Page 11 | To think WTF is going on with Royal Mail?

Banjoman · 14/12/2022 15:57

MistyGreenAndBlue · 14/12/2022 14:05

I'm afraid I'm out of sympathy for them now

Maybe this time they do have legitimate grievances, but it just seems as if they do this every couple of years at least.
Fed up of them now. The service is pretty sub par even when they AREN'T on bloody strike.

The last strikes were 11 years ago, god only knows where you are getting every couple of years from!

Justcheckingimnotmad · 14/12/2022 17:50

I hope you all realise that these other delivery companies dump their non cost effective mail on Royal Mail because they HAVE to deliver. So if we get rid of Royal Mail as some of you are hoping for we will not have a mail service.

Tessabelle74 · 14/12/2022 17:53

Seriously? Do you live in the woods only venturing forth to post on Mumsnet periodically?

DailyMailReporterTellMeAllYourSecrets · 14/12/2022 17:56

Thecrackineverything · 13/12/2022 12:33

We are not receiving any parcels at all. Evri is apparently no longer delivering, which is tricky seeing as every retailer in the country appears to be using them.

They’ve had something of mine since 4th December. The retailer said I can’t have my money back until this Friday at the earliest which I’m fuming about. No coat and down £120 currently.

angela99999 · 14/12/2022 18:00

Our post is a bit better than it was two weeks ago but honestly I think they are cutting their own throats. Am I the only one who isn't bothering to send Christmas cards this year? I'm planning to hand-deliver locally but will phone people further away. I may never bother with Christmas cards again!
And I've bought all my presents online, but only from companies who use couriers or Click and Collect. It isn't exactly cheap to send a parcel by Royal Mail and I think that people will simply stop using them.

angela99999 · 14/12/2022 18:04

Florenz · 14/12/2022 08:59

If people don't have any confidence in the service, they aren't going to keep buying stamps and sending Christmas cards.

You're right and I'd imagine it will be a big loss of income. If I have legal documents or something that I really need to post I use "Signed For" now, otherwise I email. Do they not see that they're destroying their jobs?

Pelsall116 · 14/12/2022 18:06

Striking Rotal Mail workers are selling their own jobs up the river. Many businesses who use them for parcels and the like will go elsewhere, firms will turn increasingly to electronic communication from letters = less demand - fewer jobs. They will have nobody but themselves to blame

Fluff3 · 14/12/2022 18:11

My husband works for the Royal Mail, the CEO has told the postpeople not to deliver any cards, letters, bills or hospital appointments untill February. They have been told to deliver parcels only. Any post person caught doing so faces dispilinary action. The Royal Mail then want to blame the strikes, blamming the posties for non delivery of mail. The posties have also been told that any member of staff who leaks this infomation out, will be sacked on the spot. The post people dont agree with this, but fear for their jobs.

ilovechocolate07 · 14/12/2022 18:18

I do agree with the principle but I feelthat a lot of online businesses will lose out. I'm still waiting for clothing I ordered and has been at the mail centre for a week. If it doesn't arrive by Fri for my Xmas do then it's going back.

anaconda1831 · 14/12/2022 18:19

proper bad management of the company treating their staff terribly and customers worse - used to be a public service now it’s just about profit, fair play to the strikers standing up for themselves

Wonderfulstuff · 14/12/2022 18:30

Unfortunately since being privatised RM have been treating their employees like sh£t. I support the strikes but management should have engaged with the unions and prevented it from getting this far. Truly believe they are shooting themselves in the foot - especially with the upcoming changes to stamps.

Patricia333 · 14/12/2022 18:33

Want to know what happens to delayed mail?
It takes the pretty route.
Card posted first class in a small village in the middle of Kent on Tuesday 29 November - destination Peterborough.
Arrived over a week later on Thursday 8 December with a postmark/franking date of "Portsmouth 7 December 14.00.”
Who took it unfranked to Portsmouth? Did they walk?
Hats off to Royal Mail getting it from Portsmouth to Peterborough in less than 24 hours?

lieselotte · 14/12/2022 18:35

The last strikes were 11 years ago, god only knows where you are getting every couple of years from

The service has been incredibly poor over the last couple of years, so it probably feels as if they've been on strike. We think they save up the post for certain roads and then deliver in a pile on one or two days a week. There's no way they come round every day, and that was before these strikes started. Firstly it's not normal to get a pile one day and nothing for other 3-4 days afterwards, and we don't see them going to other houses. I realise covid has played a part, but surely people aren't still having loads of time off with it?

lieselotte · 14/12/2022 18:35

Wonderfulstuff · 14/12/2022 18:30

Unfortunately since being privatised RM have been treating their employees like sh£t. I support the strikes but management should have engaged with the unions and prevented it from getting this far. Truly believe they are shooting themselves in the foot - especially with the upcoming changes to stamps.

Totally agree with this, including your last section. I have no idea how deciding stamps are no longer valid when they were bought in good faith is even lawful.

lieselotte · 14/12/2022 18:37

Fluff3 · 14/12/2022 18:11

My husband works for the Royal Mail, the CEO has told the postpeople not to deliver any cards, letters, bills or hospital appointments untill February. They have been told to deliver parcels only. Any post person caught doing so faces dispilinary action. The Royal Mail then want to blame the strikes, blamming the posties for non delivery of mail. The posties have also been told that any member of staff who leaks this infomation out, will be sacked on the spot. The post people dont agree with this, but fear for their jobs.

This was in the Times as well (I think). But we have had letters and cards, so clearly quite a few posties are ignoring it.

I know they want to stop Saturday deliveries (I disagree they should be able to) so are probably using this as an excuse to try to show that if people can last until February without mail, they can last two days. Well it doesn't work like that.

girlmom21 · 14/12/2022 18:38

Fluff3 · 14/12/2022 18:11

My husband works for the Royal Mail, the CEO has told the postpeople not to deliver any cards, letters, bills or hospital appointments untill February. They have been told to deliver parcels only. Any post person caught doing so faces dispilinary action. The Royal Mail then want to blame the strikes, blamming the posties for non delivery of mail. The posties have also been told that any member of staff who leaks this infomation out, will be sacked on the spot. The post people dont agree with this, but fear for their jobs.

If this was true why would you be silly enough to post about it online and risk your husbands job?

It's nonsense. Letters and cards are being delivered.

Banjoman · 14/12/2022 18:39

lieselotte · 14/12/2022 18:35

The last strikes were 11 years ago, god only knows where you are getting every couple of years from

The service has been incredibly poor over the last couple of years, so it probably feels as if they've been on strike. We think they save up the post for certain roads and then deliver in a pile on one or two days a week. There's no way they come round every day, and that was before these strikes started. Firstly it's not normal to get a pile one day and nothing for other 3-4 days afterwards, and we don't see them going to other houses. I realise covid has played a part, but surely people aren't still having loads of time off with it?

What’s your relevance to my quote about when the last strike was? I was showing the PPs ignorance, not asking opinions jobs on the service in the past couple of years?

why did you use my quote?

HollyDollyChristmas · 14/12/2022 18:43

MistyGreenAndBlue · 14/12/2022 14:05

I'm afraid I'm out of sympathy for them now

Maybe this time they do have legitimate grievances, but it just seems as if they do this every couple of years at least.
Fed up of them now. The service is pretty sub par even when they AREN'T on bloody strike.

i know time flies but that as the last strike was 2009 I think your couple of years is slightly off.

NinjaWarriorCooker · 14/12/2022 18:45

girlmom21 · 14/12/2022 18:38

If this was true why would you be silly enough to post about it online and risk your husbands job?

It's nonsense. Letters and cards are being delivered.

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😂 yeah it’s really identifying! They’ll certainly track that postie down and sack him! I bet ST has got his spies out already 🙄!

girlmom21 · 14/12/2022 18:48

Would you really take the risk though @NinjaWarriorCooker?

NinjaWarriorCooker · 14/12/2022 18:54

girlmom21 · 14/12/2022 18:48

Would you really take the risk though @NinjaWarriorCooker?

I second my DB is a postie and agree it’s the same. We have freedom of speech in this country.

Could you run through how you’re going to identify my DH?

I’d be really interested to understand this?

venus7 · 14/12/2022 18:57

WorriedandScared93 · 13/12/2022 12:32

What is the actual point of them anymore? I sent a small parcel 1st class 2 weeks ago and it's still not arrived...

The actual point is to preserve a delivery service which isn't part of the gig economy, pays workers a fair wage, and doesn't condone leaving valuable items on a doorstep/in a bin/at a completely different address.
That's the point of Royal Mail.

Prescottdanni123 · 14/12/2022 18:58

I did some online xmas shopping for me and my dad a few weeks ago. All of my dad's arrived within two days. None of mine have 😡

whynotwhatknot · 14/12/2022 18:58

im all for strkining for your rights but ive go medication due t come through royal mail and all they can say is sorry for the delay

what happens if i run out the doctors have already issued the prescription

Prescottdanni123 · 14/12/2022 18:59

@venus7

I lose sympathy with them when the people that they are hurting are innocent, and they are negatively effecting people's Christmases, losing money for businesses that are already struggling etc.