Euro Final

[CharlesG]

With schools across country allowing school kids to start up to two hours later on Monday have any offices come to any local agreements to start later on Monday??

Lots of people want to in our office including me as i 100% know i wont be in a good state 1st thing Monday morning

[smok3y666]

LOL, just f***ing LOL

[Joe4567]

This company and its employees do make me laugh sometimes

[Grumpyoldmailman]

People will be getting the sickness in tomorrow no doubt.

[Jpro747]

Lots of companies are doing this or letting people have the whole day off. Business as usual for RM though no doubt!

[claretandblue]

WE were offered an hour later start, union turned it down.

[calador]

People going sick should not get paid.Drivers should be worried about being over the drink drive limit! Heard that the police are on the look out

[CharlesG]

We were told to phone on Monday if sick. Manager would rather us turn up late than be sick

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Lots of companies are doing this or letting people have the whole day off. Business as usual for RM though no doubt!

I think later starts could be arranged locally, but certainly, nationally Royal Mail can't do it, nor can they give everyone the day off. They would have to get Ofcom to agree to it and then for it to be called an official "Non-Service Day", or a temporary amendment to the Universal Service.

Neither is going to happen quickly enough to matter, indeed it usually takes months to arrange.

[clashcityrocker]

I've got money on Italy to win Wimbledon and the Euros.
If my bet comes in can I have the day off?

[Woody Guthrie]

This thread made me laugh..
What, you're serious?
Laughs even harder.

[CharlesG]

This is from RM :

Supporting England - Our approach to Sunday’s Euro 2020 final

We want to be as flexible as we can to allow those colleagues who wish to support England in Sunday’s Euro 2020 final to watch the match.

For the first time in 55 years, England have reached a major championship final as they go up against Italy at Wembley for an 8pm showdown that has captured the nation.

While not everyone follows football, or supports England – we are, of course, a company that represents four countries – we know many will want to back Gareth Southgate’s men on an historic occasion.

We want to be flexible, while ensuring our customers get the service they expect on Monday.

‘Many of us are huge football fans and the fact that England has reached the final of a major championship is brilliant news,’ says Matthew Newman, general counsel and interim chief HR officer.

‘We know that lots of you will want to watch the match and celebrate (we hope …) the result. We want to be as flexible as we can with our people and those that will be cheering England on, but we also need to make sure our operation isn't too disrupted and our customers can still rely on us to deliver a brilliant service on Monday.’

With all of that in mind, and while we can’t change shift and start times because of the complexity of our operations and our responsibility to deliver a brilliant service, we are asking line managers to please consider taking the following approach to be flexible for colleagues:

Use our screens and sound systems so that anyone who is working during the final and wants to enjoy the game can do so

Relax our usual approach to phones on the operational floor if that works for your office so that people can follow the game

Do what you can to accommodate any last-minute holiday requests or shift changes – please be flexible where you can

Encourage your teams to phone in on Monday morning if they are going to be a little late, just this once. The important thing is not to write the whole day off!

Matt adds: ‘For those of you who will be supporting England on Sunday – let’s hope for a safe delivery of that trophy back home.’

[aiden01]

Glad i have a monday off an ile have usual hangover but it will definitely be nothing to do with wether england win. Just an aside come on ITALY

[Wolf91]

Oh you sweet summer child.

[clashcityrocker]

One thing is certain - if England start with Jack Grealish then the tactic won't be to park the bus.
With Jack Grealish you wouldn't want to try and park anything.