easy monday

st postie · Post by **st postie** » 19 Feb 2007, 16:59

in our office we get the mail to us at 445 am then another load at 530 then we get the final load at 630 and the driver collects the missorts
we usally get around a york of mech at 630 and a york of packets plus specials but today he turned up with nothing said it was all clear
so everyone was out on delivery at around 700 resulting in one of the best mondays ever something has gone wrong somewhere

johnnyp · Post by **johnnyp** » 19 Feb 2007, 17:55

Its great when you have days like that(it was light in my office as well) trouble is if it carrys on then job cuts are on the cards for sure

no work=no postmen.my concern is that its been light for ages and this is the excuse royal mail needs to make changes part time etc.We should all be very concerned

Post by **darth** » 19 Feb 2007, 18:03

im afraid this will fuel royal mail ,in the long term, to try for a more flexible approach we all know that come around easter ,end of financial year we will be working are proverbial bollox off (for the same pay).i really think that this will be the next target for efficency savings as royal mail will say these are sustainable.

i cannot believe though a company of royal mails size cannot get the logistics right and balance days out but that would be the sensible approach.

phantomshare · Post by **phantomshare** » 19 Feb 2007, 18:05

Your spot-on JP, light traffic all the hype about D2D i think people wil start refusing them more, the phantom share issue why do RM feel the need to incentivise staff they obviously don't want us to do less work, some hard decisions will be getting made very soon i fear.

Post by **POSTMAN** » 19 Feb 2007, 19:39

It really is going up and down lately,maybe there is just a lull going on.
Before xmas for a few months it was really bad,and i mean really bad,but i guess you guys know that.
Then we had a bit of a surge afterwards then it's kinda been sort off below average ish.
But in all fairness it's the swings and roundabouts senario,like before xmas,and like Darth said Easter and the tax year thing,which in all fairness RM get away with a hell of a lot as it really is manic at them times.

There's times when we make a bit,and times we cut if fine,but i still have bastard days even when theres a lull.

And another thing Darth said about the logistics of it,this Mail business is really a strange one,why they can't sort us out a bit more for say a Tuesday to help out in the heavier days is beyond me,surely they must know what's coming in,where's Fozzie!!
Don't they work down the mlo's on a Monday!!

Interesting though these lull times,what's gonna happen when the others are delivering the s**t as well,in certain areas our boys will have naff all to do,and you know what that means!!

javidfreekashmir · Post by **javidfreekashmir** » 19 Feb 2007, 20:20

Don't be conned by .RM.Your easy days will cost jobs