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Chelseablue · Post by **Chelseablue** » 28 Apr 2020, 18:36

Dont care what the public think if its about us losing our jobs , this guy is out to destroy the company and our jobs . All these photos on gate meetings , terry rants etc are no getting us anywhere. Weve put ourselves at risk big time during this and for what ? Rico and his devious plans .

Dindin · Post by **Dindin** » 28 Apr 2020, 18:36

daveyeff wrote:
charlatans wrote:Nice to see the 4th emergency service isnt needed on a saturday.
well we are. just not for letters.

the AA?

Post by **postiewhite** » 28 Apr 2020, 18:37

I dont think non drivers will benefit like they think they will with Saturdays off. . Just spoken to a mate who's a manager and the early plan is to have them deliver locally, put out d2ds and prep duties of d2ds for monday etc

daveyeff · Post by **daveyeff** » 28 Apr 2020, 18:39

Dindin wrote:
daveyeff wrote:
charlatans wrote:Nice to see the 4th emergency service isnt needed on a saturday.
well we are. just not for letters.
the AA?

alcoholics anonymous?

Post by **SpacePhoenix** » 28 Apr 2020, 18:41

If 1st and 2nd recorded letters still have to be delivered on Saturdays then the mail will still have to be processed in MCs on Friday nights, it'll all get sequenced as normal and when it gets to DOs your going to have to deliver it or go through it and pull out the recorded letters

A2B · Post by **A2B** » 28 Apr 2020, 18:43

postiewhite wrote:I dont think non drivers will benefit like they think they will with Saturdays off. . Just spoken to a mate who's a manager and the early plan is to have them deliver locally, put out d2ds and prep duties of d2ds for monday etc

Makes sense for a change but there will be offices with no local delivery points, one things for sure there's going to be a lot of arguments between staff

nuisance · Post by **nuisance** » 28 Apr 2020, 18:48

daveyeff wrote: so its a bad thing that the public think we are a bunch of c***s for going on strike at this time, because they are stuck in and wont get the egg whisk they ordered from china, or the l.e.d. light bulbs. meanwhile you and i and 20,000 others will lose our jobs. i don't care what the public think. all out.

I think support would return when the public were informed that we were striking because our boss wouldn't let us deliver their letters until the following working week, and that they were using CV as a BS excuse for doing so.

I think we should just refuse to conform - carry on taking the mail on Saturdays. It would make headline news when the first postie got officially disciplined for posting letters. It would also expose the top management as psychos.

Grumpyoldmailman · Post by **Grumpyoldmailman** » 28 Apr 2020, 18:49

SpacePhoenix wrote:If 1st and 2nd recorded letters still have to be delivered on Saturdays then the mail will still have to be processed in MCs on Friday nights, it'll all get sequenced as normal and when it gets to DOs your going to have to deliver it or go through it and pull out the recorded letters

Cant they just separated them in the Post Offices like the specials are.

Acca Dacca · Post by **Acca Dacca** » 28 Apr 2020, 18:52

postiewhite wrote:I dont think non drivers will benefit like they think they will with Saturdays off. . Just spoken to a mate who's a manager and the early plan is to have them deliver locally, put out d2ds and prep duties of d2ds for monday etc

So how does the business save money then if they will all get a day off during the week that isnt Saturday?

How does the business save money by having people in prepping door to doors that get prepped fine as it is anyway?

Surely the savings COME from not having half the workforce in on a Saturday not bringing them in to work

paul1231 · Post by **paul1231** » 28 Apr 2020, 18:57

FacesOfStone wrote:
paul1231 wrote:If you read some post on social media the public actually thing they are doing us a favour with this
The realistic side of it is non drivers won't be needed saturday so suddenly been a driver becomes a punishment if you value saturdays off as you'll probably be in although maybe less saturdays then before perhaps covering 3/4 duties parcels and working maybe 1 in 3/4 saturdays?
Depends on where you work / what the set up is. If you have trolley / HCT duties, they could well send them out as ‘normal’ but with some of oversized items crammed in where the mail would be. Otherwise, some of those duties are going to be unmanageable on the Monday.

we have some Hcts supported by a packets driver but at least 90% of deliveries are van based so unlikely unless they have some in prepping some mail/ D2ds for the following week is only way i cans see then been used

Post by **Jahpostie** » 28 Apr 2020, 18:58

Third bottom of the seniority league table. That's me done for. Thanks Rico pal.

themailman · Post by **themailman** » 28 Apr 2020, 19:00

citypostie · Post by **citypostie** » 28 Apr 2020, 19:02

postiewhite wrote:I dont think non drivers will benefit like they think they will with Saturdays off. . Just spoken to a mate who's a manager and the early plan is to have them deliver locally, put out d2ds and prep duties of d2ds for monday etc

At the moment it's not just non drivers it's van share partners. Is it really worth having them all in if there's only one van between them even if both can drive?

Surely the easiest plan is to have all passengers as Monday to Friday , freeing up the passenger cover during the week to do something else and the driver just has their normal day off.

A2B · Post by **A2B** » 28 Apr 2020, 19:06

Acca Dacca wrote:
postiewhite wrote:I dont think non drivers will benefit like they think they will with Saturdays off. . Just spoken to a mate who's a manager and the early plan is to have them deliver locally, put out d2ds and prep duties of d2ds for monday etc
So how does the business save money then if they will all get a day off during the week that isnt Saturday?

How does the business save money by having people in prepping door to doors that get prepped fine as it is anyway?

Surely the savings COME from not having half the workforce in on a Saturday not bringing them in to work

Is it all about savings or is it about clearing a backlog?

Acca Dacca · Post by **Acca Dacca** » 28 Apr 2020, 19:08

A2B wrote:
Acca Dacca wrote:
postiewhite wrote:I dont think non drivers will benefit like they think they will with Saturdays off. . Just spoken to a mate who's a manager and the early plan is to have them deliver locally, put out d2ds and prep duties of d2ds for monday etc
So how does the business save money then if they will all get a day off during the week that isnt Saturday?

How does the business save money by having people in prepping door to doors that get prepped fine as it is anyway?

Surely the savings COME from not having half the workforce in on a Saturday not bringing them in to work
Is it all about savings or is it about clearing a backlog?

Not every office HAS a backlog

but besides how does it help clear a backlog leaving mail undelivered AND still having to give non drivers a day off through the week?

If they wanted to clear the backlog they wouldnt be enforcing an overtime ban in many offices