A letter from Simon Thompson

[rubberbond]

Christmas will be a catastrophic sh*tshow I like how the hint is we've got these new PDAs so we can now be more productive and DO MORE.

This is a typical example of a company pushing the employee to see where their breaking point is. Really sad to see a job I enjoyed turning into this. Where's the union and at what point do you send a message to people like Simon Thompson?

They’re probably on his lap , like the good lapdogs they are. Waiting for his words of praise and maybe a treat.

[dtyssmshdchrb]

Just chiming in to say, with the hope that this thread is indeed seen by the powers that be, that I'm also one of the "minority" of offices where multiple duties are failing on a daily basis. We're so short staffed and are only staying above the water because we have a great number of employees continually working their day off and doing lots of OT. If you don't work your day off you will come back to a full frame and all but your tracked parcels from the previous day. I've never, in 15 years service, seen such and appalling disregard for delivery standards.

There really needs to be an expose on the s**t show that is royal mail these days. They claim to prioritise covid related deliveries but when duties don't go out, nor do vaccination letters, nor do nhs letters. I don't think the public are aware of how bad things are. This Christmas is going to be a horror show and whilst I am sorry for the customers that are going to suffer for it, I really do hope that things fall apart spectacularly and the man is held accountable. Employee survey asking if I feel proud to work for RM or would I recommend them to my friends or family? I've yet to meet a postie who doesn't think the company is awful. Other than a new start, sorry, they're soon enlightened though.

Royal Mail, already with some of the best resources in the world at their disposal, have failed to modernise and be a first class player in the delivery sector. Its a great big dinosaur of a company. A dinosaur with a shotgun. A dinosaur with a shotgun continually shooting itself in the foot. Treating long serving, full time staff with disdain and pressuring vulnerable part time staff to breaking point and beyond. Clueless management from top to bottom who never actually consider the view of the OPG on anything that truly matters. Trying to do way too many things and provide way too many services and doing them all badly as a result and then blaming the lack of effort from the front line staff every time.

I'll clear my frame if I have time or I want the overtime. I can't spend too much time going over when I've job hunting and interviews to do.

[ssdd]

Steady on there man! You don't want to post something you may regret later. I get your pissed off, but it may come across better if you didn't use that kind of language, and actually just simply stated your grievances. I have a feeling that indeed there will be 'eyes' on this forum over the weekend. I would consider deleting that last line...

[grandypants]

Thank god after 20 years in I finished last August, I remember when it was a good job.

[Jahpostie]

Steady on there man! You don't want to post something you may regret later. I get your pissed off, but it may come across better if you didn't use that kind of language, and actually just simply stated your grievances. I have a feeling that indeed there will be 'eyes' on this forum over the weekend. I would consider deleting that last line...

Why should he? It's how he feels. It's how we all feel. What they're gonna determine him from his user name? Or are you saying this site is not anonymous and is run by Royal Mail?

[ssdd]

Steady on there man! You don't want to post something you may regret later. I get your pissed off, but it may come across better if you didn't use that kind of language, and actually just simply stated your grievances. I have a feeling that indeed there will be 'eyes' on this forum over the weekend. I would consider deleting that last line...

Why should he? It's how he feels. It's how we all feel. What they're gonna determine him from his user name? Or are you saying this site is not anonymous and is run by Royal Mail?

Aside from the fact that it's against forum rules:
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=11169
I think you'd better have a look at this:
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=81548&p=782309&hili ... mc#p782309

[dtyssmshdchrb]

Steady on there man! You don't want to post something you may regret later. I get your pissed off, but it may come across better if you didn't use that kind of language, and actually just simply stated your grievances. I have a feeling that indeed there will be 'eyes' on this forum over the weekend. I would consider deleting that last line...

Why should he? It's how he feels. It's how we all feel. What they're gonna determine him from his user name? Or are you saying this site is not anonymous and is run by Royal Mail?

Aside from the fact that it's against forum rules...
I think you'd better have a look at this:
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=81548&p=782309&hili ... mc#p782309

Ach fair enough, I hadn't read the rules in a while. I'll edit it.

[ssdd]

The admins would be along tomorrow to do it for you and place a warning, so probably best. I think your message is good otherwise. Simon needs to know how wrong the opening statement of the letter was...

[PorkPie]

I've been with RM for coming up to 11 years now .. the last two to three months it's become clear to me that the lack of recruitment is a quite deliberate nationwide policy designed to plug the redundancies gap when the six day USO is dropped .. why recruit to fill those gaps now if you know the six day USO is in it's last throes ? .. the thought of tackling a Christmas period expected to be the busiest we've ever seen with our current headcount numbers is truly mind boggling.

From an office that in my ten years plus has rarely ever failed to clear on a daily basis, we are now seeing as many as eight to ten walks either partially covered or left in the frame in their entirety .. RM have used Covid issues as a convenient excuse to hide the real reason behind the staff shortages .. Covid related issues are responsible for a mere fraction of the real problems .. and the response ? .. the inference from the data analysts with their "opportunities" file that we are all "lazy bas****s" ( direct quote from a manager ) .. and a letter from a CEO that appears so out of touch with what's really happening at the coalface that it's an embarrassment .. How many of these analysts could complete a standard six hour walk span let alone take extra and make it seven or eight .. maybe they'd like to come out with us this week when it's forecast to be 28C on Tuesday and Wednesday ?

I do not believe for a second that someone in that position would put his name to such an inflammatory piece of writing if he was being given the true representation of what is currently happening in his delivery offices .. would he ? .. talk of increased productivity on the back of improved letters and parcel sorting is fantasy .. how many of us have just had a week when not even the mech mail arrived sequenced ? .. try throwing three or four boxes of unsorted mech to start your day on a 9 or 10 section walk frame.

Is there any suggestion that RM will manage to drop the six day USO sooner rather than later ? .. because that's the only way I can see we stand any chance of coping with what's heading our way as we approach the Christmas season.

[ssdd]

Nice post PorkPie. They've been gunning for that reduction in the USO for a while now haven't they?

[ssdd]

Just chiming in to say, with the hope that this thread is indeed seen by the powers that be, that I'm also one of the "minority" of offices where multiple duties are failing on a daily basis. We're so short staffed and are only staying above the water because we have a great number of employees continually working their day off and doing lots of OT. If you don't work your day off you will come back to a full frame and all but your tracked parcels from the previous day. I've never, in 15 years service, seen such and appalling disregard for delivery standards.

There really needs to be an expose on the s**t show that is royal mail these days. They claim to prioritise covid related deliveries but when duties don't go out, nor do vaccination letters, nor do nhs letters. I don't think the public are aware of how bad things are. This Christmas is going to be a horror show and whilst I am sorry for the customers that are going to suffer for it, I really do hope that things fall apart spectacularly and the man is held accountable. Employee survey asking if I feel proud to work for RM or would I recommend them to my friends or family? I've yet to meet a postie who doesn't think the company is awful. Other than a new start, sorry, they're soon enlightened though.

Royal Mail, already with some of the best resources in the world at their disposal, have failed to modernise and be a first class player in the delivery sector. Its a great big dinosaur of a company. A dinosaur with a shotgun. A dinosaur with a shotgun continually shooting itself in the foot. Treating long serving, full time staff with disdain and pressuring vulnerable part time staff to breaking point and beyond. Clueless management from top to bottom who never actually consider the view of the OPG on anything that truly matters. Trying to do way too many things and provide way too many services and doing them all badly as a result and then blaming the lack of effort from the front line staff every time.

I'll clear my frame if I have time or I want the overtime. I can't spend too much time going over when I've job hunting and interviews to do.

Simon needs to hear this...

[sindba]

If they want to keep the "trusted postie on the doorstep" brand thing, they can't treat us like this.

Effoff, Simon.

[ssdd]

If they want to keep the "trusted postie on the doorstep" brand thing, they can't treat us like this.

Effoff, Simon.

Yep. A stressed Postie isn't a happy Postie. And who wants a stressed, unhappy Postie coming to their door....

[Nickvilla20]

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[priority102]

AFAIK it was back to normal services from 1st September regarding OFCOM and quality of service, so all these mass failures may ultimately end in a huge fine for RM.

Simon may pay a casual ear to the posties concerns to let them think he cares, but have no doubt, the ones he is really listening to are the higher up advisors.....the ones who advised him to send that letter out.

Says a lot.