Doms and the Royal Mail savings plan

leelatic · Post by **leelatic** » 26 May 2007, 20:40

Our manager is a decent bloke and has told me him and alot of the DOMS are pissed off with all the cuts in delivery.Our cluster manager introduced payments of 5 hrs for working your day off so now no full timers will do it, every week is a struggle to cover the duties.Does anybody else have experience of managers against the current business plans? We had a manager covering today and he said he wished he could vote for a strike as well.

Post by **POSTMAN** » 26 May 2007, 20:54

I think to be fair most of the scrotums have got the hump about whats going on.
But then i look back over the years that i've been here and remember what these guys have done to me and my collegues.
And i say TOUGH! earn your wages and have all the stress you cocks.
Sorry but thats how i feel.

swerve · Post by **swerve** » 26 May 2007, 20:58

I don't think we should be feeling sorry for managers! Words fail me!

swerve · Post by **swerve** » 26 May 2007, 21:01

Who decides how much you get paid for a delivery anyway? Surely it's an agreed duty schedule and delivery span! You only work for the hours you are paid, do it properly! VOTE YES!

leelatic · Post by **leelatic** » 26 May 2007, 21:03

yeah I agree with you concerning the most of them,like I said our boss is the best one we've had,very open with us and trys to ignore alot of the crap foisted on us by management.I just thought it interesting that, unlike disputes in the past,I think some of the bosses are hoping that alot of the proposed changes are kicked into touch.
The only good thing about the overtime cuts is seeing gaffers from other offices having to come and deliver walks with their faces on the floor

Post by **POSTMAN** » 26 May 2007, 21:05

Regarding overtime cuts,i thought we had it bad.
IT'S A LONDON THING!

yorkie · Post by **yorkie** » 26 May 2007, 21:08

I AGREE WITH POSTMAN I DONT HAVE ANY SYMPATHY FOR THE SLIMEY ASTARDS . IT IS ABOUT TIME THEY REALISED HOW HARD IT IS TO DO A WALK. LET THEM SUFFER!!!!!!!!

Bloke7 · Post by **Bloke7** » 26 May 2007, 21:23

They should have stood up to THEIR managers and said it won't work. Now that would be a DOM worth...almost respecting :)

leelatic · Post by **leelatic** » 26 May 2007, 23:37

swerve wrote:I don't think we should be feeling sorry for managers! Words fail me!

Who said I felt sorry for them?

billypants · Post by **billypants** » 28 May 2007, 17:55

a short time back one of our more friendly screws told me that they were all having to apply for their own jobs and many simply wouldn't get them. The ones who didn't would be bumped down grades or even returned to uniform. Their union started a call for strike action and Royal Mail only backed down when we started to do the same.
Of course Royal Mail can't have both workers and screws out at once that would look too bad in the press.

But hang on, that means that our screws were willing to strike to get what they thought right. . . . the same screws who are now telling us we can't strike because of the effect it would have on the firm

I believe most of them feel the same as we do. . . .they're just not allowed to say it

V O T E Y E S

musicbowler · Post by **musicbowler** » 28 May 2007, 19:23

FEEL SORRY FOR MANAGERS NO WAY . THEY HAVE BEEN LAUGHING AT US FOR YEARS ALL THAT WORK COMING THROUGH THE DOORS & WE HAVE BEEN CLEARING THE OFFICE BY EARLY STARTS & USING OUR OWN VEHICLES.LET THEM HAVE THE STRESS & EARN THEIR MONEY TOSSERS !

pillar box · Post by **pillar box** » 28 May 2007, 20:17

Many of these DOMs will cross picket lines in a dispute they are not Managers they are yes men!!
See how many are taking out delivery walks due to lack of hours in their budgets.

They believe in the law of the Jungle survival of the fittest their no better than Animals.

"What profits a Man if he gains the whole world and loses his soul in the process"

robd · Post by **robd** » 28 May 2007, 21:36

billypants wrote:a short time back one of our more friendly screws told me that they were all having to apply for their own jobs and many simply wouldn't get them. The ones who didn't would be bumped down grades or even returned to uniform.

This has been merely postponed,not due to the imminent strike,but because the directors want them to push through the efficiency savings,then they'll
be back!
On this note,i can only speak for my office,but our line manager spends more time on the shopfloor(tipping mail,external missorts,etc..)than
actually assisting the manager! :Confused

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 29 May 2007, 13:13

"What profits a Man if he gains the whole world and loses his soul in the process"

Deep and meaningful I like that qoute.