mail centre supernumerays

[marty99]

has anyone heard anymore on this as it has gone very quiet?

[SpacePhoenix]

I doubt anything will be heard about this till after the new year

[denhamhoop]

My best theory is nothing will happen until the Network changes then for myself and all other Supernumeraries then Royal Mail will try and assist us out the door

[wolfman]

Called them all in the office at our mail centre last week and offered them all VR. Most are taking it. They are waiting for a date now.

[SpacePhoenix]

Called them all in the office at our mail centre last week and offered them all VR. Most are taking it. They are waiting for a date now.

Typically how many casuals each shift (excluding Xmas Pressure)?

[wolfman]

Not sure about other shifts but ours have between none & 10 per night I would say, without Xmas pressure.

[mwalker88]

Called them all in the office at our mail centre last week and offered them all VR. Most are taking it. They are waiting for a date now.

I would've bitten their hand off if I was offered VR from Delivery. Every single one of them should take it.
I genuinely wonder why they weren't offered a move to Delivery as another option.

[baldrick]

How are staff designated as 'supernumary'. Is it on seniority or do managers choose people, and if so, on what basis?

[N|M]

How are staff designated as 'supernumary'. Is it on seniority or do managers choose people, and if so, on what basis?

I thought they came supernumary if the duty they were on was no longer needed, but saying that am sure that used to be called displaced.

[SpacePhoenix]

How are staff designated as 'supernumary'. Is it on seniority or do managers choose people, and if so, on what basis?

I thought they came supernumary if the duty they were on was no longer needed, but saying that am sure that used to be called displaced.

If they didn't choose a duty during the resign or if there was no more duties left in the resign by the time they were reached, they were made supernumerary

[baldrick]

OK thanks for the explanation guys. I suppose that means it is mostly on seniority if there aren't any duties left when it is their turn to sign.

[midegarelu]

At the MC I previously worked at they dropped a lot of duties that were not "normal".

All the 3 and 4 day duties went because they were fixated on making all duties the same.

Theses duties were mostly held by senior men/women with upwards of 30 years service!

Before I retired most of the supernumarys had taken the 5 day duties that had been offered.

[SpacePhoenix]

At the MC I previously worked at they dropped a lot of duties that were not "normal".

All the 3 and 4 day duties went because they were fixated on making all duties the same.

Theses duties were mostly held by senior men/women with upwards of 30 years service!

Before I retired most of the supernumarys had taken the 5 day duties that had been offered.

We still have a few staff on 3 and 4 night duties. Think it's only a matter of time before they're not given any choice but to move over to 5 night duties

[ted_e_bear]

At the MC I previously worked at they dropped a lot of duties that were not "normal".

All the 3 and 4 day duties went because they were fixated on making all duties the same.

Theses duties were mostly held by senior men/women with upwards of 30 years service!

Before I retired most of the supernumarys had taken the 5 day duties that had been offered.

We still have a few staff on 3 and 4 night duties. Think it's only a matter of time before they're not given any choice but to move over to 5 night duties

Sounds about right for this company these days, they're hellbent on eroding anything that's attractive about the job like those nice 3 and 4 day attendance patterns.

[baldrick]

Another question. Does this apply to only full time staff, or part time also?
Are people who were on mainly late and night duties (the majority in MCs) expected to reorganise their lives and go on early duties in Deliveries?