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START TIMES?

Post by billyhayes »

I thought the latest a full-timer could start was 10:30...... :shock:
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bigjames
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Re: 11:30 START?

Post by bigjames »

billyhayes wrote:New duties came today... one of them had a 11:30 start for full timers on one of the days.

Is this allowed?

I thought the latest a full-timer could start was 10:30...... :shock:
New duties should be aligned to what is called 'customer flow'. Basically a machine tells Service and Efficiency when all the customers come through the doors and works out how many counter people are required to serve them. I can't remember anything specific about not starting after 10:30, but I will check that when I go in tomorrow. At my new office we have loads of duties that start well after 11:30, let alone 10:30, and as far as I am aware ours were agreed with the CWU who are normally pretty good at spotting things like that. Perhaps it was one of those famous 'local agreements' that seem to surface every now and then:) Presumably your duties have been changed to reflect more customers coming in the afternoon if you have late starts. It seems to be the trend in a lot of offices that we have more customers in the afternoon, or at least longer queues, which are not helped by the new processes for Special Delivery and Overseas stuff. It will clearly get worse when the PAF process is rolled out to Recordeds as well! Is that a problem in your office?
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Post by madelin4 »

11.30AM???? is that for deliveries?? part - time i take it? Strange. :hmmmm
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Post by baldrick »

madelin4 wrote:11.30AM???? is that for deliveries?? part - time i take it? Strange. :hmmmm
They're talking about Post Office Counters Madelin4.
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Post by Night Tonic »

Or how about delivering at night by torchlight. Roads are quieter, only marginally more troublesome - just the odd drunk. Specials might be tricky though.
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Post by baldrick »

Night Tonic wrote:Or how about delivering at night by torchlight. Roads are quieter, only marginally more troublesome - just the odd drunk. Specials might be tricky though.
That might be in Phase 4.
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Post by Carnoustie »

Night Tonic wrote:Or how about delivering at night by torchlight. Roads are quieter, only marginally more troublesome - just the odd drunk. Specials might be tricky though.
Could add an option on the P739 card to read 'Deliver item to nominated pub of your choice. Recipient agrees to buy postman a drink for his / her trouble'... :chuckle
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Post by Night Tonic »

Aye - if you had a few specials it could be a fruitful night. Yeah bring it on.
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Post by alangate »

madelin4 wrote:11.30AM???? is that for deliveries?? part - time i take it? Strange. :hmmmm
Hi Madelin4
We have a duty that starts @ 10.30 and finishes around 16.30 but he does a collection on the way back to the office,Called flexability didnt know there was a later start than that for a D O .
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Post by madelin4 »

POSTMAN wrote: :funneh ermmmm this is the Post Office forum guys,oh and gal,:left: actually 2 gals but anyway,back to topic,let the violet shirts carry on.
:nervous , so it is :crazy:
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Post by madelin4 »

alangate wrote:
madelin4 wrote:11.30AM???? is that for deliveries?? part - time i take it? Strange. :hmmmm
Hi Madelin4
We have a duty that starts @ 10.30 and finishes around 16.30 but he does a collection on the way back to the office,Called flexability didnt know there was a later start than that for a D O .
Hey , yea, every office seems to be different. 10.30 -4.30 not bad! We have 1 collection guy who has silmilar hours, these times would not be good for a delivery of course. :hmmmm
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11.30 start

Post by squeaky »

Maybe its cos of the 35 hrs week - the half day obviously has a late start instead of an early finish - not v practicle though - by time tills out and change got the lunchtime rush will be in!
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11:30 Starts

Post by bigjames »

Couldn't find anything anywhere about latest start times. The only thing I could unearth was minimum attendances of 4 hours on a weekday and 3.5hours on a Saturday, so with that in mind a 17.35 finish during the week could see you starting at 13.35! Clearly not everyone would like a duty like that, but if that is when the customers come in.........
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