42 staff at Stratford delivery office have tested positive for covid 19, the office has been closed down

Post by **POSTMAN** » 14 Nov 2020, 16:05

Got this today.

Worn Out Donkey · Post by **Worn Out Donkey** » 14 Nov 2020, 16:08

Doesn't surprise me, half the folk in my office couldn't care less, don't wear masks, don't social distance. The other 25% wear masks sometimes, mostly over their neck, and don't social distance. Manager doesn't care, doesn't wear a mask.

And those of us that are higher risk, and bring it up, get threatened with assault (I'm not even kidding).

Only Royal Mail could make something as simple as wearing masks, and keeping your distance into yet another battle.

wandle · Post by **wandle** » 14 Nov 2020, 17:23

POSTMAN wrote:Got this today.

Stratford, East London?
Couldn’t find any media information about this ...

Jpro747 · Post by **Jpro747** » 15 Nov 2020, 07:47

This is absolute madness what is happening in this country. People at home on furlough, the rich shielding. But keep the poor in work and the kids at school and we will stop the spread?

. Just look at all the threads on this forum of infected offices. Only a matter of time before we all get it.

Post by **SpacePhoenix** » 15 Nov 2020, 08:45

It seems like many countries are slowly going back into lockdown. I was reading that Austria is going back into lockdown. It seems like the stricter the lockdown during the first wave, the harder a country has been hit in the second wave

Woody Guthrie · Post by **Woody Guthrie** » 15 Nov 2020, 09:15

SpacePhoenix wrote: ↑
15 Nov 2020, 08:45
It seems like the stricter the lockdown during the first wave, the harder a country has been hit in the second wave

Sweden has been hammered by a second wave far worse than its neighbours who had stricter lockdowns.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ ... d-immunity

merson01 · Post by **merson01** » 15 Nov 2020, 11:12

Can this be confirmed I have heard nothing so far, where did the info come from

Post by **rockytony67** » 15 Nov 2020, 13:35

It's true loads of managers from East/North London there this week out on delivery, I don't know the number of cases but heard it's a lot, as far as it now being closed I don't know.

merson01 · Post by **merson01** » 15 Nov 2020, 13:39

everything needs to be shut down on full pay or we are going to a lot more dead postmen and postwomen on our hands

Whysoslowyehcfc · Post by **Whysoslowyehcfc** » 16 Nov 2020, 16:10

merson01 wrote: ↑
15 Nov 2020, 13:39
everything needs to be shut down on full pay or we are going to a lot more dead postmen and postwomen on our hands

Dream on

nottadrone · Post by **nottadrone** » 03 Dec 2020, 16:21

I can confirm this because I have a close friend who works there. The office was closed for a 'deep clean' in early November

. They are not too sure of the exact number of people who tested positive, but they say that 42 may be a bit on the conservative side.

Thankfully most are back at work, but there's work still piled up waiting to be delivered. They say that the mood of the staff there is rock bottom.

Apparantley Royal Mail could have nipped the entire s***show there in the bud when the first two positive tests came through just before Halloween, but they dug their heels in on a deep clean until nearly everyone bar less than a dozen out of an office of about 70 were self isolating!

*edit* I forgot to clarify that the office is the East London one. Whoops!

Post by **SpacePhoenix** » 03 Dec 2020, 19:58

nottadrone wrote: ↑
03 Dec 2020, 16:21
They are not too sure of the exact number of people who tested positive, but they say that 42 may be a bit on the conservative side.

What sort of % of the total number of staff would that be?

nottadrone wrote: ↑
03 Dec 2020, 16:21
*edit* I forgot to clarify that the office is the East London one. Whoops!

Probably all forum members would have seen Stratford on TV at some point as it's where the London 2012 Olympic Stadium is located and it's a major transport hub. (The station used to be good for trainspotting)

nottadrone · Post by **nottadrone** » 04 Dec 2020, 10:25

SpacePhoenix wrote: ↑
03 Dec 2020, 19:58

nottadrone wrote: ↑
03 Dec 2020, 16:21
They are not too sure of the exact number of people who tested positive, but they say that 42 may be a bit on the conservative side.
What sort of % of the total number of staff would that be?

nottadrone wrote: ↑
03 Dec 2020, 16:21
*edit* I forgot to clarify that the office is the East London one. Whoops!
Probably all forum members would have seen Stratford on TV at some point as it's where the London 2012 Olympic Stadium is located and it's a major transport hub. (The station used to be good for trainspotting)

You'd be looking at about 42 delivery duties, 13 collection duties, and 6 CSS mail sequencing duties, plus rest day covers, reserves, and 3 managers. So that would be over 60% if my maths is correct.

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