New staff getting uniform but not long serving Postie's

[R5001]

Gotta at least partially agree. The loss on trousers is just worth it for me, the "current" (not new) trousers are horrible.

I get waaay more out of their trainers though, I destroy them, I can go through 4-6 pairs a year and they cannot refuse to issue new ones since we're supposed to wear them and have decent tread left.

[Kenfandango]

Why's everyone so hung up on the dirty fleece?!

[tractorboy2]

Again, I have said this several times, the more you wear your own kit for work, the happier you are making the shareholders - the very ones you are looking to walk out against! You couldn't make this up!

Employees who wear their own kit are saving the company literally thousands of pounds in uniform costs, no wonder kit is hard to come by, no wonder that employees are not challenged by management about non uniform - the company are probably thinking now "Don't order this, don't order that, they'll just moan but then provide their own". Win win for the shareholders!

As for the poster who said their fleece could have had a wash in March but still hasn't, take a look at yourself, that is disgusting. I personally think that some RM posties are an absolute disgrace when out on the streets. I saw recently a postie wearing a blue shirt with the sleeves cut off to make it like a vest....but with all the cotton threads still hanging, one white sock, one purple sock, black shorts and white trainers. He was a disgrace, not only to RM but to himself as well. You don't see any other courier personnel looking like that, even those with crap terms and conditions. Shame also on the DOM that allowed him to leave the office looking like that, but having said that the DOM probably didn't notice as they would have been pouring over the previous days PDA actuals

Take a look around your colleagues in your office and note how many are wearing their own footwear, add the colleagues together and multiply that by 50 (£50 - the average cost of a pair of trainers) each to get an idea of how much you are saving the company just in your office (on footwear alone)...then imagine that nationwide over more than 100,000 employees. That's why non wearing of uniform is no longer challenged.

If you're wearing your own kit for work , don't forget to tell the taxman to remove your cleaning allowance.

[Marshamp11]

Again, I have said this several times, the more you wear your own kit for work, the happier you are making the shareholders - the very ones you are looking to walk out against! You couldn't make this up!

Employees who wear their own kit are saving the company literally thousands of pounds in uniform costs, no wonder kit is hard to come by, no wonder that employees are not challenged by management about non uniform - the company are probably thinking now "Don't order this, don't order that, they'll just moan but then provide their own". Win win for the shareholders!

As for the poster who said their fleece could have had a wash in March but still hasn't, take a look at yourself, that is disgusting. I personally think that some RM posties are an absolute disgrace when out on the streets. I saw recently a postie wearing a blue shirt with the sleeves cut off to make it like a vest....but with all the cotton threads still hanging, one white sock, one purple sock, black shorts and white trainers. He was a disgrace, not only to RM but to himself as well. You don't see any other courier personnel looking like that, even those with crap terms and conditions. Shame also on the DOM that allowed him to leave the office looking like that, but having said that the DOM probably didn't notice as they would have been pouring over the previous days PDA actuals

Take a look around your colleagues in your office and note how many are wearing their own footwear, add the colleagues together and multiply that by 50 (£50 - the average cost of a pair of trainers) each to get an idea of how much you are saving the company just in your office (on footwear alone)...then imagine that nationwide over more than 100,000 employees. That's why non wearing of uniform is no longer challenged.

If you're wearing your own kit for work , don't forget to tell the taxman to remove your cleaning allowance.

Or add allowances for supplying own workwear.