Cutting off and leaving tracked.

[PostmanPr@t]

If you "don't have time" because it's a slightly busier day, maybe speed up a little bit where possible, chat less to customers, and generally don't fanny about as much.

It's surprising how much more you can achieve when you do your job properly.

You get paid to deliver mail within a dedicated delivery area. Deliver it.

People who cut off because they can't be arsed to make an effort, just pile more work onto others.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

is that page 10 or page 12. I can't find it in my "How to make employees feel motivated".


No matter found it - its in the Man Management Document for CMA grades.

[hampshireman]

Would anyone cut off and leave their Specials?

There's a walk in our office a van share they do the walk how the planner set it out. So if they know they won't be able to get to the special before one, they don't even take it out.

Then the planner was a tool. (No real surprise there I know)
Every van share I have ever seen has a smaller driver loop at some point to allow him/her to do any SD that would otherwise fall after the 1pm deadline.
I have never seen a van share need to leave a SD for someone else to do.

Don't think it's the planner they are just lazy awkward sods.

So, you know they are 'lazy awkward sods'?

Why do OPGs screw each other over?

[psyCrowe]

We don't cut off in our office, the manager ask's how long we think we will be over, then ask's us to leave that amount of work.

I tend to leave my last ( worst ) loop along with all recorded's, packet's, tracked, and over-sized for it, unless i feel that's too much, then i'll take some of the over-sized, depending on how the workload is looking.

[Dorset Plodder]

If you "don't have time" because it's a slightly busier day, maybe speed up a little bit where possible, chat less to customers, and generally don't fanny about as much.

It's surprising how much more you can achieve when you do your job properly.

You get paid to deliver mail within a dedicated delivery area. Deliver it.

People who cut off because they can't be arsed to make an effort, just pile more work onto others.

Well that just about sums it up doesn't it mate? I'd be surprised if you actually are a Postman. If most of us did actually do our job properly (instead of constantly giving large dollops of goodwill to the Company, bugger all would get done! I'd also like to point out that we're not "paid to deliver within a dedicated delivery area" ..... "we're paid to deliver within a dedicated time frame" Prat indeed.

[2pints]

If you "don't have time" because it's a slightly busier day, maybe speed up a little bit where possible, chat less to customers, and generally don't fanny about as much.

It's surprising how much more you can achieve when you do your job properly.

You get paid to deliver mail within a dedicated delivery area. Deliver it.

People who cut off because they can't be arsed to make an effort, just pile more work onto others.

I do not "fanny about".I pick kids up from school so could not run over my time,we had mail and parcels left from the previous day plus the walk has been tested and was deemed too big anyway.Hold on,why am i even explaining all this to you? You are obviously either a troll or a manager..or maybe a manager troll? A cross breed,worst of both worlds out to stir the pot.Get a life will ya?

[postslippete]

We don't cut off in our office, the manager ask's how long we think we will be over, then ask's us to leave that amount of work.

I tend to leave my last ( worst ) loop along with all recorded's, packet's, tracked, and over-sized for it, unless i feel that's too much, then i'll take some of the over-sized, depending on how the workload is looking.

That sounds like a forward thinking manager who knows that the duties have got too big which means on busy days, that they are unachievable. The manager is also responsible for his sections budget, so it's good practice to have.

[South_London_Postie]

We don't cut off in our office, the manager ask's how long we think we will be over, then ask's us to leave that amount of work.

I tend to leave my last ( worst ) loop along with all recorded's, packet's, tracked, and over-sized for it, unless i feel that's too much, then i'll take some of the over-sized, depending on how the workload is looking.

That sounds like a forward thinking manager who knows that the duties have got too big which means on busy days, that they are unachievable. The manager is also responsible for his sections budget, so it's good practice to have.

Regardless of the managers intentions I wouldn't leave any Mail unless spefically requested in writing or with witnesses, and I also wouldn't commit to taking a certain amount that I think I can finish, you never know what's going to happen once you leave that delivery office.

What happens if you miss judge the amount you should take and have to bring some back ?

[TrueBlueTerrier]

We don't cut off in our office, the manager ask's how long we think we will be over, then ask's us to leave that amount of work.

I tend to leave my last ( worst ) loop along with all recorded's, packet's, tracked, and over-sized for it, unless i feel that's too much, then i'll take some of the over-sized, depending on how the workload is looking.

That sounds like a forward thinking manager who knows that the duties have got too big which means on busy days, that they are unachievable. The manager is also responsible for his sections budget, so it's good practice to have.

Regardless of the managers intentions I wouldn't leave any Mail unless spefically requested in writing or with witnesses, and I also wouldn't commit to taking a certain amount that I think I can finish, you never know what's going to happen once you leave that delivery office.

What happens if you miss judge the amount you should take and have to bring some back ?

The overrunning deliveries procedure covers that. Basically, you arrange a contact time before leaving the office, or you contact the manager as soon as you realise you can't complete, even if you are already on delivery.