RE: But the USO is sacred! Blasphemy!24 Jan 2024 22:41
AngerSharkz, bearing in mind that RM are still working to the current USO, why would RM want to make mass redundancies when most postcode areas are running with a shortage of staff and are unable deliver to the current specification? In fact the current RM business model appears to be one of the options in the OFCOM document which is deliveries every other day.
So you don't believe that the point of reducing the USO is to reduce headcount? Really? If the USO goes from six days down to three days then technically that's a 50% labour cost saving as one postie could cover two rounds a week. Given that RM are probably 10% understaffed to optimal then a saving of around 40% of staff could be let go by various means but let's say 30% to be on the safe side. There are currently around 90,000 delivery postie's so 30% would be 27,000. The average wage without overtime is around £25k but the cost to business is around 20% extra as there are pension contributions (12%) and other associated costs such as training, uniform etc to be taken into account so let's say £30k cost to business. 27,000 staff at £30k is £820m which is the potential cost savings to be made.
The impact on parcels? Given that Evri are cheaper in virtually every department then Seidenberg needs to do some rethinking on the costings. In fact, an Evri tracked small parcel up to 1kg with compensation and two to three working days delivery is £2.94. A Royal Mail signed for 2nd class letter up to 250g with compensation and two to three working days delivery is £3.80.
Pauly is correct but because he (assuming Pauly identifies as male) is a RM employee then you reject his posts as one of a disgruntled postal worker. He doesn't post often but if you take a quick look back at his last ten posts then you will see that he has called the whole saga of the dispute correctly.
Anyway, I will expect the usual drivel from you just after 8am tomorrow when you get home from your night shift.
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