Mass Exodus?

[PostalWorker13]

Has any other office experienced a large increase in the number of staff resigning/leaving? We have just had 7 people hand their notice in, in one week!

We now have 17 vacancies that apparently can’t be filled, as there is a nationwide recruitment ban due to the upcoming strike action.

It looks like more and more people either can’t afford the part time hours any more or are deciding not to stick around whilst our Ts & Cs are decimated…

[Mick100]

Yes a lot of people have left this year already and I know a lot more will leave if the new plans come into action.a lot of people can’t work later due to picking kids up from school,and who wants to work sundays if you have a young family.
Also a lot of people travel quite a few miles meaning even starting 1 hour later will mean hitting all the rush hour traffic coming and leaving work.I think recruiting in the future won’t be easy as the job is getting less attractive and any newbie’s that start these days don’t seem to last.

[kazardaimenu]

If Thompson's changes are imposed there will be more leaving that's for sure.

[Acca Dacca]

No one seems to leave my office

Its one of the better ones to be fair

[Cucumber]

Yes a lot of people have left this year already and I know a lot more will leave if the new plans come into action.a lot of people can’t work later due to picking kids up from school,and who wants to work sundays if you have a young family.
Also a lot of people travel quite a few miles meaning even starting 1 hour later will mean hitting all the rush hour traffic coming and leaving work.I think recruiting in the future won’t be easy as the job is getting less attractive and any newbie’s that start these days don’t seem to last.

One of the biggest reasons, granted, but practically no one, including those without young kids want a Sunday.

[General Mannerheim]

24 vacant duty's in our shithole,and I already have been told of 5 of the old guard they will be retiring if asked to work Sundays.

[citypostie]

Supposedly , they are that desperate for staff in our area they are now contacting the people they rejected earlier on in the recruitment process that where deemed not wanted!

[SpacePhoenix]

Yes a lot of people have left this year already and I know a lot more will leave if the new plans come into action.a lot of people can’t work later due to picking kids up from school,and who wants to work sundays if you have a young family.
Also a lot of people travel quite a few miles meaning even starting 1 hour later will mean hitting all the rush hour traffic coming and leaving work.I think recruiting in the future won’t be easy as the job is getting less attractive and any newbie’s that start these days don’t seem to last.

Anyone who started at least as early as 2012 will have sunday working in their contract

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At a rough guess, when were Sundays put into contracts? Last 18 months?

I started in 2011
This is in my contract from when I went from temporary to permanent.
Contract version 5.0 01/08/2012
Safe to say at least anyone who started 2012 onwards is liable to be thoroughly shat upon

9.2 Royal Mail has the responsibility of providing a public service. This puts a special obligation on all employees to play their part in maintaining the kind of service that the public has a right to expect. The nature of the service makes a measure of overtime working necessary. For this reason, it is a condition of your employment that you are liable to work overtime and to attend at varying times on any day (including weekends. Bank and Public Holidays) as the needs of the service demand. Overtime pay will be assessed in accordance

[POSTPERSON50]

20 vacancies, half arsed revision. Same old sh*t

[fb1969]

A week ago there were six vacancies at our place, with 62 delivery duties.

One more left today, another is going next week, one retiring next month and another going by the end of September plus one waiting on a transfer.

[Jpro747]

Loads have gone already from ours and no sign of them being replaced any time soon. So we’re failing mail and even tracked most days.

But this doesn’t seem to be exclusive to RM, plenty of companies are short of staff at the moment due to poor working conditions/pay not keeping up with inflation.

They don’t care at the top, they’re hell bent on getting as many of the ‘old guard’ to leave so they can be replaced with flexi contracts. They are playing a dangerous game and I think it will backfire.

[TopperGas]

Loads have gone already from ours and no sign of them being replaced any time soon. So we’re failing mail and even tracked most days.

But this doesn’t seem to be exclusive to RM, plenty of companies are short of staff at the moment due to poor working conditions/pay not keeping up with inflation.

They don’t care at the top, they’re hell bent on getting as many of the ‘old guard’ to leave so they can be replaced with flexi contracts. They are playing a dangerous game and I think it will backfire.

Surely it's down to there not being enough workers post COVID & Brexit as unemployment is at a record low so they must be working somewhere?

[Woody Guthrie]

Anyone who started at least as early as 2012 will have sunday working in their contract

That's a standard employment catch all clause.
It's not a compulsory anything clause.
Not overtime.
Not Sundays.

If it was obviously we wouldn't be having this discussion.

[SpacePhoenix]

Loads have gone already from ours and no sign of them being replaced any time soon. So we’re failing mail and even tracked most days.

But this doesn’t seem to be exclusive to RM, plenty of companies are short of staff at the moment due to poor working conditions/pay not keeping up with inflation.

They don’t care at the top, they’re hell bent on getting as many of the ‘old guard’ to leave so they can be replaced with flexi contracts. They are playing a dangerous game and I think it will backfire.

Surely it's down to there not being enough workers post COVID & Brexit as unemployment is at a record low so they must be working somewhere?

It's also a problem that's not confined to the UK, many countries have a similar problem

[captain kaos]

Loads have gone already from ours and no sign of them being replaced any time soon. So we’re failing mail and even tracked most days.

But this doesn’t seem to be exclusive to RM, plenty of companies are short of staff at the moment due to poor working conditions/pay not keeping up with inflation.

They don’t care at the top, they’re hell bent on getting as many of the ‘old guard’ to leave so they can be replaced with flexi contracts. They are playing a dangerous game and I think it will backfire.

They definitely want the old guard gone without a doubt