Mondays are now the new Tuesday.

glass joe · Post by **glass joe** » 29 Jun 2020, 13:12

Today it almost wasn't worth going out on my delivery. Last letter 11.30 back home at 12 and now being paid till 2.30. (Yes i took both my breaks) So what does this hold for the future? Is this laying the foundations to get rid of mondays letters in the future? Will our duties be redesigned so we take more out in the future?

Post by **SpacePhoenix** » 29 Jun 2020, 13:34

glass joe wrote:Today it almost wasn't worth going out on my delivery. Last letter 11.30 back home at 12 and now being paid till 2.30. (Yes i took both my breaks) So what does this hold for the future? Is this laying the foundations to get rid of mondays letters in the future? Will our duties be redesigned so we take more out in the future?

Backlog at your local MC?

Woody Guthrie · Post by **Woody Guthrie** » 29 Jun 2020, 13:35

I don't think we can judge anything on the present situation never mind lay the foundations for something.

It is what it is, what it will be in 6 months might be something completely different.

Post by **RobertT** » 29 Jun 2020, 14:10

Easiest day for a long time. Could of finished at 10.30 if I'd wanted to.

chickenwittle · Post by **chickenwittle** » 29 Jun 2020, 15:00

No letters , lots of parcels .

Ren Hoëk · Post by **Ren Hoëk** » 29 Jun 2020, 15:11

Very quiet where we are. 3rd Monday in a row that its been like it. I made 2 hours on my duty as did most others as well. We lapsed as well and there was nothing left back at the office to do even if the boss wanted to give us more. Someone said in another thread that it has something do to with DSA customers not supplying us with anything for Mondays and only supplying it every other day. If that is true or not I do not know. We are in a traditionally quiet time of year and we are told mail volumes are naturally down as well. There must be some big changes coming. 5 day delivery on letters, 7 days for packets and parcels within a year with big office revisions and changes to attendance patterns. Especially considering their plans for the tracks/shoe box and bigger sized packets. Id put money on it.

Post by **Munchboii** » 29 Jun 2020, 15:25

I'm just praying it doesn't involve job losses any changes that come. I'm right at the bottom of seniority and only in my 20s and I love this job to bits. I'd be devastated if I got told I was losing my job to redundancy :(

deltaforce · Post by **deltaforce** » 29 Jun 2020, 15:33

Munchboii wrote:I'm just praying it doesn't involve job losses any changes that come. I'm right at the bottom of seniority and only in my 20s and I love this job to bits. I'd be devastated if I got told I was losing my job to redundancy :(

I wouldn’t over worry . There will be thousands senior to you fighting to get out of the business if it comes.

glass joe · Post by **glass joe** » 29 Jun 2020, 15:39

Munchboii wrote:I'm just praying it doesn't involve job losses any changes that come. I'm right at the bottom of seniority and only in my 20s and I love this job to bits. I'd be devastated if I got told I was losing my job to redundancy :(

Think the USO is keeping everyone in a job.

Woody Guthrie · Post by **Woody Guthrie** » 29 Jun 2020, 15:46

Munchboii wrote:I'm just praying it doesn't involve job losses any changes that come. I'm right at the bottom of seniority and only in my 20s and I love this job to bits. I'd be devastated if I got told I was losing my job to redundancy :(

The business already has a problem with an ageing employee dynamic.

That means extra cost in historic bonuses and supplements holiday entitlement as well as problems with long term illness and injury.

The last thing they want to do is get rid of all the younger members of staff and make the problem worse.

Post by **wacko74** » 29 Jun 2020, 15:56

glass joe wrote:
Munchboii wrote:I'm just praying it doesn't involve job losses any changes that come. I'm right at the bottom of seniority and only in my 20s and I love this job to bits. I'd be devastated if I got told I was losing my job to redundancy :(
Think the USO is keeping everyone in a job.

Keeping the USO in it's current form will ensure none of us have a job eventually.

Post by **SpacePhoenix** » 29 Jun 2020, 16:14

Munchboii wrote:I'm just praying it doesn't involve job losses any changes that come. I'm right at the bottom of seniority and only in my 20s and I love this job to bits. I'd be devastated if I got told I was losing my job to redundancy :(

I think job losses are more likely in MCs as the PSMs might mean that not so many staff are needed

30+YEARMAN · Post by **30+YEARMAN** » 29 Jun 2020, 16:19

I still had all of Saturdays letters so it didn,t make that much difference.

twoloops · Post by **twoloops** » 29 Jun 2020, 16:36

Same here we only took the biggest 6 loops that had not been taken since Thursday, lots of Birthday cards & untracked packets

Post by **hawkeye622** » 29 Jun 2020, 16:37

30+YEARMAN wrote:I still had all of Saturdays letters so it didn,t make that much difference.

Yep, I had Friday and Saturdays mail in the frame before today's mail went in so no benefit to me either.....