Royal Mail warns of job losses after sell-off

[PostieWithTheMostie!]

Ahh that's ' Modernisation ' that's my favourite word now I even use it in the house now against the Wife whenever I want something done or do something she dislikes... even she's starting to hate the word. This sites look has been the same for years and the smilies haven't changed, pretty sure this RMC site could do with a little modernisation lol

[viking1488]

well that's not much of a shock but I must say we work for a right set of bastards get xmas over with them p45 in the post probably delivered by myself time to fight hope we go out over xmas f**k the lot of em

[viking1488]

its gota be a good 50,000 going at least by xmas 2014

don't u mean after xmas 2013

[blackadder]

just said xmas 2014 as it b a year after sell off

[koolishy67]

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[Son Of God]

Buggers!

[Bernardson]

just said xmas 2014 as it b a year after sell off

I'll give it until next spring when the requirement to deliver on Saturdays will be dropped.

[Shambles]

Buggers!

Tell your Dad to duff em all up Jesus

[OnAFlyer]

its gota be a good 50,000 going at least by xmas 2014

Don't be silly.

They can only cut what can be managed just as they have done for the last 10 years. It won't be a case of making people redundant, there is plenty of natural wastage in RM.

What we have going for us is packets, they're labour intensive and take a whole lot more time to deliver than letters. It will be a few years before RM needs to cut a significant amount of outlay, and IMO the removal of Saturdays from the USO will free up hundreds of millions per year and still be able to be managed without any compulsory redundancies. It's a far easier option than trying to reduce pay to minimum wage or stop delivering to rurals.

That's assuming RM managers have any sense of course, which I'm dubious about.

[OnAFlyer]

just said xmas 2014 as it b a year after sell off

I'll give it until next spring when the requirement to deliver on Saturdays will be dropped.

RM profits are increasingly significantly, there's no way a bill will pass the Houses of Parliament to reduce the USO while RM is making large amounts of money. Give it 5-10 years and RM will go cap in hand claiming letters have dropped massively and it cannot afford to sustain the USO, then Saturdays will go.

All IMO of course, just as anyone else's posts are although many claim theirs as facts.