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[norris9]

Did anyone see the YouTube live last night where they said they are looking for an agreement so that no one does the walking part if a duty for anymore that 3 days?

How strict will they be on that... what if loads of people are suspended from driving after accidents and they have no option but get a postie to do the walking part for a 4th or 5th day in a row. Could the postie refuse?

[Smoothbackground]

What you on about? Working every weekend is apparently your thing. Have you got other commitments through the week?

I have many commitments outwith work. I fit them in around my work and to occur on my two consecutive days off each week.

[Mr Rush]

They’re just obsessed that staff are stealing minutes from them so they want to keep everyone working flat out.

The lady doth protest too much that everyone else is idling.

Ever seen the clip from the film Office Space where the consultants come in and interview the employees? "Explain to us what it is you do here". The departure of tens of thousands of OPGs from the last few years has perectly demonstrated, in the tangible form of work piling up, what we do day after day and why we are needed. 'You can't fire me! I'm the only one who knows how to fudge the numbers!' not so much.

[postslippete]

That video was depressing. I liked the Scottish guy though. He was the only one that said it’s a shambles. The rest of it seemed like they’re fudging the trials with an infinite combination of possibilities to placate the workforce. “What about non drivers…oh that’s a problem but we’re working on that”. “What about fatigue…er yeah that’s an issue so we would like to just do core 3 days”. None of these solutions contribute to quality of service or cutting costs. RM are just hoping it will all fall into place. Like they’ve always done. Except this time it’s likely to be catastrophic for the business as customers will just walk away. The one common theme is that RMs idea of the USO change doesn’t work AT ALL.
It’s now a case of the union trying to tweak it to make it work. They should throw it out completely and tell RM to come up with something more sensible. You can’t take a bad idea and reverse engineer it to make it a good one. Ultimately the changes were supposed to save money. That’s the last thing that’s happening. They’re just obsessed that staff are stealing minutes from them so they want to keep everyone working flat out.

The cynic in me can’t help feeling they’re just paying lip service to the union while they wait for the offcom report. Once they get the green light, every office will launch these changes immediately regardless of what the union say. They’ll get around “the agreement” by saying the changes are not USO related. They’ll change the name to something more catchy and say it’s to safeguard the business and jobs. I hope the union are anticipating all the possible options and don’t get caught out and members just get told “just work your hours”. Over the years we’ve had unofficial revisions and changes in our office. The union have come in, assured us “that’s not happening” only for it to be rolled out and members left to fight for themselves.

Excellent observations. The whole thing feels like RM are stalling with fudged trials and empty promises, just waiting for Ofcom to give the nod to force through these flawed changes while the Union risks being sidelined afterwards and the members left to deal with the fallout.

[SkiSunday]

What you on about? Working every weekend is apparently your thing. Have you got other commitments through the week?

I have many commitments outwith work. I fit them in around my work and to occur on my two consecutive days off each week.

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