Royal Mail brief to managers : New ways of working in delivery, processing and distribution

A2B · Post by **A2B** » 23 Mar 2020, 22:21

doveston wrote:So how does the remote start option work?

My take on it is the walk will be prepped in the DO and brought out to you at an agreed time and place. This isn't going to work for most offices but i guess they are winging a lot of this.

Post by **Jahpostie** » 23 Mar 2020, 22:23

There is no way I'll be waiting for a van and working 2 till 7 or whatever.

Wild Rover · Post by **Wild Rover** » 23 Mar 2020, 22:24

The workforce don't want Covid-19. RM are making that possible.

Sit on your hands people and demand they look after your life.

A2B · Post by **A2B** » 23 Mar 2020, 22:27

Jahpostie wrote:Surely they just hire extra vans. Simples. Oh I forgot it's Royal Mail. (I know some don't drive but seems to me the best solution)

I think RM know it's going to be a dire situation and throwing money at extra vans for little to nil extra income isn't going to help

Post by **baldrick** » 23 Mar 2020, 22:29

vinny79 wrote:So once again a wooly agreement,
Just like everything.
Local agreements
Bah

It's a ROYAL MAIL BRIEF TO MANAGERS not an agreement or local agreement.

doveston · Post by **doveston** » 23 Mar 2020, 22:29

A2B wrote:
doveston wrote:So how does the remote start option work?
My take on it is the walk will be prepped in the DO and brought out to you at an agreed time and place. This isn't going to work for most offices but i guess they are winging a lot of this.

So it’s work from home? Nothing to scan,no parcels and everything goes though the letter box.

A2B · Post by **A2B** » 23 Mar 2020, 22:36

doveston wrote:
A2B wrote:
doveston wrote:So how does the remote start option work?
My take on it is the walk will be prepped in the DO and brought out to you at an agreed time and place. This isn't going to work for most offices but i guess they are winging a lot of this.
So it’s work from home? Nothing to scan,no parcels and everything goes though the letter box.

It certainly could be but obviously that won't work for everyone. The only problem is how to deal with items you can't deliver

blakeyboy · Post by **blakeyboy** » 23 Mar 2020, 22:37

Jahpostie wrote:There is no way I'll be waiting for a van and working 2 till 7 or whatever.

Another selfish person to make this work staggered start times have to be implemented.Would you rather start at 2pm and be at less risk to yourself and others or stick to your normal start and finish time and risk yours and others lives?

Post by **HTPostman** » 23 Mar 2020, 22:48

blakeyboy wrote:
Jahpostie wrote:There is no way I'll be waiting for a van and working 2 till 7 or whatever.
Another selfish person to make this work staggered start times have to be implemented.Would you rather start at 2pm and be at less risk to yourself and others or stick to your normal start and finish time and risk yours and others lives?

I’d rather RM admit they can’t implement the 2 metre social distancing and shut down. Give the army the keys to the depot and let them go through the mail to pick out any NHS letters and medicines.

Unless every pouch, PDA, frame, van, even rubber band is deep cleaned there is no way any of us are safe. And given we can’t even get a bottle of sanitizer or pack of wipes it’s highly unlikely we’ll see a proper clean.

It’s no longer fun and games. We are risking our health.

Post by **Jahpostie** » 23 Mar 2020, 22:49

blakeyboy wrote:
Jahpostie wrote:There is no way I'll be waiting for a van and working 2 till 7 or whatever.
Another selfish person to make this work staggered start times have to be implemented.Would you rather start at 2pm and be at less risk to yourself and others or stick to your normal start and finish time and risk yours and others lives?

I'm a so called unskilled part time worker on barely above minimum wage who gets chucked about from walk to walk. Now I'm expected to bend over backwards to deliver crap to office workers while they sit in watching Netflix. You are having a laugh

Post by **big_al199** » 23 Mar 2020, 22:55

2155 in our mail centre and they've got 5 or 6 people working within feet of each other desperately segging trays because they're about to fail.

They couldn't care less about us.

Dindin · Post by **Dindin** » 23 Mar 2020, 22:59

Who does the ips?

Acca Dacca · Post by **Acca Dacca** » 23 Mar 2020, 23:08

How can they bring the walk out to you if you don’t drive?

You can’t carry a full walk in one bag

Dindin · Post by **Dindin** » 23 Mar 2020, 23:11

Do they expect you to use your car?

sindba · Post by **sindba** » 23 Mar 2020, 23:21

We know how this will play out.

Very little will change in our working practices. We might be given a bit of paper with some "advice" about distancing and whatnot, but be quietly bullied into dangerous practices anyway.

Then Royal Mail's backs have been covered when people get ill or die. They'll blame us for not following "procedure".