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Christmas hours in your DO

Postal workers discussion forum. Discuss the day to day life in a Blue Shirt.
lala
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Joined: 19 Oct 2012, 19:57
Gender: Male

Christmas hours in your DO

Post by lala »

Just wondering what, if any, overtime deals have been offered in other offices for pressure weeks and if staff have accepted or rejected. Majority of our DO is refusing.
worktotime
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Joined: 14 May 2010, 20:47
Gender: Male

Re: Christmas hours in your DO

Post by worktotime »

where the same , was offered to start early in the morning sorting but only about 6 have said yes :crazy: , everybody else refused. :nana
phantom flyer
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Joined: 28 Nov 2013, 21:47
Gender: Male

Re: Christmas hours in your DO

Post by phantom flyer »

We were offered 30 minutes early in morning an you can work on if u need to
But if uu dont start early u can not work over your finish time .
Some rural duties are due finished before collections start but expected to do them
krussel
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Joined: 26 Jan 2009, 18:03
Gender: Male
Location: Out on the streets.

Re: Christmas hours in your DO

Post by krussel »

They got 39 hrs SA. Started on Sat. A good deal obtained through our rep. :Applause

Personally I wont be working any of it but that's just me.
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k979aaa
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Joined: 03 Sep 2007, 19:14
Gender: Male
Location: THE NORTH

Re: Christmas hours in your DO

Post by k979aaa »

Nothing offered Nothing will be given by me I do me hours and go home on time regardless what is left at the end of the day is their problem!
NewPostieUK
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Gender: Male
Location: SickAsAChipLand

Re: Christmas hours in your DO

Post by NewPostieUK »

Deal? We don't do deals. However there has been one small change. Instead of arguing and begging to leave packets, we have been given yorks to put them in with no quibbles. Don't know how many packet duties or how many hours, all I know is I won't be taking many packets out for the next three weeks.
Shaman Mao
Posts: 133
Joined: 03 Jan 2013, 22:46
Gender: Male

Re: Christmas hours in your DO

Post by Shaman Mao »

All Xmas OT to be paid at SA rate and extra bodies to take parcels out. No quibbling about extended deliveries either if we want to book OT.
sadlersbitch
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Joined: 08 Jun 2007, 17:50
Location: on your wife!

Re: Christmas hours in your DO

Post by sadlersbitch »

37 hrs SA started Saturday xtra SA collections, nights back xtra nights on Ot
Everyone accepted
Good deal negotiated by our reps
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thechemisyshop
EX ROYAL MAIL
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Joined: 09 Oct 2011, 20:33
Gender: Male

Re: Christmas hours in your DO

Post by thechemisyshop »

we have a new piece of paper in our office ,, it asks us to write down what we predict how late after our finishing time will be ,, apparently writing between 5 minutes and 3 hours isn't acceptable ,, i found the perfect soloution though,, we fill it in when we get back ,, i put down 1 hr today so they will be chuffed when they see i was only 40 minutes over today :whistle
OnAFlyer
Posts: 1938
Joined: 16 Aug 2009, 14:24
Gender: Male

Re: Christmas hours in your DO

Post by OnAFlyer »

Still no packet drivers in our office, people are picking it up on OT.

Two people are going on an hour early tomorrow to go on IPS, that's it.
Pokermon
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Gender: Male

Re: Christmas hours in your DO

Post by Pokermon »

Want us to go in an hour earlier, suck my plums.
wallop
EX ROYAL MAIL
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Gender: Male

Re: Christmas hours in your DO

Post by wallop »

44 hours sa rate
OnAFlyer
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Re: Christmas hours in your DO

Post by OnAFlyer »

wallop wrote:44 hours sa rate
Just another thing that suggests RM is run like totally different companies. We haven't had SA for over 10 years and if it wasn't for this forum I wouldn't know it even still existed.
freelunch
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Re: Christmas hours in your DO

Post by freelunch »

We've got twice as many hire vans as we've got duties/volunteers to use them.

We we're meant to be leaving parcels for morning & afternoon delivery drivers but it's not happening with empty vans sat in the yard and parcels sat in yorks.

No incentives offered, just as much overtime as you want is available.
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Spedley
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Joined: 16 Jul 2007, 17:32
Location: Warwickshire

Re: Christmas hours in your DO

Post by Spedley »

DOM gone plonkers in our office - makes some people do full hours while others do ghost overtime. Office is dividing but the only result will be nobody doing overtime and DOM doing final mile.
Shame really, he's not a bad DOM but just stuck in a tight spot and has taken the wrong path!