Member Info for IsleworthSpy

@ Redceo.
"""I don't see shareholders wringing their hands and blaming others for their own decisions."""
Really? That's all you do, regarding posties. Leave the job. Be grateful you have a job. You get paid. Blah, blah blah.
Please read your nonsense before you post

And this:
"""We are looking at a typical case of it always being the others fault."""

What are you talking about? Do you actually know?

@ JBT.

Pay rise: Inflation based. So i assume that 2% is not inflation based. IA ballot because of the enforced pay rise, which is now meant to be final. Which will contribute towards my strike fund. Cheers Si.

Screwing up the lives of posties: Directed at the very people who think that RMG's proposals for the extreme change in t's and c's should be accepted. That's how i read it. Hypocritical for your blue collar workers who would like to see the price much higher. I expect the proof will be in the outcome of the 2nd ballot. No. I don't own shares. Sold mine at about 350p. Before the rise to 600p.

Privatisation should never have happened, IMO. It made an excellent service a useless one. Money led.

Colleagues losing money because of IA: Do you think that they don't know that? Personally, i don't actually care. Maybe the shareholders who are CWU members will vote no to IA because of this. As for those people who aren't CWU members, LOL.

DSA: We get paid peanuts for this. How much more profit could there be if this didn't exist? Thanks OFCOM.

My gripes: With the business and there forward looking plans and upper level management getting paid fortunes for making these ridiculous plans. My COMs actually know how we feel now.

The USO? I love it. It protects my job. It is a millstone around RMGs neck, but not mine.

My workload? What i do is determined by my time. If i finish at 2.30pm, i don't need to go over. So, give me another 1,000 delivery points and i will still work to my time. The more the better. A crap service for my customers, but it's not my fault. And it protects my job.

Shareholders? Don't really care about them. Apart from the ones on here and other forums who try to tell me what i should be doing and thinking, regarding the job. I do like to make my opinions known in my defence.

I don't really care about the pay rise. What galls me is that Mr Thompson pleads RMG poverty after 400 million quid worth of handouts. Takes a hefty bonus for abject failure too. Pays lower level managers a bonus as well, despite missing their targets.
I tell you what i do care about though. The job. My customers.
And these pathetic plans for taking the company forward are ridiculous. I can't even see how they would be beneficial to the share price.

@ Anger.
The USO. The millstone around the neck of RMG.
Nobody wants to deliver mail to every address in the country, apart from posties. We see the build up of mail, on a daily basis. Who has to face the customer? We do. Not a nice situation.
Get rid of DSA and all of a sudden it becomes profitable.
Split parcels and letters over 2 shifts and Thompson gets what he wants. Robbing Peter to pay Paul. Take away one stream of work and give another.

@ Redceo.
You agreed not to talk, with yourself. Don't put words in my mouth.
So you think every postie should leave their job because of the derisory pay offer? That's why we are going on strike!!
Should all train drivers leave their jobs?
Nurses? Doctors? Barristers?
You really do come out with a load of nonsense.
LISTEN!
Unless our Simon eats s**t, we will be on strike. Your investment at 500p+ is quickly being eroded. And this is just because of the pay rise.
When the next vote comes around, and it will, there will be financial carnage for any holders here. Unless of course, and i'll say it again, Mr Thompson relents.

One other thing. You commented that i said i was irreplaceable. Can you post where i said that? I don't recall it. You didn't answer last time i asked this.

It seems that our beloved leader, Thompson, has posted on workplace the discrepancy between RMG post persons and delivery drivers for other companies. Also factoring in our now severely reduced pension. It would appear that RMG staff are better paid, work less hours and have better pensions.
Of course, he doesn't mention the daily grind of the USO. How we are obligated to deliver to every street 6 days a week. Apart from the "lapsed" duties of course.
He also goes on to mention that if any managers want to challenge him, he will compare their pay also.
I wonder if he includes his own salary and bonuses.
I would have more respect for Thompson if he actually did what your average postie does. Do a delivery for six months. Then he might have some bargaining power. But he is clueless, and as each day passes his tenure gets ever closer to ending.
Bring on the next one.

@ Redceo. 18.42.
Probably the most ill thought out post i've had the misfortune to read.
Very entertaining though, because of it's sheer stupidity. It did make me laugh.
You must be drunk!
Nobody could post this garbage if they were sober.
Drowning your sorrows Redceo, because you're losing your life savings?

@ Anger.
All very odd. I've been sent some dialogue about Thompsons posts on workplace.
He thinks the vote turnout will be a high yes. But it won't change a thing as he believes these proposals are needed. And apparently we will see when the results of the AGM are published.
So shareholders voting to screw up the lives of posties, to make a few quid. That's how i read it.
He's definitely an odd one. It seems he welcomes IA. It seems he doesn't care about the employees. It seems he doesn't care about the company. And more importantly, it seems he doesn't care about the shareholders. The very people, who he should be looking after, as CEO.
If we strike, the price will go through the floor. IMO. And Thompson won't have much longer in his current role.

@ Tygra.
This ballot is about the fantastic pay rise, that has been forced upon us.
Talks are on-going regarding working conditions that RMG want. There will be another ballot for this.
2% is pathetic and the fact it was forced through does not help the situation. Thompson thinks that when we see the money in our baks, we will be happier. Not the case. Definite vote for strike.
And regarding Sunday working, later starts, annualised hours etc, it's a definite no from the workforce. And a definite yes for IA.
Two ballots in short succession. We will definitely be on strike. Unless the CEO backs down.

@ Redceo.
""""JB. Sad to see some are still in the Dark Ages with respect to Industrial Relations. I witnessed some pretty ugly events in the past. Fortunately as a supplier not employee. I could have walked away. Of course being obstinate I didn't. Surprising how many bullies are not so brave one to one.
Not saying Isle is a bully. He's just misguided.
BEWARE INCOMING! It was tongue in cheek Isle ;-)""""

I thought i'd copy and paste your post from what seems a million days ago. Believe me, it took a while to find it.

If you read my post in reference to this, it clearly states what i am saying. Do you understand now?

Yes, i may get a bit touchy reagrding IA. But only with the ignorant who cannot see or hear. You, for example. Maybe you should change your name to Helen Keller. You only need the dumbness to fit the profile. OH! WAIT! You've got it.

And as for the rest of your sermon, Father Redceo, I yawned so much it reminded me of sunday morning mass.

@ JBT.
There has been no figure quoted by the CWU. In line with inflation is the best i can offer. Although i don't think the CWU expect 10%. It makes me laugh when i hear that inflation will go down. I know it will, but the price we pay for everyday goods will not. This is the new starting point for CPI and RPI.
And regarding the CWU stance on the derisory pay rise: RMG have just given 400 million quid to shareholders. If the business cannot pay the very people who facilitated this, what chance does the company have. Is it any wonder we're a tad unhappy.
And don't get me started on the new conditions RMG want!!!

@ JBT.
""" Ispy can I ask what you meant by dealing with "scabs" do you mean you will treat them with respect and dignity that you would also like to be treated with?"""
Of course you can.
It is made very clear that anything derogatory towards these people could result in the sack. That includes calling people by their nicknames and exclusion. It's odd how paranoid these people become though. How everyone is talking about them behind their backs. In and out of the managers office, complaining about nothing. If they want to torture themselves, that's fine by me. So in short, of course i will treat them with respect and dignity.

Redceo.
Conveying your real thoughts about a poster on here is fine. You don't have to hide behind stupid emojis or denial after accusation. You think i'm a bully, fine. At least grow a pair and say what you think. It's no surprise that many on here think you're a total twit.

Back to IA. I know several managers who are extremely pleased with their ballot result. They are prepared to walk or work to rule. It's odd how lower level management now know how we feel. In fact, i would say that instead of trying to persuade us, the real workers, not to strike, they fully understand why we're doing it. 200 quid saved towards my strike fund. Thanks Simon.

@ Redceo.
""""Let's have a private wager. I bet you £0.00 this will all come out in the wash.""""
Can't afford that. I'm saving up for when i'm on strike. You can't either as your shares are slowly sliding down the plughole. Courtesy of Mr Thompson.

Anyway. Got to go. I'm up at 4.30am for another "easy" day at the office. You should try it sometime.

@ Redceo.
"""CEO of Randstad No.1 recruitment agency in the world. Was just saying that 10% pay increase will not make an unhappy employee happy. So what chance does our CEO have?"""

Tell me Redceo. How many posties are generally unhappy?
You do understand what i'm saying, don't you?
Please think before you reply. You don't want to make yourself look foolish.

@ katenip.
You'll always have the "thieves" as i like to call them.
I'm not saying it's right, but it is what it is. Plus the government laid down certain guidelines which we should all have had to adhere to. The majority of people worked from home. We couldn't, obviously. So your idiotic asssumptions, based on nothing, won't sit well with many.
Why are you going on about things that happened over 2 years ago? Is this relevant to anything that's being discussed now?
And what parcel staff are you referring to?

@ Redceo.
"""In answer to your question. I cannot imagine the company would sanction that level of overtime for one second. You cannot speak with two posties and then project the same equation over the entire workforce. Life doesn't work that way."""
I'm giving you facts about why flexi hours wouldn't work in my office. I gave you an example of 2 posties, as i had this discussion with them. They were actually quite happy with my breakdown of banking hours.

""" Could""". The word used by a RMG employee and now used by you to suit your own rhetoric.

"""One other point, you suggested I stopped thinking with my wallet. The union members are as guilty of that if it's true at all.""" Read what RMG want. And what they are not going to get. We will end up worse off. You ending up worse off is your own doing.

And finally. Bring on Kretinsky. Do you honestly think VESA will want to take over a company that are bound from so many restrictions. That's not including the militant workforce.

You carry on dreaming about "DK".

@ Anger.
I'm just trying to enlighten somebody who i believe is looking at RMG through rose tinted glasses at the moment.
His posts seem so dismissive of IA. Brought about by the sheer stupidity of management.
Does any postie actually believe Thompsons words when he says that he understands how the cost of living is affecting us and that is why he's forcing a 2% pay rise on us? We will be paid 200 quid, next week i think, in lieu of this rise. And then he mentions it's taxable income. Not that it shouldn't be, but he has to mention this.
And then there is the looming spectre of Kretinsky that Redceo mentioned the other day! VESA take over and no strike action? Right!

@ Redceo.
I think the word "could" in Oli G's post sums everything up.
We "could" work 25 hours in summer and 50 hours in winter. You can quote me on that now!
What you don't seem to grasp is that RMG want us to start later and finish later. Please read my earlier posts.

Moving on: What do you think about the flexi hours scenario i posted earlier? That is fact. Do you think it is acceptable that 2 employees should have 50 days of annual leave per year? What if everyone in my office accrued the same amount of banked hours? What do you think would happen in a very short space of time?

@ Redceo.
Do some simple maths and try to understand why so many posties are understandably angry.
And if making a point that you don't agree with, or understand, is belligerence, then i'm guilty as charged. As is everyone else on this board.
Shall i mention the pay rise next?

@ Redceo.
Do you not read anything that is written here?
It's not a conundrum, IMO. But i can't speak for over 100,000 employees. I can however speak for the 65 people i work with. And basically RMG can take a hike.
I did actually speak about flexi hours to a workmate. Based on him going over his hours at least 3 days out of 5, like he and his shared van partner do, they could, based on hours worked, added to their current annual leave, have 50 days holiday per year. That doesn't factor in, November and December. Or the fact they come in 30 minutes early each day. So you could probably increase that to 60.
You need to read again what Oli G posted. They want us to start 3 hours later. Which means we'll finish 3 hours later. How is that spending more time with the family during the hot summer? We will actually be finishing later than we are now. And the workforce aren't bolshy. Just because what we do doesn't suit your thinking, doesn't mean we are bolshy.
I welcome VESA taking over the company. What are they, DK, going to do? You're obviously desperate for this to happen. Maybe to bolster your funds invested here.
You need to stop talking through wallet.

@ alwayswinning.
What was Putin's single objective he set out to achieve?