d2d w/c 30th March

olilew · Post by **olilew** » 27 Mar 2020, 23:10

I'm okish to carry on working for now but next week we have been allocated 2 d2d and some sectors in our office have 3. I and my looper are going to refuse to do them on Health and Safety grounds, obviously the fewer addresses we have to go to the better. (Just before anybody jumps on me we are not sharing a van). My question is where do we stand on refusing to do them on H&S grounds?

DGH · Post by **DGH** » 28 Mar 2020, 05:28

What's the H&S reason to refuse to do D2Ds?

I can understand, and fully support, prioritising other mail and packets before D2Ds, but I can't immediately see a reason not to do them on H&S grounds

Post by **wacko74** » 28 Mar 2020, 05:58

With only 2 lots I think you're pushing your luck on refusing to do them.

If it were 4-5 lots I'd certainly have an issue due to the extra daily indoor prep time I'd have to spend in close quarters with potentially infected colleagues.

matthew68 · Post by **matthew68** » 28 Mar 2020, 06:49

olilew wrote:I'm okish to carry on working for now but next week we have been allocated 2 d2d and some sectors in our office have 3. I and my looper are going to refuse to do them on Health and Safety grounds, obviously the fewer addresses we have to go to the better. (Just before anybody jumps on me we are not sharing a van). My question is where do we stand on refusing to do them on H&S grounds?

If you’re going to that address anyway what’s the difference. Maybe we can leave some where they’ve had no mail all week?

dazer0070 · Post by **dazer0070** » 28 Mar 2020, 07:14

matthew68 wrote:
olilew wrote:I'm okish to carry on working for now but next week we have been allocated 2 d2d and some sectors in our office have 3. I and my looper are going to refuse to do them on Health and Safety grounds, obviously the fewer addresses we have to go to the better. (Just before anybody jumps on me we are not sharing a van). My question is where do we stand on refusing to do them on H&S grounds?
If you’re going to that address anyway what’s the difference. Maybe we can leave some where they’ve had no mail all week?

And that is RM stance at the moment. Think you’ll be opening yourself up to conduct issues if you try and refuse on H&S grounds!

k979aaa · Post by **k979aaa** » 28 Mar 2020, 08:02

In terms of weight ie 16 KG is the weight limit for first pouch and the matrix was like 11 kg for each other bag or 5 kg for flats.

chickenwittle · Post by **chickenwittle** » 28 Mar 2020, 12:47

We’ve been told only take d2ds to addresses we have mail for .

nightcrawler · Post by **nightcrawler** » 28 Mar 2020, 13:56

Just do them, work till your time, then cut-off if need be.

nickinoneck · Post by **nickinoneck** » 28 Mar 2020, 14:22

New instructions from RM today. Prep all d2d in on a Monday and deliver with live mail for that address over the week. Any left in the frame where you haven’t been are to be rolled over into the following week. I kid you not!

nightcrawler · Post by **nightcrawler** » 28 Mar 2020, 14:53

nickinoneck wrote:New instructions from RM today. Prep all d2d in on a Monday and deliver with live mail for that address over the week. Any left in the frame where you haven’t been are to be rolled over into the following week. I kid you not!

The only problem with rolling them over to the following week is that some offers/prices etc may have expired. We shouldn’t be doing them at all in this global crisis, there are more important things to worry about.

Celgar · Post by **Celgar** » 28 Mar 2020, 15:09

chickenwittle wrote:We’ve been told only take d2ds to addresses we have mail for .

That bald Scottish guy made a comment along those lines the other day. I just thought what the **** is he on about as we mainly deliver the D2D items when an address point has other mail anyway. People at the top literally have no idea how the job is actually completed on a day to day basis.

Post by **rambo1** » 28 Mar 2020, 15:39

Is DFS even open?

exetererica · Post by **exetererica** » 28 Mar 2020, 16:01

Post by **SpacePhoenix** » 28 Mar 2020, 16:06

rambo1 wrote:Is DFS even open?

Just looked at their website, no mention of them being closed

Ashley’s · Post by **Ashley’s** » 28 Mar 2020, 16:10

We were told not to take d2d’s as they are not classed as essential mail!!