Christmas pressure

Supermac0151 · Post by **Supermac0151** » 03 Oct 2019, 19:27

So we was told on office today that last years Christmas pressure was a week too early so it’ll be the 5th December this year....this is comical I can’t wait for this to backfire. Absolute idiots never listen to the ground troops

Vwtouran · Post by **Vwtouran** » 03 Oct 2019, 19:39

Supermac0151 wrote:So we was told on office today that last years Christmas pressure was a week too early so it’ll be the 5th December this year....this is comical I can’t wait for this to backfire. Absolute idiots never listen to the ground troops

Let them worry about it, just do your hours & go home!

worktotime · Post by **worktotime** » 03 Oct 2019, 19:51

tell him / her who cares we might be stood on the gate , so good luck with that

Post by **eric the viking** » 03 Oct 2019, 20:27

Does that then open a weeks load of leave slots?

plaguelift · Post by **plaguelift** » 03 Oct 2019, 20:59

eric the viking wrote:Does that then open a weeks load of leave slots?

I like it!! I’m going to ask!

Seymour Buts · Post by **Seymour Buts** » 03 Oct 2019, 21:02

The 5th would be a Thursday? Do you mean the 2nd?

scoobydo79 · Post by **scoobydo79** » 04 Oct 2019, 08:50

eric the viking wrote:Does that then open a weeks load of leave slots?

This^^^^ If it isn’t X mas pressure Your entitled to ask for leave.

paul2011 · Post by **paul2011** » 07 Oct 2019, 10:32

Also there could be a general election yet, how busy it could be with election material

hollybags · Post by **hollybags** » 08 Oct 2019, 08:25

My office changed ours years ago, this year will probably start 9th December. To me this is too late, it's much busier the previous week.

Post by **SpacePhoenix** » 08 Oct 2019, 08:35

hollybags wrote:My office changed ours years ago, this year will probably start 9th December. To me this is too late, it's much busier the previous week.

It starts to pick up around mid-November

Celgar · Post by **Celgar** » 10 Oct 2019, 22:39

paul2011 wrote:Also there could be a general election yet, how busy it could be with election material

Almost a certainty there will be a general election as nothing can get sorted until the MPs that have been delaying everything for three years are voted out. Will most likely be at the end of November when we are at our busiest.

Post by **SpacePhoenix** » 11 Oct 2019, 06:57

paul2011 wrote:Also there could be a general election yet, how busy it could be with election material

Don't know if we normally count all the GE stuff for DOs but if it ends up happening during xmas pressure, there's no chance of that happening. 1) we won't have the room, 2) we won't be able to spare anyone. If it arrives at the MC already sorted to DOs it'll get sent straight to the DOs. Election leaflets probably all come through as d2d anyway. Poll cards, the best you can hope for is walk sorted, no point in trying to sequence them on a CSS as they virtually all get rejected by the machine on the 2nd pass. With postal vote forms it depends on what capacity there is (trying to sequence them on IMPs/iLSMs is probably not an option as they'll be running outward and inward plans., best you can probably hope for is walk sort only through there's probably a high chance they'd just get sent as manual

Sir Henry · Post by **Sir Henry** » 11 Oct 2019, 18:56

I foresee a huge amount of cut offs and hand backs if that's the case, 700 polling cards only walk sorted? Then God only knows how many party political leaflets all coming in on different days all to be counted, delivered and recorded? I am seeing a steep increase in packets already and that's before the Black Friday Cyber Monday bullshit. Roll on the strike.

Hitcher · Post by **Hitcher** » 11 Oct 2019, 21:55

eric the viking wrote:Does that then open a weeks load of leave slots?

Lol, last weeks of Nov are closed off for leave in our office.

superdazzy · Post by **superdazzy** » 12 Oct 2019, 18:47

Hitcher wrote:
eric the viking wrote:Does that then open a weeks load of leave slots?
Lol, last weeks of Nov are closed off for leave in our office.

They can only block off four weeks due to Christmas and that's agreed. Get your Rep onto this.