What does the future hold for the humble postie.

[denhamhoop]

Oh you mentioned the stress. Not the bullying and harassment or workload.

Okay then is there less bullying and harassment at other Couriers?

From what I’ve heard from the Evri and DPD guys on my round it’s just as bad there as it is at Royal Mail.

Unachievable workloads, managers bullying you. EVRI are so short staffed you have people going out with over 200 parcels.

At least they get paid more the more they deliver so at 90p a packet it would earn them £180 that day not a bad amount of pay

Evri get paid 60p per parcel not 90p

It is a poor amount of pay considering they have to pay for there own fuel ,

They also have the upkeep of there vehicle

They pay tax on that amount , no holiday pay , no sick pay , no pension , it is just slave labour .

Must be differing levels of pay per item then because my mate gets paid 90p per item for delivering around the Northolt area and yes got to pay for fuel no holiday pay no sick pay and a 6 day week every week something he didn't realise he thought Saturdays were optional generally does 10 am til 6 pm bar Saturday where he is finished by 4. Sadly this is the model Royal Mail hope to copy

[ihatedogs]

Like it or not the future means Royal Mail will have to align with the Delivery times of other Courers to survive.

I see DPD in my area delivering at around 7 a.m. why aren’t we

For a good few DOs their final run won't arrive until after 07:00

The MC I go to is looking at a final dispatch of 7.30am & this includes offices up to 60 miles away.