saturday 5oclock starts

k979aaa · Post by **k979aaa** » 03 Nov 2007, 15:18

What does it matter at which time you start on a sataurday it is more important what time you finnish and with the advent of felxibility and 9 to 10 hour duty span's i'd be very woried for a finish before 2 to 3 o'clock in the afternoon!

not me · Post by **not me** » 03 Nov 2007, 15:31

we do 5.40 am start all week bar tue/wed where we start 6.40am
we have been told on saturdays we are on the primary till its cleared or 7.10am whichever comes 1st
we were also told today mailsort has to go on saturdays now.anyone else confirm?

loads of footie fans in our office so plenty pissed off.
im no footie fan but dont want ot be out late plus i was about to start a kettle bell class which is on @ 1pm but doiubt i can now :(

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 03 Nov 2007, 16:17

We are not taking any Mail Sort at all on Saturdays and if they try it I will be seeing the DOM. My walk has 4 Safe Drops and 2 are closed on Saturdays - It takes 15 Minutes to walk between the 2 if I have to do that. Therefore unable to complete and

archbishop desmond tutu · Post by **archbishop desmond tutu** » 03 Nov 2007, 19:21

our union rep asked the area screw when he came down "Why can we start on a saturday at 5, but not the rest of the week?" and he was told not to ask or they will take it away from us!!!

Thease childish pr**s run this company

Post by **POSTMAN** » 03 Nov 2007, 19:32

The whole thing is a farce,our place was normally 5-45 now it's 6,not a major problem.
But now we're looking at 4 day weeks and yes the start times will be 5,i mean it seems it's one big lie!

Wiltshireboy · Post by **Wiltshireboy** » 03 Nov 2007, 21:35

We were told about the late starts due to Logistics etc, also we wouldnt have to wait around for 2nd ,3rd wave as it would all be there.Now we still send a guy to get the third wave, so are still stood around for 30 mins+ each day. What a Farce!!

esenorvill · Post by **esenorvill** » 04 Nov 2007, 09:25

The mail sort on a Saturday issue was agreed with the union, so unless it's done under executive action the agreement stands until otherwise agreed with the union.
As for the later starts, 95% of 7.5 tonne trucks never go on a road thats 60 mph or more so it is aload of bollox about them taking longer to get to delivery offices because they are now restricted to 56 mph.
The mail arrives in our office at 4.45am, 2 guys get payed to come in & tip yet the rest of us aren't allowed to start until 6.15. We actually have to sort mail for a rural office that doesn' leave our DO until 6.50 am at the earliest.
EXPLAIN THAT ONE SADDAM CROZIER.

thekiddykid · Post by **thekiddykid** » 04 Nov 2007, 15:12

The only place my mailsort is going to on a saturday is on top of my f****n frame

Stormproof · Post by **Stormproof** » 04 Nov 2007, 15:52

thekiddykid wrote:The only place my mailsort is going to on a saturday is on top of my f****n frame

Its been a while since I prepped a walk on a Saturday, forgot we don't touch mailsort, prepped it all in and tied up for the bloke taking the walk out........never mind hes a lazy git anyway

carthores · Post by **carthores** » 07 Nov 2007, 20:07

you may like this, my offices is up north we have been told that thay can;t move the start time back to 5.00 on saturday because of the network change. so the one thing in the deal that was any good they can;y do mad

mad

cjp · Post by **cjp** » 07 Nov 2007, 20:15

Similar to CARTHORES. we have been told that we can't get the missort run on time on Saturday so we can't go back to 5 oclock. As far as I'm concerned if the deal gets voted in I am back on a 5am Saturday and arrival times are the managers problem not mine.
I'm a NO VOTER anyway.

antcpfc · Post by **antcpfc** » 07 Nov 2007, 21:05

our times have moved on saturday from 6 till 2 to 6 till 1.We make up for this by adding 12 mins. a day monday -friday.Our manager says we will fail every saturday .Obviously I am devastated by that.

cockney rebel · Post by **cockney rebel** » 14 Nov 2007, 13:56

In the pay agreement it clearly states:

Saturdays â€“ start times and length of attendances will be unchanged,
and in the actual pay agreement it states:

4. SECTION 2 â€“ DELIVERING CHANGE AND FLEXIBILITY

â€¢ Saturday start times and the overall length of attendance on a Saturday will remain as before unless
agreed otherwise locally

Why is it then that offices all around the country are being asked if they want to change their start times?
The Sat attendance times should be as before the dispute!
Like the agreement says "Unless agreed otherwise locally"

shaunyr · Post by **shaunyr** » 14 Nov 2007, 14:21

hooniebagoonie wrote:i personally want a 5 o'clock start on a saturday to spend more time with my family as the weekend is short enough as it is and also on the days i go to football 6.15 is cutting it very tight for me and the kids to get there

i agree . but we shouldn,t work a saturday any way bring back the slave trade.

Up Hill Down Hill · Post by **Up Hill Down Hill** » 14 Nov 2007, 14:25

5.30 start This Saturday

Yawn

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