The Dutch model..anyone...

[P739]

Anyone who wants to know what privatisation means for staff only needs to look at the Dutch model, where postal rounds have been franchised out to home workers in a system known as "sort and deliver". Boxes of mail are dropped on a home-worker's doorstep, who then has to sort the mail and deliver it on an agreed day. The worker is paid per item, not by the hour.


The trick here is that there is often a gross underestimation of the time it takes to do the work. Casual workers get no sick pay, no holiday pay, no health insurance, no pension and – depending on how long the round takes – often end up being paid below the minimum wage.


All of which is likely to erode that "high level of affection" felt by the public for the Royal Mail.



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[DGP1]

You're preaching to the converted here and the Dutch model is actually to RM model but they couldn't get it in here so tried it in Holland first............and of course it's been a great success there too

[fishtank]

Somebody had to.....

[DGP1]

Somebody had to.....

I had a completely different picture set aside...............but Postman bullied me into sending it to him for a personal review

[clashcityrocker]

How has she managed to pick some yellow flowers when she is standing in a sea of red?

[Lounge Lizard]

How has she managed to pick some yellow flowers when she is standing in a sea of red?

The yellow ones are weeds that she's taken out, Dutch Dandelions I think they're called.
And a nicer sun hat than we get.

[clashcityrocker]

WARNING:
Don't google Dutch Dandelion.

[Lounge Lizard]

WARNING:
Don't google Dutch Dandelion.

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