The "How was your day" thread.

Post by **HTPostman** » 24 May 2020, 06:59

This is just madness. I had a quick look at the sign in/out sheet yesterday. Average finish time was 12.30. That’s 80 people (plus managers) going home 2 hours early. Even being reasonable and underestimating that’s at least £1500 labour. Meanwhile one woman who loves her OT was being paid ghost OT till 9pm, she was back at 4pm.

D2Ds, mech, trays of flats round frames all still to go in.

I feel like I’m banging my head against a brick wall; we can blame Rico, union, FTers, PTers, management all we want but it’s on us to stop job and finish and work our hours. Yes, a manager should’ve been here sending people back out or telling them to do some prep but we have to take responsibility ourselves.

Post by **SpacePhoenix** » 24 May 2020, 09:15

HTPostman wrote:This is just madness. I had a quick look at the sign in/out sheet yesterday. Average finish time was 12.30. That’s 80 people (plus managers) going home 2 hours early. Even being reasonable and underestimating that’s at least £1500 labour. Meanwhile one woman who loves her OT was being paid ghost OT till 9pm, she was back at 4pm.

Higher up will be rubbing their hands with glee, that's potentially 160hrs that they could take out of the office

Post by **HTPostman** » 24 May 2020, 11:47

SpacePhoenix wrote:
HTPostman wrote:This is just madness. I had a quick look at the sign in/out sheet yesterday. Average finish time was 12.30. That’s 80 people (plus managers) going home 2 hours early. Even being reasonable and underestimating that’s at least £1500 labour. Meanwhile one woman who loves her OT was being paid ghost OT till 9pm, she was back at 4pm.
Higher up will be rubbing their hands with glee, that's potentially 160hrs that they could take out of the office

Definitely. I can’t get my head round it, from what I’ve been told 40% of our office hours are done through OT so I guess management just think less OT to pay when hours are removed.

I’m repeating myself but a few months ago a manager at WTL said £1500 (or thereabouts) of labour went home early last Saturday. Someone piped up and asked why isn’t there a manager here to send people back out with work. The response.......’because none of us in the office want to stop late on a Saturday.’

Just sums up RM.

cpsteve · Post by **cpsteve** » 24 May 2020, 19:26

SpacePhoenix wrote:
HTPostman wrote:This is just madness. I had a quick look at the sign in/out sheet yesterday. Average finish time was 12.30. That’s 80 people (plus managers) going home 2 hours early. Even being reasonable and underestimating that’s at least £1500 labour. Meanwhile one woman who loves her OT was being paid ghost OT till 9pm, she was back at 4pm.
Higher up will be rubbing their hands with glee, that's potentially 160hrs that they could take out of the office

Once you add the letters on again then the early early finishes will stop

Post by **SpacePhoenix** » 24 May 2020, 19:35

cpsteve wrote:
SpacePhoenix wrote:
HTPostman wrote:This is just madness. I had a quick look at the sign in/out sheet yesterday. Average finish time was 12.30. That’s 80 people (plus managers) going home 2 hours early. Even being reasonable and underestimating that’s at least £1500 labour. Meanwhile one woman who loves her OT was being paid ghost OT till 9pm, she was back at 4pm.
Higher up will be rubbing their hands with glee, that's potentially 160hrs that they could take out of the office
Once you add the letters on again then the early early finishes will stop

But will they bring letters back on Saturdays?

2yearpostie · Post by **2yearpostie** » 24 May 2020, 20:31

SpacePhoenix wrote:
cpsteve wrote:
SpacePhoenix wrote:
HTPostman wrote:This is just madness. I had a quick look at the sign in/out sheet yesterday. Average finish time was 12.30. That’s 80 people (plus managers) going home 2 hours early. Even being reasonable and underestimating that’s at least £1500 labour. Meanwhile one woman who loves her OT was being paid ghost OT till 9pm, she was back at 4pm.
Higher up will be rubbing their hands with glee, that's potentially 160hrs that they could take out of the office
Once you add the letters on again then the early early finishes will stop
But will they bring letters back on Saturdays?

Yes on 13th June.

Post by **stodgy88** » 25 May 2020, 07:49

Informed Saturday that back to normal shifts next week, and letter delivery's Saturdays will restart.

2yearpostie · Post by **2yearpostie** » 25 May 2020, 10:38

boring sitting at home, can i go out posting something?

Post by **stodgy88** » 26 May 2020, 10:18

Informed Saturday that back to normal shifts next week, and letter delivery's Saturdays will restart

UPDATE been told this morning board are making a decision regarding Saturday letter deliveries this wednesday.

Sir Henry · Post by **Sir Henry** » 26 May 2020, 16:12

No letter delivery on Saturday, only tracked and oversized went out leaving all the other packets +' Bank Holiday Monday = a metric fuckton to deliver and of an order beyond the best of us.
Solution?
Ensure packet delivery at the expense of letters.
SMFH.

clashcityrocker · Post by **clashcityrocker** » 26 May 2020, 16:17

It was 26/5 when I started delivering but felt like 27/5 when I finished.

Sprattacus · Post by **Sprattacus** » 26 May 2020, 16:50

2yearpostie · Post by **2yearpostie** » 26 May 2020, 17:56

Sprattacus wrote:4 sacks of packets per frame, 1 and a half york of heavy/large packets, 2/3 days worth of mail, 20 minute dead walk to and then back from van share duty and a 1:25 finish time. I don't think we posted first letter until after 10. Cut off and left half of mail only to be there waiting tomorrow for what will no doubt be a stacked day again.

so youve created more work for yourself tomorrow? Or is some other poor sap on it?

cpsteve · Post by **cpsteve** » 26 May 2020, 18:26

2yearpostie wrote:
Sprattacus wrote:4 sacks of packets per frame, 1 and a half york of heavy/large packets, 2/3 days worth of mail, 20 minute dead walk to and then back from van share duty and a 1:25 finish time. I don't think we posted first letter until after 10. Cut off and left half of mail only to be there waiting tomorrow for what will no doubt be a stacked day again.
so youve created more work for yourself tomorrow? Or is some other poor sap on it?

Thats nothing to do with them they chose to work to their time.

xPandabear1992x · Post by **xPandabear1992x** » 26 May 2020, 18:44

terrible. Checked the rota before bank holliday. Put on a round I know for this week. Cool beans.

Got in today. Hi, LINO, good weekend? Just checking, I'm on ______ duty today (as on rota)? I'll get right on it.

LINO: Hi! Yeah, ______ today like on rota. Have a good one.

I've gone through Redi's done the missorts and started bagging at this point. LINO tells me she meant to put me on the adjacent round. So I said ok, but next time don't give me the go-ahead to start bagging up and get a van. Wait for 1.5 hours to get a van, shoot through parcels and start my round. Immediately accosted by chavs who reckon I tried to run them over at a t-junction. Explained to them the contrary, and that they weren't even near the junction which I turned of so why would I wait for them? Didn't expect them to get it and was met with "you need to f**k off" and the whole "im gonna photo your van and get you sacked".

I didnt feel threatened but I left today bloody fuming. I don't need that.