Christmas/Boxing day 2020

[clashcityrocker]

Is there any need to keep quoting the whole conversation?

[Janet Brum]

It's not that cut and dry. With the 26th not being the Bank Holiday RM could well have all night shift staff in a 00:00 of the 25th going into the Saturday as the Saturday isn't a Bank Holiday. Given how busy we are now and it's no where near Christmas, with the volume of work that we'll probably have around Christmas my gut feeling is that they might well have us in at midnight. We'll certainly be in at 00:00 of the Monday going into the Tuesday

It says no collections or deliveries, I don`t know about mail centres but I assume they mean all RM staff will be off.

Is there any need to keep quoting the whole conversation?

It`s not very easy to delete an unnecesary quote, that`s why people quote multiple posts.

[SpacePhoenix]

It's not that cut and dry. With the 26th not being the Bank Holiday RM could well have all night shift staff in a 00:00 of the 25th going into the Saturday as the Saturday isn't a Bank Holiday. Given how busy we are now and it's no where near Christmas, with the volume of work that we'll probably have around Christmas my gut feeling is that they might well have us in at midnight. We'll certainly be in at 00:00 of the Monday going into the Tuesday

It says no collections or deliveries, I don`t know about mail centres but I assume they mean all RM staff will be off.

They'll still be lots of mail in the system. If you think it's busy now, just wait till nearer xmas. The mail that gets delivered on the 29th still has to be sorted to DOs and there'll probably shitloads of Tracked entering the system on the Saturday and Sunday

[SpacePhoenix]

For anyone working night shift, would we be back in on the Friday night, going into the Saturday once it's 00:00 Saturday as the Monday is the actual Bank Holiday (Boxing Day)?

I know that night shifts will be back on the Monday 28th going into the Tuesday once it's 00:00 on the Tuesday

You might be , I certainly wont be , I don't work any bank holiday Mondays. Ever since we stopped working Sunday nights.

On the Monday night going into Tuesday, once it's 00:00 Tuesday, it's no longer a Bank Holiday so unless it's booked off any night shift staff will be back in at 00:00 Tuesday

[Zicomurphy]

All I will say is having worked nights in a delivery office in the past it was bad enough having to come in on Boxing Day night and if any manager had tried to tell me I had to come in Christmas Day night I would just of gone sick and come back in the new year.

[Seymour Buts]

All I will say is having worked nights in a delivery office in the past it was bad enough having to come in on Boxing Day night and if any manager had tried to tell me I had to come in Christmas Day night I would just of gone sick and come back in the new year.

The night shift at our place doesn't work Xmas week. They also cut all the additional drivers. They say it droos off anyway.

[SpacePhoenix]

All I will say is having worked nights in a delivery office in the past it was bad enough having to come in on Boxing Day night and if any manager had tried to tell me I had to come in Christmas Day night I would just of gone sick and come back in the new year.

The night shift at our place doesn't work Xmas week. They also cut all the additional drivers. They say it droos off anyway.

Chances are that it's probably going to be different between MCs and DOs though this year we've potentially got much higher traffic levels than a normal Xmas pressure thrown into the mix

[tractorboy2]

For anyone working night shift, would we be back in on the Friday night, going into the Saturday once it's 00:00 Saturday as the Monday is the actual Bank Holiday (Boxing Day)?

I know that night shifts will be back on the Monday 28th going into the Tuesday once it's 00:00 on the Tuesday

You might be , I certainly wont be , I don't work any bank holiday Mondays. Ever since we stopped working Sunday nights.

On the Monday night going into Tuesday, once it's 00:00 Tuesday, it's no longer a Bank Holiday so unless it's booked off any night shift staff will be back in at 00:00 Tuesday

Do the majority of the night shift in your MC still do a 6 night week with a night off in the week ?
My shift is Mon to Fri , why would I work a Bank Holiday Monday am I not entitled to a night off , same as early or late shift ?

[SpacePhoenix]

Do the majority of the night shift in your MC still do a 6 night week with a night off in the week ?
My shift is Mon to Fri , why would I work a Bank Holiday Monday am I not entitled to a night off , same as early or late shift ?

Night shifts have always been on on Boxing night starting at 00:00 as once it gets to midnight it's no longer a Bank Holiday. The actual Bank Holiday this year is the Monday

[mjd24]

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I thought being on RM`s website it`s enough for everyone to see that we`ll have 4 days off this Christmas?

It's not that cut and dry. With the 26th not being the Bank Holiday RM could well have all night shift staff in a 00:00 of the 25th going into the Saturday as the Saturday isn't a Bank Holiday. Given how busy we are now and it's no where near Christmas, with the volume of work that we'll probably have around Christmas my gut feeling is that they might well have us in at midnight. We'll certainly be in at 00:00 of the Monday going into the Tuesday

Absolute nonsense.

No way will they do this.

Such a pessimist.

[Woody Guthrie]

Bear in mind that if your day off is the Saturday you will not get a day back.
A non service day is not a bank holiday, the bank holiday is Monday.
Just a question that pops up here every time Christmas hits the weekend.

[wallan]

Bear in mind that if your day off is the Saturday you will not get a day back.
A non service day is not a bank holiday, the bank holiday is Monday.
Just a question that pops up here every time Christmas hits the weekend.

Possibly easiest to have all Duties Mon - Thurs that Week , the following week is the problem week with Mon & Fri being Bank Holidays with Sat 2nd Jan being a Service Day

[Woody Guthrie]

Bear in mind that if your day off is the Saturday you will not get a day back.
A non service day is not a bank holiday, the bank holiday is Monday.
Just a question that pops up here every time Christmas hits the weekend.

Possibly easiest to have all Duties Mon - Thurs that Week , the following week is the problem week with Mon & Fri being Bank Holidays with Sat 2nd Jan being a Service Day

3 day week in Scotland.

[Zicomurphy]

All I will say is having worked nights in a delivery office in the past it was bad enough having to come in on Boxing Day night and if any manager had tried to tell me I had to come in Christmas Day night I would just of gone sick and come back in the new year.

The night shift at our place doesn't work Xmas week. They also cut all the additional drivers. They say it droos off anyway.

This was back when there were permanent all year round night duties. Hard to believe now but when I done nights about 15 Years ago we had 20 night duties, a night PHG and a night manager and night S/A duties.

[SpacePhoenix]

I thought being on RM`s website it`s enough for everyone to see that we`ll have 4 days off this Christmas?

It's not that cut and dry. With the 26th not being the Bank Holiday RM could well have all night shift staff in a 00:00 of the 25th going into the Saturday as the Saturday isn't a Bank Holiday. Given how busy we are now and it's no where near Christmas, with the volume of work that we'll probably have around Christmas my gut feeling is that they might well have us in at midnight. We'll certainly be in at 00:00 of the Monday going into the Tuesday

Absolute nonsense.

No way will they do this.

Such a pessimist.

Given how busy it's likely to be with the extra mail because of Covid + the normal Xmas mail I think there's a strong possibility they will.