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How busy

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daveemo62
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Re: How busy

Post by daveemo62 »

Mail left not sorted ( about 10 yorks). Majority of office only did parcels (tracked). Is this the future once uso goes ???
2chorizon
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Re: How busy

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I will be in the MC later, i suspect it will be rammed and services arriving all night from all over.
Will update later.
Wolf91
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Re: How busy

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2yearpostie wrote:
03 Oct 2022, 19:09
Wolf91 wrote:
02 Oct 2022, 20:29
twoloops wrote:
02 Oct 2022, 20:06
Been sent some photos taken today from our office, rammed jammed solid full of yorks full off packets absolute chaos, not bothering setting my alarm, see you in a week, bad back coming on :chuckle
Yeah just remove that last bit would you. All sorts read these forums :arrrghhh
And some of you wonder why I agree sick pay needs looking at?
We’ve been through this. Do you really want me to explain it again? The sick pay is an issue for a small percentage of piss-takers. Simon put those figures out which said exactly what we already knew.
Instead of bringing in a company-wide change in sickness policy, which is completely unfair to the vast majority…

you know what they should do?

Deal with the pisstakers… :crazy: :crazy:

Manager’s actually do some managing. That sort of thing.
heapsy
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Re: How busy

Post by heapsy »

Got one in our office planning to go sick in December. Told us when we were on the picket line. He's a regular.
sindba
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Re: How busy

Post by sindba »

Nickvilla20 wrote:
03 Oct 2022, 19:01
Come in to four trays of mech, four bags of packets and 5 boxes of flats. Left half the frame in and just took the tracked packets. Some down my isle had taken everything out I just didn’t see the point.
Take everything, bring it all back and prep it back in.

Extra 30min-1 hour O/T, no extra work cleared.

Think of it as RM financing your strike fund.
Nickvilla20
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Re: How busy

Post by Nickvilla20 »

sindba wrote:
03 Oct 2022, 20:26
Nickvilla20 wrote:
03 Oct 2022, 19:01
Come in to four trays of mech, four bags of packets and 5 boxes of flats. Left half the frame in and just took the tracked packets. Some down my isle had taken everything out I just didn’t see the point.
Take everything, bring it all back and prep it back in.

Extra 30min-1 hour O/T, no extra work cleared.

Think of it as RM financing your strike fund.
I have zero interest in doing any overtime. I do my hours then I go home.
HTPostman
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Re: How busy

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Well our ‘bad cop’ manager decided to stamp her boots a bit. She said upper management had told her we couldn’t leave anything in the frame, anything we took out had to be delivered, and if we can’t complete (nobody could! OT was allowed though) we had to remove those loops from the frame and chuck them back into grey trays. So you had people prepping the round, bagging up a few loops then taking everything else back out of the frame and throwing them (not keeping them in order) back into trays. Farcical. I’m not sure of the reasoning - can she report it as the rounds clear?

This might not go down well with some of you but I actually found it simple and stress free today, almost enjoyable, so many people were rushing around and booking OT, I simply followed the COMs instructions, took tracked and a few loops, went at a leisurely pace and finished on time. Roll on more of the same tomorrow.
The day is gonna come when we’re all gonna have to testify.

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Clappedoutpostie
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Re: How busy

Post by Clappedoutpostie »

Wolf91 wrote:
03 Oct 2022, 20:09
Simon put those figures out which said exactly what we already knew.
Be careful of believing Simons figure. He will have used the figures during a period of a worldwide pandemic when isolation was required by law, cynical move designed to divide and conquer. Let’s see the stats and cost for a 5-10 year period.
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kazardaimenu
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Re: How busy

Post by kazardaimenu »

I would imagine prepping all morning then booking almost every loop as ot and still not coming close to clearing.
SpacePhoenix
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Re: How busy

Post by SpacePhoenix »

All the backlog must have hit the DOs on Sunday night for Monday delivery as we didn't have any sign of a backlog on nights
2chorizon
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Re: How busy

Post by 2chorizon »

Same here, just a usual monday in the MC.
Very odd.
2chorizon
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Re: How busy

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no1postie
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Re: How busy

Post by no1postie »

Do the docket gang "need" or "want" the money ? i will never go over again after getting bumped twice a while back, my wages have been halved recently, depending on strike dates, and being on a 32 hour contract. regarding sick absence, it is literally contagious, we all hate going to work now, and if so and so takes the piss with sick leave, why cant i ? we have some real pro's, five mins back to work review and your good to go. people look on and think, hey i'll have some of that ! when i grew up going off sick was a last resort, a stain on your moral fibre and you always felt guilty for being off as it played on your conscience anyway. when i started R.M 15 yrs ago an ex rep told me, he built it into his leave, 4 weeks paid, two weeks bought, one week sick, hey presto, seven weeks off. thanks for reading (if you did !) stay strong brothers and sisters.