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clashcityrocker
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Re: Stay out and complete?

Post by clashcityrocker »

Barnacle wrote:
06 Feb 2023, 17:17

And what a ramshackle way to run a postal service, to make it dependent on staff working overtime. As soon as staff say no, or when they idiotically banned overtime, the USO is in instant backlog. Run by morons.
You do all realise that the understaffing of offices to ensure overtime opportunities has been CWU policy since the year dot.
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2yearpostie wrote:
06 Feb 2023, 16:44

Employing people costs extra money ( insurance, annual leave,sickness) it is still much cheaper for the company to throw OT at the remaing staff.
And not getting rid of staff is even cheaper. :confused
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Post by aiden01 »

clashcityrocker wrote:
06 Feb 2023, 18:12
Barnacle wrote:
06 Feb 2023, 17:17

And what a ramshackle way to run a postal service, to make it dependent on staff working overtime. As soon as staff say no, or when they idiotically banned overtime, the USO is in instant backlog. Run by morons.
You do all realise that the understaffing of offices to ensure overtime opportunities has been CWU policy since the year dot.
Exactly.
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Re: Stay out and complete?

Post by Barnacle »

aiden01 wrote:
06 Feb 2023, 23:51
clashcityrocker wrote:
06 Feb 2023, 18:12
Barnacle wrote:
06 Feb 2023, 17:17

And what a ramshackle way to run a postal service, to make it dependent on staff working overtime. As soon as staff say no, or when they idiotically banned overtime, the USO is in instant backlog. Run by morons.
You do all realise that the understaffing of offices to ensure overtime opportunities has been CWU policy since the year dot.
Exactly.
I doubt that the current levels of understaffing were what the CWU had in mind.
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