007, 22:05

same at wigan,cut off at 7.45 all mail left till day after.heaviest day since we went back,but manager day off and that allways happens stand in tries to clear everything suckholer!!!! WE TOO SHOULD BE OUT!!! GOOD WORK SCOUSERS

ROYALMAILCHAT

How's the backlog at your place?

Work to time