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Our office today…

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davo04
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Our office today…

Post by davo04 »

We were notified that because the office had failed deliveries day in, day out last week (and pretty much week, week out for months now) and because dozens of walks were allegedly failed yesterday, our mail for today (Tuesday) was being deferred until Wednesday

Nothing came in other than a very small batch of mech & parcels. All sequenced mail was kept at the mail centre and will roll into Wednesday’s mail

According to the COMs this was a decision made above them in order to clear the office. It failed.

Been working at RM for years and never known anything like this occurring.
SpacePhoenix
MAIL CENTRES/PROCESSING
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Re: Our office today…

Post by SpacePhoenix »

davo04 wrote:
24 Oct 2023, 22:25
We were notified that because the office had failed deliveries day in, day out last week (and pretty much week, week out for months now) and because dozens of walks were allegedly failed yesterday, our mail for today (Tuesday) was being deferred until Wednesday

Nothing came in other than a very small batch of mech & parcels. All sequenced mail was kept at the mail centre and will roll into Wednesday’s mail

According to the COMs this was a decision made above them in order to clear the office. It failed.

Been working at RM for years and never known anything like this occurring.
Lucky it's not Xmas Pressure yet. Had this happened during Xmas Pressure we wouldn't have held it. During Xmas Pressure mech mail once sequenced will be sent out to the DOs whether the DOs are ready for it or not
yubin282
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Re: Our office today…

Post by yubin282 »

Tuesday was a a strange day

Only half the 1st wave turned up (no mech trays)

2nd wave turned up 70 minutes late (sat around doing nothing during this time)

By the time it turned up it was almost break time.

WORK TO TIME.
Jb1969
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Re: Our office today…

Post by Jb1969 »

Where did they store the mail?
Jpro747
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Re: Our office today…

Post by Jpro747 »

Sounds like willful delay
Valentina@1
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Re: Our office today…

Post by Valentina@1 »

Jpro747 wrote:
25 Oct 2023, 14:14
Sounds like willful delay
I know people to have cut off at the correct time and been put on wilful delay charge,I know this sounds crazy but it’s genuinely true 👍,management said he never informed them prior to leaving office😱😡😡😡
Valentina@1
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Re: Our office today…

Post by Valentina@1 »

Jpro747 wrote:
25 Oct 2023, 14:14
Sounds like willful delay
Doesn’t include management,they can “wilfully” leave mail in frames for days & claim “operational difficulties”
It’s only gonna get worse I’m afraid 🤯🤯
twoloops
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Location: Sheffield

Re: Our office today…

Post by twoloops »

Valentina@1 wrote:
25 Oct 2023, 15:16
I know people to have cut off at the correct time and been put on wilful delay charge,I know this sounds crazy but it’s genuinely true 👍,management said he never informed them prior to leaving office😱😡😡😡
I inform my Lino everyday before I go out I will be working to time he just gives me a slack jawed gormless look 👀
Pharox
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Re: Our office today…

Post by Pharox »

twoloops wrote:
25 Oct 2023, 16:01
I inform my Lino everyday before I go out I will be working to time he just gives me a slack jawed gormless look 👀
It's funny when I tell my lino I leaving stuff/cutting off, he has that same look too
rubberbond
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Re: Our office today…

Post by rubberbond »

twoloops wrote:
25 Oct 2023, 16:01
Valentina@1 wrote:
25 Oct 2023, 15:16
I know people to have cut off at the correct time and been put on wilful delay charge,I know this sounds crazy but it’s genuinely true 👍,management said he never informed them prior to leaving office😱😡😡😡
I inform my Lino everyday before I go out I will be working to time he just gives me a slack jawed gormless look 👀
Did you expect a coherent and rational conversation with these muppets.
Woody Guthrie
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Re: Our office today…

Post by Woody Guthrie »

Jpro747 wrote:
25 Oct 2023, 14:14
Sounds like willful delay
It doesn't sound anything like wilful delay.
It's bad enough that managers don't understand what wilful delay is without us adding to the confusion on here.

It's a failure.
Failures can be planned.
They can be unplanned.
They can be network failures.
They can be distribution failures.
They can be office failures.
They can be walk failures.
It is not wilful delay.
Only dead fish follow the current
Mr Rush
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Re: Our office today…

Post by Mr Rush »

That explains why yesterday and today were utterly dead. Monday might have been too, though it's hard to tell when there's four days' stuff in the frame.
The machine stops.
spen
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Re: Our office today…

Post by spen »

yubin282 wrote:
25 Oct 2023, 08:40
Tuesday was a a strange day

Only half the 1st wave turned up (no mech trays)

2nd wave turned up 70 minutes late (sat around doing nothing during this time)

By the time it turned up it was almost break time.

WORK TO TIME.

We havnt had a second wave in months
spaceman07
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Re: Our office today…

Post by spaceman07 »

The only wave I'm interested in is my wave soon, once I'm out for good lol
nuisance
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Re: Our office today…

Post by nuisance »

Woody Guthrie wrote:
25 Oct 2023, 17:07
Jpro747 wrote:
25 Oct 2023, 14:14
Sounds like willful delay
It doesn't sound anything like wilful delay.
It's bad enough that managers don't understand what wilful delay is without us adding to the confusion on here.

It's a failure.
Failures can be planned.
They can be unplanned.
They can be network failures.
They can be distribution failures.
They can be office failures.
They can be walk failures.
It is not wilful delay.
What? Of course choosing to allow the mail delivery to fail is wilful delay. That is the most blatant gas-lighting statement I've heard in a while and supersedes most of the BS management spout. Unbelievable.