Royal Mail - more strikes
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Just seen on the news there are another 19 days of strike planned for October/November.
Starting to take the piss now.
We send out roughly 300 large letter size per day + our tracked 24 parcels. Is their any other competitor that will come close with price?
another thing i was pondering was can Royal mail not get rid of staff that strike? why can they not be sacked and people who want a job hired?
Starting to take the piss now.
We send out roughly 300 large letter size per day + our tracked 24 parcels. Is their any other competitor that will come close with price?
another thing i was pondering was can Royal mail not get rid of staff that strike? why can they not be sacked and people who want a job hired?
Moved to Evri, paying £2.43 for 48 hour tracked and £3.17 for 24 hour tracked delivery.
We gave up with RM for large letters a few months back, loss rates going up month by month especially with untracked large letters. I have two friends who work for RM and they're saying they're short staffed and relying on overtime in the depots to finish as much work as they can, but the brief is basically get the tracked and specials out ASAP and the letters / large letters go out when they get around to it, which does explain the long delays that my business was experiencing with RM.
We gave up with RM for large letters a few months back, loss rates going up month by month especially with untracked large letters. I have two friends who work for RM and they're saying they're short staffed and relying on overtime in the depots to finish as much work as they can, but the brief is basically get the tracked and specials out ASAP and the letters / large letters go out when they get around to it, which does explain the long delays that my business was experiencing with RM.
mickytruelove said:
Just seen on the news there are another 19 days of strike planned for October/November.
Starting to take the piss now.
We send out roughly 300 large letter size per day + our tracked 24 parcels. Is their any other competitor that will come close with price?
another thing i was pondering was can Royal mail not get rid of staff that strike? why can they not be sacked and people who want a job hired?
Assuming UK ? You won’t beat Fast Despatch Logistics unless EVRI really wants your business Starting to take the piss now.
We send out roughly 300 large letter size per day + our tracked 24 parcels. Is their any other competitor that will come close with price?
another thing i was pondering was can Royal mail not get rid of staff that strike? why can they not be sacked and people who want a job hired?
JayRidesBikes said:
I have two friends who work for RM and they're saying they're short staffed and relying on overtime in the depots to finish as much work as they can, but the brief is basically get the tracked and specials out ASAP and the letters / large letters go out when they get around to it, which does explain the long delays that my business was experiencing with RM.
The local sorting office told me the same - basically no real difference between first and second class now.24 hours from 4am on October 13 until October 14 (Pay)
24 hours from 4am on October 20 until October 21st (Change)
24 hours from 4am on October 25 until October 26 (Change)
24 hours from 4am on November 2 until November 3 (All network)
24 hours from 4am November 3 until November 4 (All Processing, Area Distribution, International, Collections, Admin and MDEC)
24 hours from 4am November 4 until November 5 (All Deliveries)
24 hours from 4am on November 8 until November 9 (All Network)
24 hours from 4am on November 9 until November 10 (Processing, Area Distribution, International, Collections, Admin and MDEC)
24 hours from 4am on November 10 until November 11 (All Deliveries)
24 hours from 4am on November 14 until November 15 (All Network)
24 hours from 4am on November 15 until November 16 (Processing, Area Distribution, International, Collections, Admin and MDEC)
24 hours from 4am on November 16 until November 17 (All Deliveries)??
Black Friday week
24 hours from 4am on November 23 until November 24 (All Network)
24 hours from 4am on November 24 until November 25 (All Processing, Area Distribution, Collections, International, Admin and MDEC)
24 hours from 4am on November 25 until November 26 (All Deliveries)
24 hours all out on Cyber Monday, November 28 until November 29 (Everyone)
24 hours from 4am on November 31 until December 1 (All Network)
24 hours from 4am on December 1 until December 2 (All Processing, Area Distribution, Collections, International, Admin and MDEC)
24 hours from 4am on December 2 until December 3 (All Deliveries)?
24 hours from 4am on October 20 until October 21st (Change)
24 hours from 4am on October 25 until October 26 (Change)
24 hours from 4am on November 2 until November 3 (All network)
24 hours from 4am November 3 until November 4 (All Processing, Area Distribution, International, Collections, Admin and MDEC)
24 hours from 4am November 4 until November 5 (All Deliveries)
24 hours from 4am on November 8 until November 9 (All Network)
24 hours from 4am on November 9 until November 10 (Processing, Area Distribution, International, Collections, Admin and MDEC)
24 hours from 4am on November 10 until November 11 (All Deliveries)
24 hours from 4am on November 14 until November 15 (All Network)
24 hours from 4am on November 15 until November 16 (Processing, Area Distribution, International, Collections, Admin and MDEC)
24 hours from 4am on November 16 until November 17 (All Deliveries)??
Black Friday week
24 hours from 4am on November 23 until November 24 (All Network)
24 hours from 4am on November 24 until November 25 (All Processing, Area Distribution, Collections, International, Admin and MDEC)
24 hours from 4am on November 25 until November 26 (All Deliveries)
24 hours all out on Cyber Monday, November 28 until November 29 (Everyone)
24 hours from 4am on November 31 until December 1 (All Network)
24 hours from 4am on December 1 until December 2 (All Processing, Area Distribution, Collections, International, Admin and MDEC)
24 hours from 4am on December 2 until December 3 (All Deliveries)?
Edited by Phooey on Tuesday 27th September 22:33
Escy said:
mickytruelove said:
another thing i was pondering was can Royal mail not get rid of staff that strike? why can they not be sacked and people who want a job hired?
I'm pondering if they could pay their staff an inflation matching pay rise out of their profits? I am a snowflake though. Seems RM want to go down the ‘pound of flesh’ route and if rumours (strenuously denied so probably some truth to it) of a sell off to a foreign firm who don’t want staff tuped over on current conditions as part of the strenuously denied deal. (But no doubt some senior bods will make out like bandits but it’s been strenuously denied so definitely not happening
)I run a small business, alongside my 9-5 job and these strikes will be crippling for me. I send out letters and large letter sized mail and there's no alternatives which aren't at least double the price. I'm giving customers the option of paying extra for EVRI now, but I doubt many will take it. They'll take the cheapest option, then moan when nothing arrives for weeks. Feels like I may as well shut up shop for a month or 2 until it's resolved.
Antidotal I know but a very good friend on mine is a Postman. Most mornings he finishes way before his actual shift ends and that includes running errands whilst on his round. At Christmas he does nights and often posts up pictures of him bedding down for the night in the office.
He absolutely loves his job, half decent money and zero stress. You don't even have the mental early starts or lug your post on a bike anymore.
Strikes it seems are viewed as additional holiday by the posties.
He absolutely loves his job, half decent money and zero stress. You don't even have the mental early starts or lug your post on a bike anymore.
Strikes it seems are viewed as additional holiday by the posties.
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