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@ Redceo.
"No cross financing".
When did this actually become a thing?

@ casperdog
@ A R S ENAL17.
Can you both explain about this failure to modernise, that you have both mentioned today.
The Royal Mail dinosaurs cannot stop it.
So please explain to someone who has "worked" for RM for over 30 years, what we haven't done. And, of course, what we have actually stopped.

@ Tme2Kill.
Delivery spans will increase whether we like it or not. Whether they are achievable or not. Collapsing of duties as opposed to full office revisions.
Regulated delivery of letters is all but over. It will not matter if your attendance calls go up to 1,000 dp's. You are measured on tracked and specials.
Is that right? Of course it's not. But my office has been failing daily for a year or more. Management don't care. Vacancies not filled.

@ Time2Kill
I'm not on workplace. Just passing on the good news.
Isn't there another word for this kind of behaviour?

Word reaches me (again) that some office mangers have instructed their staff that if a "DOCTORS CERTIFICATE" is not provided on the first day of sick absence, then pay has to be stopped.
I heard this some hours ago, and I've only just picked myself up of the floor. And i literally did "PMSL".

@ Darkesh
@ Beatroot
I am totally surprised.
So, I'll play devils advocate here for the shareholders who are not employees.
Given the fact that there has been IA, Christmas etc, and your offices are clear, would you both say that the duty structures in both of your offices could be increased in length of delivery?

@ beatroot.
Is your office clear?
We have a dozen + yorks of letters flats still to be sorted, and growing each day. Walks failing every day.
Agency hours are down, but only the recorded hours.

@ Maximas1
@ Anger.
I've mentioned the 9 month update on several occasions. Due early February.
Despite the assertions of Thompson or Williams (i cannot remember who) that the Xmas period would mitigate losses, the word "lying" comes to mind.
There is no way that RM have made any profits over Xmas. The sheer reliance on agency staff, and the fact that RM determine it fit to pay these people probably 3 times what your normal postie gets paid, is truly unbelievable.

@ Time2Kill.
Where i heard this from is immaterial.
Apparently this has been cascaded into other D.O's, so I'm not alone in hearing this. I'm not saying it's correct, but I'm certain that you've heard about collapsing of duties. It could of course be more BS pedalled by whoever thinks it's beneficial.
I'm not sure what IA has to do with forecast traffic volumes for the year ahead.

is what RM are forecasting for the next year, is what I'm hearing.
That would suit nicely with the collapsing of duties they've been going on about.
Although that would create failures everywhere, every day, with absolutely no chance of clearing. It would appear to be master plan.

is back, in The Times.
Totally criticising Mr Thompson, and his handling of the IA situation.
As well as not pushing on with the post-covid opportunities for parcel growth and letter decline.
He basically says that he is out of his depth.
I never thought I'd agree with Mr Back, but there you have it.

@ casperdog.
Are you saying that it's okay to leave parcels anywhere in the vicinity of the address?
You do understand that door-stepping could be deemed as a dismissible offence within Royal Mail.

Getting away from the 3 psychopaths, Hitler, Putin and Ward.
I hear that the next ballot may contain a work to rule option.
I'm not sure how this will affect the daily operations though.

@ Broch.
""""In my experience most posties have a fair idea on where the truth and their best interest lie.""""

Apparently not. All posties are "TAF".
The unforgettable acronym coined by that great sage, Maximas1.

@ Anger.
The point wasn't lost on me.
It's your ridiculous reference to Hitler and Putin.

@ Anger
"""It’s how Hitler convinced thousands of people that invading Poland was the best thing for Germany. How putin has convinced thousands of people that invading Ukraine is the best thing for Russia. The term ‘brainwashing’ is a bit abstract but it’s probably appropriate here."""

And as soon as DW is finished with IDS, I'm sure he'll rally his troops, to try and take over Europe.
He may even open up some concentration camps for shareholders!!!

2 recommendations too. FFS.
We all have brains. We have all made a decision.

@ beatroot.
I think you may be wrong on the dividends front.
IDS will be paying a dividend out of the dwindling profits of GLS.
It's this that keeps the shareholders happy. And it's also the IDS trump card. P*ss of RM employees on all fronts.

@ Redpeg.
Let's be clear on one thing.
Any shareholder who is NOT an employee of RM, does not give a f**k about the service we provide, about the real workers t's and c's or whether or not we have jobs.
They are only concerned about their dividends, and the ever dwindling share price.

@ Redpeg.
My post was filled with sarcasm.
Higher level management cannot or do not want to see what is in front of their eyes.
I believe that the majority of offices are in a mess. Vacancies through the roof, and no hope of filling them. Collapsing of duties soon to be upon us. Speak to your route manager champion about this.
More work on each duty, and ultimately more failures.
The plus side? No annualised or flexi hours. Because then RM will owe us hours.

@ Scampthedog.
Fanciful thinking, but i really do not think think if GLS was to be listed separately, it would be a 50/50 split.
IDS is currently valued at £2 Billion. A value would be attributed to GLS, and this would determine how many shares would be given to each share held.
So, if GLS were to be valued at £500 Million, then for every 3 IDS shares held, 1 GLS share would be granted in the new listed company. IDS shares would fall proportionately. Value and shares in issue.
I could be wrong, but just joining in the conversation.
So, the overriding question is, what value do you or the market, put on GLS?