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no tools for the job

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eastie
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no tools for the job

Post by eastie »

Not enough PDA's for duties with tracked having to be scanned when you get back to the officeafter writing them down on paper(If its still open)
Not enough vans to do the van duties with 2 borrowed which were not roadworthy and the back doors wouldn't shut.
Good start
world class male
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Re: no tools for the job

Post by world class male »

eastie wrote:Not enough PDA's for duties with tracked having to be scanned when you get back to the officeafter writing them down on paper(If its still open)
Not enough vans to do the van duties with 2 borrowed which were not roadworthy and the back doors wouldn't shut.
Good start
no pda?
if you're to time then hand the slip in for someone else to do or wait until morning, any moans then insist on a pda before you leave.
don't even set off in the van if you feel there's a fault.
unless you want overtime then just do as above
eastie
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Re: no tools for the job

Post by eastie »

Because of the large parcels we have postmen doing van duties and they all need PDA's and this means with also no one on holiday we are about 5 PDA's short .
DOM said he has asked for more PDA's but it fell on deaf ears
portadown
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Re: no tools for the job

Post by portadown »

Pdas what about all the offices that have the new ones what happened to the old ones from these offices could thy not be send round the other offices
aiden01
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Re: no tools for the job

Post by aiden01 »

eastie wrote:Because of the large parcels we have postmen doing van duties and they all need PDA's and this means with also no one on holiday we are about 5 PDA's short .
DOM said he has asked for more PDA's but it fell on deaf ears
Dom,s problem not yours :nana
world class male
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Re: no tools for the job

Post by world class male »

eastie wrote:Because of the large parcels we have postmen doing van duties and they all need PDA's and this means with also no one on holiday we are about 5 PDA's short .
DOM said he has asked for more PDA's but it fell on deaf ears
as above,
just write the number on a slip, if none available then write it on a 739, make a manager aware of this procedure and extra time consuming and it will give him/her less argument when you can't deliver the summer lapsing that day :left:

bet you're bottom dollar you'll have a pda next day and mr mafia will move on to bullying someone else
eastie
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Re: no tools for the job

Post by eastie »

world class male wrote:
eastie wrote:Because of the large parcels we have postmen doing van duties and they all need PDA's and this means with also no one on holiday we are about 5 PDA's short .
DOM said he has asked for more PDA's but it fell on deaf ears
as above,
just write the number on a slip, if none available then write it on a 739, make a manager aware of this procedure and extra time consuming and it will give him/her less argument when you can't deliver the summer lapsing that day :left:

bet you're bottom dollar you'll have a pda next day and mr mafia will move on to bullying someone else
people are coming back to the office with 20 tracked numbers on a piece of paper and they have to be put in manually when they get back...........totally tinpot
BarnsleyLackey
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Re: no tools for the job

Post by BarnsleyLackey »

Not enough PDAs, eastie. Jesus, it sounds like you have a full workforce at your office!
postslippete
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Re: no tools for the job

Post by postslippete »

Now we do collections as well and we have to scan the pillar boxes, Ive noticed that our PDAs are fully functioning with a decent charge!
On the face of it, shareholder value is the dumbest idea in the world.
redneck
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Re: no tools for the job

Post by redneck »

Same here, a major PDA shortage, god knows what has happened to them all, but I'm sure the extra staff there with no leave will have something to do with it. Never known this before. As usual the last ones out suffer, workers stealing PDA's from each other, and also taking two out with them because chargers in the vans don't work and the things have poor batteries and run out. The return of the paper and pen!

A further decline in the service and I think we are going to be a laughing stock this time, bottom performer.
motherhubbard
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Re: no tools for the job

Post by motherhubbard »

There are a lot of tools in my office.
I would gladly see them loaned out to other offices with a shortage.
Never let the hand you hold, hold you down.
Glenno
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Re: no tools for the job

Post by Glenno »

motherhubbard wrote:There are a lot of tools in my office.
I would gladly see them loaned out to other offices with a shortage.
You know what they say Mother....." Keep all your tools in the TOOL BOX" :wink: :wink:
Mezza
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Re: no tools for the job

Post by Mezza »

We're about 5 PDA's short.
Management were made aware of the situation some 6 weeks ago and did nothing.
Now they send staff out with cards.

I'm sure they expect the poor mug in the RLE to scan the cards at some point - but as that's me and it is not my fault we don't have enough PDA's i simply post them off to EPOD at the MC.
Should any complaints come in from the mC then management can deal with it.

There seems to be an ever increasing amount of issues that go ignored by management as they don't have to directly deal with them - just do what you can within the safety of the rules and regs and throw the issues back at them.
SpacePhoenix
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Re: no tools for the job

Post by SpacePhoenix »

Mezza wrote:I'm sure they expect the poor mug in the RLE to scan the cards at some point - but as that's me and it is not my fault we don't have enough PDA's i simply post them off to EPOD at the MC.
Should any complaints come in from the mC then management can deal with it.
Them items are probably failing as the items won't get scanned by the MC, the epods will just be sent of to Wolverhampton (I think that's where they get sent)
RedBagMan
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Re: no tools for the job

Post by RedBagMan »

... plus other "tools for the job" ...

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b. slip resistant shoes/trainers - that aren't ...
c. managers - that don't ...

I could go on ...
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