Holidays picked for us (Gosforth DO)

dwainpipe · Post by **dwainpipe** » 05 Jan 2020, 13:32

Hi just wondering how many of yous come from offices that pick your holidays for you and then you have to swap them if you want to change them? It seems unfair we don't get to choose any of our holidays and wanted to know if this is the norm.

Cheers.

Celgar · Post by **Celgar** » 05 Jan 2020, 13:51

No it's not the norm. How many posties/staff in your office??

Post by **hothothot** » 05 Jan 2020, 15:02

It's definitely not the norm. It just about sums up royal mail , a complete f__k up. Has anybody heard of any other company that picks your holidays for you.

smartecosse · Post by **smartecosse** » 05 Jan 2020, 15:12

Thats exactly what happened at our office, pathetic.

Can't organise a rota or holidays shouldn't be a manager.

Post by **POSTMAN** » 05 Jan 2020, 15:14

It's a BIG no no.
Please read this thread, the attachment and get your area guys on the case, if this is happening in your offices, get rid of your rep as well!...

https://www.royalmailchat.co.uk/communi ... 15&t=76232" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Post by **General Mannerheim** » 05 Jan 2020, 16:46

What's the rep or area rep doing about it?

leolion855 · Post by **leolion855** » 05 Jan 2020, 17:08

hothothot wrote:It's definitely not the norm. It just about sums up royal mail , a complete f__k up. Has anybody heard of any other company that picks your holidays for you.

Toyota,vauxhall,jcb,nestle..

Grumpyoldmailman · Post by **Grumpyoldmailman** » 05 Jan 2020, 17:17

leolion855 wrote:
hothothot wrote:It's definitely not the norm. It just about sums up royal mail , a complete f__k up. Has anybody heard of any other company that picks your holidays for you.
Toyota,vauxhall,jcb,nestle..

For factory shutdowns, not for full annual leave entitlement.

Ashley’s · Post by **Ashley’s** » 05 Jan 2020, 17:21

Yeah they do this in our office and we have 150 staff.

It has been challenged several time’s however nothing has ever been done about it and the union rep is not interested.

Post by **aiden01** » 05 Jan 2020, 18:30

Ashley’s wrote:Yeah they do this in our office and we have 150 staff.

It has been challenged several time’s however nothing has ever been done about it and the union rep is not interested.

Why is he still the office rep then???

redneck · Post by **redneck** » 05 Jan 2020, 20:09

It happens in our office of 100+ too, the DOM support does it. Has been doing for years. The majority of the staff don't seem bothered because they do all right from it, but it does mean quite a few have weird spreads of holidays e.g clumped together in winter months as they are perceived to be more easily persuaded

frankieboy · Post by **frankieboy** » 06 Jan 2020, 05:25

Yep,same in our office, told manager to hurry up and let me know what I've got so I can tell the missus, starting to get a bit fed up with it now

1617mel · Post by **1617mel** » 06 Jan 2020, 05:34

hallo, our Scottish office is the same your are allocated a 3 week slot on a firm accept , no one has told us that this is not the case, and that if you cannot manage a swap then you are stuck with the slot you have got , in some cases you could be given the first 3 weeks in april for example , try swapping them. I had no idea that you could challenge the allocated slot, which this year according to what I have read on this debate page, I am legally entitled to my annual leave when I want it which should be the case. thanks to you Blue Terrier you have opened a new outlook on my applying for annual leave and I will not be scurrying about looking for a swap.

themailman · Post by **themailman** » 06 Jan 2020, 18:03

No chance will those of 20-30 years service be getting this.

Dorset Plodder · Post by **Dorset Plodder** » 09 Jan 2020, 16:16

This really is a shocking example of BAD MANAGEMENT.

I mean WTF do these idiots think they're playing at? Does the District Manager tell them when they've got to take their Holidays? I bet not

I thought we had it bad when they expect us to give them dates for our Holiday next year!

But at least we do have some input. I think you've all got to try and get this problem resolved, but be assured it is NOT the standard procedure for the rest of Royal Mail!