azza30 wrote:Got the text message today asking if I want to work next week's day off. Well they can run and jump because I never know my day off until Friday afternoon at the earliest! Plenty of the usual early finishers can do it and it won't cost them a penny!
postslippete wrote:The management bonus is strongly linked to performance and certain measures which the business outside of your office can check to see how well the Unit is performing. They are not too bothered with budgets this time of year, its things like staff sickness and tracked figures or so I've been informed.
azza30 wrote:Got the text message today asking if I want to work next week's day off. Well they can run and jump because I never know my day off until Friday afternoon at the earliest! Plenty of the usual early finishers can do it and it won't cost them a penny!
Is this the only job where workers complain about getting o/t on the peak times and having to work their contracted hours on quiet times. This is the time of year that lots of companies make their money shops are open later so workers all over the country work longer and harder and get paid for doing so we are the same.
cpsteve wrote:Is this the only job where workers complain about getting o/t on the peak times and having to work their contracted hours on quiet times. This is the time of year that lots of companies make their money shops are open later so workers all over the country work longer and harder and get paid for doing so we are the same.
Difference is that three more hours walking is harder work than three further hours working on a till. There is only so much your body can take.
cpsteve wrote:This is the time of year that lots of companies make their money shops are open later so workers all over the country work longer and harder and get paid for doing so we are the same.
Im all for RM making money, however i only wish to work my contracted hours, are RM going to hire extra bodies in delivery or going to pressure those of us who dont wish to do OT to do it regardless ?
cpsteve wrote:This is the time of year that lots of companies make their money shops are open later so workers all over the country work longer and harder and get paid for doing so we are the same.
Im all for RM making money, however i only wish to work my contracted hours, are RM going to hire extra bodies in delivery or going to pressure those of us who dont wish to do OT to do it regardless ?
Great post I’ll be with you on working my contract hours
Makes me laugh, every year they hire hundreds for mail centres. Don't see a single extra body in delivery. This year I won't be working over. The good will has well and truly left the building.
postslippete wrote:The management bonus is strongly linked to performance and certain measures which the business outside of your office can check to see how well the Unit is performing. They are not too bothered with budgets this time of year, its things like staff sickness and tracked figures or so I've been informed.
How about a 'clear office' every day?
A 'clear office' is a myth! When asked if I could leave a few loops I got told that I could leave packets instead (but take the tracked ones).
On the face of it, shareholder value is the dumbest idea in the world.
cpsteve wrote:Is this the only job where workers complain about getting o/t on the peak times and having to work their contracted hours on quiet times. This is the time of year that lots of companies make their money shops are open later so workers all over the country work longer and harder and get paid for doing so we are the same.
Difference is that three more hours walking is harder work than three further hours working on a till. There is only so much your body can take.
Where do you get three hours extra walking from? if you are doing the same walk its the same walking just more packets so more time. As for just working your contracted hours, in the industry you chose to work in Christmas is a vital time so just clearing your walk is not to much to ask.
cpsteve wrote:Is this the only job where workers complain about getting o/t on the peak times and having to work their contracted hours on quiet times. This is the time of year that lots of companies make their money shops are open later so workers all over the country work longer and harder and get paid for doing so we are the same.
Difference is that three more hours walking is harder work than three further hours working on a till. There is only so much your body can take.
Where do you get three hours extra walking from? if you are doing the same walk its the same walking just more packets so more time. As for just working your contracted hours, in the industry you chose to work in Christmas is a vital time so just clearing your walk is not to much to ask.
Oh sorry I meant that if you were to do your own walk and then half of another round. In my own opinion I am happy to pick up the extra load on a round at Christmas time despite being a part-timer, but I think it is fair that those with commitments will not feel the same (and that is perfectly fine).
cpsteve wrote:Is this the only job where workers complain about getting o/t on the peak times and having to work their contracted hours on quiet times. This is the time of year that lots of companies make their money shops are open later so workers all over the country work longer and harder and get paid for doing so we are the same.
Difference is that three more hours walking is harder work than three further hours working on a till. There is only so much your body can take.
Where do you get three hours extra walking from? if you are doing the same walk its the same walking just more packets so more time. As for just working your contracted hours, in the industry you chose to work in Christmas is a vital time so just clearing your walk is not to much to ask.
It is if you're on a s**t duty that it's a struggle to complete at the best of times.
We were going over by two to three hours last Christmas, my first one, to complete ...every day for over a month.
cpsteve wrote:Is this the only job where workers complain about getting o/t on the peak times and having to work their contracted hours on quiet times. This is the time of year that lots of companies make their money shops are open later so workers all over the country work longer and harder and get paid for doing so we are the same.
Difference is that three more hours walking is harder work than three further hours working on a till. There is only so much your body can take.
Where do you get three hours extra walking from? if you are doing the same walk its the same walking just more packets so more time. As for just working your contracted hours, in the industry you chose to work in Christmas is a vital time so just clearing your walk is not to much to ask.
Just a small point, but if your call rate is 70% normally and at Christmas it goes up to 95% you walk further.
