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Originally Posted by ZrByte
1. I said a way around it, not to ignore it.
2. Go into your nearest delivery office and ask to speak to a manager, You'll probably find after a moment or two talking to them why that wouldn't work.
3. Trying to, but RM want me to do the job another man is paid to do aswel for less pay (not even the same pay).
4. (a) Most of those millions may possibly have still had a job of they had a union (b) Already on it. Like many have already covered on this thread it's not that easy.
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I know 4(b) isn't easy, I've been in that position nearly 4 months now, and without 4(a) to rely on in the meantime. However, in reply to 3., I don't see why Royal Mail staff should be exempt from working the full shift they are being paid for.
I have found, in the long term, that your employment prospects - both in finding, and excelling at a job - are a lot better if you see the ability to generate and manage your workload as a positive attribute, rather than some unpardonable transgression of someone's demarcation line.
You know, I'm reminded of one of my dad's favourite stories of his days at sea as a marine engineer. He used to hate coming into port at Liverpool because certain mundane tasks, such as lifting deck plates to do maintenance, became the dockside boiler maker's job as soon as the vessel was moored up.
At sea, he could lift the plates, perform maintenance and replace them in minutes. In port, he had to wait (sometimes for hours) for some belligerent docker to come and do it for him. He couldn't do it himself, because it wasn't worth the risk of provoking a wildcat strike resulting in the dockers refusing to deal with the ship at all.
Thankfully those days are, for the most part, now little more than a shameful episode of our industrial history. Except in Royal Mail offices, it seems.