ANNOUNCEMENT : ALL OF ROYAL MAIL'S EMPLOYMENT POLICIES (AGREEMENTS) AT A GLANCE (Updated 2021)... HERE

ANNOUNCEMENT : PLEASE BE AWARE WE ARE NOT ON FACEBOOK AT ALL!

Using PDA actuals to prove you have no scope for new houses on delivery

Postal workers discussion forum. Discuss the day to day life in a Blue Shirt.
Postie45
Posts: 2160
Joined: 21 Aug 2012, 23:05
Gender: Male

Using PDA actuals to prove you have no scope for new houses on delivery

Post by Postie45 »

Is the PDA going to show a consistent finish of 20 mins + per day before your finishing time ?
If so then get ready for some new houses, if not then it would be foolish of them to add this to a duty without taking something off of it at the same time.
eastie
EX ROYAL MAIL
Posts: 2234
Joined: 16 Jun 2011, 15:32
Gender: Male

Using PDA actuals to prove you have no scope for new houses on delivery

Post by eastie »

smartecosse wrote:
streets97 wrote:3 hours difference on a walk, hahaha, impossible. Unless the slowest goes round on their hands and knees and the fastest goes round like Eluid Kipchoge.
Runner on a duties that's does two walks packets that doorstops them all versus someone that does it at a sensible pace and does try neighbours etc....

Not closing gates....door stopping and having 'missorts" for those pesky houses at the far end of the loop saves a lot of time.
plus has a meal relief and doesn't come in an hour early
Bobby39
Posts: 14
Joined: 17 Dec 2019, 15:30
Gender: Male

Using PDA actuals to prove you have no scope for new houses on delivery

Post by Bobby39 »

Doesn't matter what data they've got about how much mail a walk gets, you could send hundreds of people out on the same delivery with the same amount of mail and get hundreds of different sets of PDA actuals. The finish times could be hours apart depending on who's doing it, there's deliveries in my office that depending on who's doing them finish nearly 3 hours later on some days and on the face of it the only difference is the people doing it[/quote]


Regular duty holder on trolley round took 6 hours to deliver the other day.
Everyone who covers (no they dont run) get it done in 3 hours max, even on a busy day. 2.5 hours takes most of the covers.
The rounds are so unequal in our office its a joke! Would take this postie would take 8+ hours to do some of rounds i do based on her duty pace.
Outdoor performance reviews cant come quick enough in my opinion. Otherwise ill slow down to the pace of the slowest postie.
HTPostman
EX ROYAL MAIL
Posts: 1507
Joined: 01 Sep 2008, 23:53
Gender: Male

Using PDA actuals to prove you have no scope for new houses on delivery

Post by HTPostman »

Bobby39 wrote:Doesn't matter what data they've got about how much mail a walk gets, you could send hundreds of people out on the same delivery with the same amount of mail and get hundreds of different sets of PDA actuals. The finish times could be hours apart depending on who's doing it, there's deliveries in my office that depending on who's doing them finish nearly 3 hours later on some days and on the face of it the only difference is the people doing it

Regular duty holder on trolley round took 6 hours to deliver the other day.
Everyone who covers (no they dont run) get it done in 3 hours max, even on a busy day. 2.5 hours takes most of the covers.
The rounds are so unequal in our office its a joke! Would take this postie would take 8+ hours to do some of rounds i do based on her duty pace.
Outdoor performance reviews cant come quick enough in my opinion. Otherwise ill slow down to the pace of the slowest postie.[/quote]

All rounds are equal, just some more equal than others!

There are some rounds here where you’ll be bringing round a york full of packets and have to go back for more, 1500 calls, 16 bags (8 each), 20+ specials a day. On the same aisle, a round with 400 calls (5 bags), and you can just tuck the parcels under your arm and carry them round no need to bring the york round. If you get more than a couple of specials a day it’s a bad day.

I wonder how soon we’ll see LED frames with workloads based on your stats...
The day is gonna come when we’re all gonna have to testify.

526
SpacePhoenix
MAIL CENTRES/PROCESSING
Posts: 12195
Joined: 12 Nov 2008, 17:03
Gender: Male

Using PDA actuals to prove you have no scope for new houses on delivery

Post by SpacePhoenix »

How many walks back onto the new estate?