RE: scream deramper2 Mar 2017 20:16
I know one of people who've been laid off they're classed as a sales representative and I can tel you now they're not incompetent.
Regarding a merger or them being bought out I do reckon it may be on the cards especially at these low levels.
If tuffnells merge with DX I genuinely reckon that's the worst imaginable thing that could happen, of all the delivery companies a Tuffnells/DX merger is the stuff of nightmares.
DX bought night freight and it's been anything but a success, the one DX programme proves that. DX prior to taking on nightfreight had a slick, efficient, hard to rival delivery service.
Now what have they got? They've strayed too far from what they're best at.
Tuffnells... good at big/heavy stuff and truly truly magical at breaking any and all stuff.
DX Exchange, their mail services etc they may as well give away for free if Tuffnells merge with them.
I've heard from a customer of both DX and Tuffnells and sends large items. The actual response when they complained about Tuffnells service was "well you've used dx and ourselves you know we're the only ones who'll take it". They're shocking.
Genuinely in my honest opinion the only way in which DX can save themselves is to bin off all of, or the majority, of the large freight. Sell off all of the 7.5t vehicles used to deliver it all and reinvest it into the small parcel/mail infrastructure. That's what they were good at.