Time for a shorter working week

[Dano boy]

Didn't know seniority was a thing anymore in the mail centres ....PAL ;-)

For OPGs it very much still is pal

You'll be able to pick up a good parcel delivery Duty most evenings then "pal"

[SkiSunday]

Didn't know seniority was a thing anymore in the mail centres ....PAL ;-)

For OPGs it very much still is pal

You'll be able to pick up a good parcel delivery Duty most evenings then "pal"

Myself and many others will be selecting MC processing duties through seniority when the inevitable shake up of OPG jobs happens once DK starts pulling the strings PAL
Hope you've got your walking boots ready.

[Dano boy]

Fella . How old are you ?
You are sounding like a very bitter twisted old man . It's quite embarrassing. On this post and other posts you are kicking off about processing staff at mail centres .
I can actually see now why higher management want "legacy" workers out . It's the toxic environment "some" make in the work place that is now difficult for RM retention of staff and harmony in the workplace?!
I have no doubt you was one of the many that kicked off during the industrial action time about the possibility of two days continuous which then meant the cwu had to revert back to one dayers ....then the cwu got untold abuse online because they haven't got a miracle deal .
It's honestly embarrassing the way you're behaving on here . Seriously mate give your head a wobble or get off the forums ..or leave the job . Embarrassing

[SkiSunday]

Like I said, get your walking boots ready pal

[Dano boy]

Actually not a bitter twisted old man ...but more like a five year old !! and that's being kind as I'm sure there's many minors that are much more grown up than you .
Cringe

[ted_e_bear]

Going back to the original post I'm wondering just out of interest what's triggered these changes, you say they want 5 nights with a latest finish 8am so I'm assuming the shifts will have to start shortly after midnight or thereabouts to account for a 37hr week, so is it the case that there's not enough work available before midnight in a similar way to how they forced us on delivery to start later or are they just being twats.

[Tman]

Also a nightmare getting weekends off on leave and on top of that you are not allowed to have a week or two off at Christmas .

Poor boy. It was ever thus in MC's.
Fancy not getting a week off at the busiest time of the year though.
The sheer horror.

[SpacePhoenix]

Going back to the original post I'm wondering just out of interest what's triggered these changes, you say they want 5 nights with a latest finish 8am so I'm assuming the shifts will have to start shortly after midnight or thereabouts to account for a 37hr week, so is it the case that there's not enough work available before midnight in a similar way to how they forced us on delivery to start later or are they just being twats.

Apart from Mondays when the packets start off by doing 2C outward, there's enough work available before midnight. They'll be moving our start and finish times an hour later.

Will they be making any changes to dispatch times? A change of finish time to 08:00 means there's a fair chance that the wave 2 dispatch will be an hour later.

[Dano boy]

Going back to the original post I'm wondering just out of interest what's triggered these changes, you say they want 5 nights with a latest finish 8am so I'm assuming the shifts will have to start shortly after midnight or thereabouts to account for a 37hr week, so is it the case that there's not enough work available before midnight in a similar way to how they forced us on delivery to start later or are they just being twats.

Apart from Mondays when the packets start off by doing 2C outward, there's enough work available before midnight. They'll be moving our start and finish times an hour later.

Will they be making any changes to dispatch times? A change of finish time to 08:00 means there's a fair chance that the wave 2 dispatch will be an hour later.

If they keep moving it then people get off the shift or leave . Also less shift allowances are paid eventually then replaced with casuals staff that come in at stupid o'clock .
The bigger picture of all of this is purely less legacy workers or the fire and rehire model . The new owner will not want opgs contracts with numerous allowances which in some cases are a huge part of earnings especially if transferred in from London offices etc

[Dano boy]

Also a nightmare getting weekends off on leave and on top of that you are not allowed to have a week or two off at Christmas .

Poor boy. It was ever thus in MC's.
Fancy not getting a week off at the busiest time of the year though.
The sheer horror.

Have you seen how many casuals they employ every Christmas where there will be long periods of them doing very minimal work because there's so many employed.

[SkiSunday]

Also a nightmare getting weekends off on leave and on top of that you are not allowed to have a week or two off at Christmas .

Poor boy. It was ever thus in MC's.
Fancy not getting a week off at the busiest time of the year though.
The sheer horror.

Have you seen how many casuals they employ every Christmas where there will be long periods of them doing very minimal work because there's so many employed.

Why don't you jump over to delivery? You seem to be annoyed about working night shift lol

[ted_e_bear]

Have you seen how many casuals they employ every Christmas where there will be long periods of them doing very minimal work because there's so many employed.

No, we get f**k all at our delivery office although from reading on here I understand some do.

[Barnacle]

Over the past couple of years, general interest in the idea of a shorter working week has grown. In this country, hundreds of employers have been experimenting with reducing hours for no loss of pay with positive results, including:

· Better work/life balance
· Lower levels of stress
· Lower staff turnover
· Greater workplace productivity


.https://x.com/CWUnews/status/1953464810 ... z3Lgw&s=19

All that is happening really, is that they are increasing your hourly rate of pay. It will be interesting to see how future pay negotiations go.

[SpacePhoenix]

The new owner will not want opgs contracts with numerous allowances which in some cases are a huge part of earnings especially if transferred in from London offices etc

I think within 5 years at the absolute tops, all allowances and supplements will be gone for everyone, no matter what type of office they work in, probably paid breaks will also go.

[Dano boy]

The new owner will not want opgs contracts with numerous allowances which in some cases are a huge part of earnings especially if transferred in from London offices etc

I think within 5 years at the absolute tops, all allowances and supplements will be gone for everyone, no matter what type of office they work in, probably paid breaks will also go.

I reckon aswel . One pay structure throughout the company. If it's not split up eventually