How do you get to your round?

[Gazza90000]

Scotty beams me up...

[R5Rich]

Well today I got some help thankfully!

A guy who use to do the walk for around a year came to help me bundle it all up and show me how it should be done. Following the frame like I did yesterday was a complete nightmare was always back tracking on myself and having to cover probably twice the distance. Today he did it so it ran in a loop and I was never walking back on it. Took me 30 minutes over though, asked for the OT "How about you just start later tomorrow yeah?"
Well from now on it is my 5 hours and I am done. Been there 7 weeks or so and fed up of that already. Is it to early to tell them I am doing my 5 hours and that is all? I have other things to do after work.

In my previous employment when starting I have been given handbooks with all the health & safety and procedures that are to be followed etc.. not here.
Looked through my contract and it says "25 hour week" but then also states something about having to give the service the public expect so "reasonable amount of overtime may be required to complete the job to a satisfactory level" or some tosh.
Where does that last bit leave me with stopping after my 5?

[L8Hatter]

In my previous employment when starting I have been given handbooks with all the health & safety and procedures that are to be followed etc.. not here.
Looked through my contract and it says "25 hour week" but then also states something about having to give the service the public expect so "reasonable amount of overtime may be required to complete the job to a satisfactory level" or some tosh.
Where does that last bit leave me with stopping after my 5?

In all fairness, It's fairly prominent in the contract and on the application website. It was also emphasised quite strongly in my interview. Every job I've had has required flexibility, RM are no different

On the other hand, I fully sympathise as it sounds like they are giving you the bouncearound. Different duty each day, with little motivation to help from colleague or managers, unless you're going to delay the van. Unless you get something like a regular work pattern, then finishing bang on time is a probably bit of a non-starter

[R5Rich]

I don't have an issue with working a bit later that is fine but it is when it is likely to happen nearly every Monday when giving a new duty and conisiderably later. I am grateful for the help a guy in there gave me yesterday made it a lot easier in the end and if I was to get that sort of help sorting my round each time it wouldn't be any where near as bad.

[POSTMAN]

reasonable amount of overtime may be required to complete the job to a satisfactory level

Couldn't tell you what is in my contract but the fact that the above has been allowed to slip in is bollox.