No pay in two weeks

redwomble · Post by **redwomble** » 19 Mar 2020, 19:01

DOM gave us a semi-serious speech this morning saying that sickness in the company is now so high that in two weeks they won't be able to pay us anymore and we'll be working for free just to keep the company afloat.

Anyone else get this?

Seems like RM's way of forcing changes through by pleading poverty to me...

PostmanBitesDog · Post by **PostmanBitesDog** » 19 Mar 2020, 19:03

redwomble wrote:we'll be working for free

Like hell I will.

daveyeff · Post by **daveyeff** » 19 Mar 2020, 19:07

redwomble wrote:DOM gave us a semi-serious speech this morning saying that sickness in the company is now so high that in two weeks they won't be able to pay us anymore and we'll be working for free just to keep the company afloat.

Anyone else get this?

Seems like RM's way of forcing changes through by pleading poverty to me...

should of asked if he and all the rest of the management are also going to work for free.

ssdd · Post by **ssdd** » 19 Mar 2020, 19:09

Rumple · Post by **Rumple** » 19 Mar 2020, 19:16

And this is why you cannot trust our managers.

daveyeff · Post by **daveyeff** » 19 Mar 2020, 19:18

sometimes managers come out with more shite than a drunken tosspot in a bar at chucking out time.

PostmanBitesDog · Post by **PostmanBitesDog** » 19 Mar 2020, 19:27

redwomble wrote:DOM gave us a semi-serious speech

Does that DOM have a bad reputation for being a failed stand-up comedian?

Pants On Fire.jpg

tpost · Post by **tpost** » 19 Mar 2020, 19:55

The union are in talks at the moment. There are lots of rumours circulating but given what’s happening RM can do what they want now unfortunately.

jd9442 · Post by **jd9442** » 19 Mar 2020, 19:58

tpost wrote:The union are in talks at the moment. There are lots of rumours circulating but given what’s happening RM can do what they want now unfortunately.

Yep
RM can make us work for free
You’re right m8
Any more facts?

tpost · Post by **tpost** » 19 Mar 2020, 20:05

jd9442 wrote:
tpost wrote:The union are in talks at the moment. There are lots of rumours circulating but given what’s happening RM can do what they want now unfortunately.
Yep
RM can make us work for free
You’re right m8
Any more facts?

Traffic levels are going to drop so we will probably be covering vacant walks up to our time. Given people are losing their jobs in the real world I think we’re going to have to be flexible.

daveyeff · Post by **daveyeff** » 19 Mar 2020, 20:11

working for free isn't one of the flexibilities though.

Woody Guthrie · Post by **Woody Guthrie** » 19 Mar 2020, 20:11

redwomble wrote:DOM gave us a semi-serious speech this morning saying that sickness in the company is now so high that in two weeks they won't be able to pay us anymore and we'll be working for free just to keep the company afloat.

Anyone else get this?

Seems like RM's way of forcing changes through by pleading poverty to me...

There's a lot of this passive aggressive bullying of staff going on at the moment.

Managers 'misinterpretating' the sick absence procedure, misquoting ' the government advice,' forgetting ' to brief the staff on the latest coronavirus position. Telling the new starts they don't get sick pay. Not sending staff home if they're sick and reporting self isolating as the flu.

Branches are getting reports on a daily basis of all this s**t.

It's a symptom of the top down bullying culture in the business, delivery office managers are terrified of failure and being ridiculed on the conference call. It's a shitshow of incompetence, people dying and they're worried about mail failing, what a bunch of spineless losers.

StevieSB · Post by **StevieSB** » 19 Mar 2020, 20:17

Haven't heard this from our DOM yet. Apparently he's going to be talking to staff tomorrow

I work afternoon shift and 3 managers told me the same. They'd just come from some meeting or other and they looked annoyed
Told me the business is running out of money and can only keep going for another 2 weeks
I'm not convinced that it's true but we'll all be told in the next day or 2 I guess.

I'd be willing to bet what'll happen is, "We can only keep the business running if staff are willing to take a pay cut or hours cut" ......or something.

Not suggesting ANY of this is true, just passing on what I've been told and my own personal guess at what will happen

blacov · Post by **blacov** » 19 Mar 2020, 20:26

I seriously doubt they can make us work for free. Although I can understand more flexibility required which is totally fine however has to be paid for accordingly. In the event of stopping pay it will be better just to go off sick knowing you wont get a penny anyway. I doubt it will happen.

Royal Mail does not seem to be troubled. Instead I can see a spike in parcel delivery in our DO so there should be more revenue coming in now. Obviously sick pay will sky rocket in due course but this is should not affect ability to pay wages. DOM dropping rumours like this should get sacked for messing with peoples heads.

steelgers · Post by **steelgers** » 19 Mar 2020, 20:34

They had a billion and a half to invest a few weeks ago.