post office to cut 16,000 jobs?

The_White_Horse

so I heard on the news

tomstickland

What news?

tomstickland

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article5672522.ece
Royal Mail looks to shed 16,000 jobs as it aims to cut costs

mvengemvenge

tomstickland wrote: »

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article5672522.ece
Royal Mail looks to shed 16,000 jobs as it aims to cut costs

Looks like I need to buy some pigeons...

baby_boomer

So the Post Office won't be shedding jobs.

mazza111

Got one of the bog standard letters yesterday, asking me if I would consider voluntary redundancy. Not too worried, got one .when I had only been there a month too WATCH this space.

kurjam

where my partner works, they have been told it is likely to be processing staff (who stay indoors) not the postmen and women that deliver the post

Dylanwing

Question - What will be the cost to the UK, both socially and financially of losing these jobs? Once that is taken into account, is the saving really worth it? Will the increase in PO profit actually be greater than the cost to Government of losing these jobs? Would a greater saving be made by sacking Leighton and Crozier and employing competent people on a more realistic salary? Or is it just a case of getting the Post Office ready for privatisation, so that we can all pay more for a significantly worse service, with all savings being passed to TNT(?) Execs by way of bonusses - No doubt also exempt from UK tax?
Sounds like another of Gordons great deals for the taxpayer!

kurjam

at the end of the day more job losses, means more people on the unemployed list, which means them that keep there jobs will end up paying more tax in the end..... leighton is actually going at the end of march, being replaced by some new bloke... and crozier wants getting rid of, he had huge bonus / salary this year, maybe they should look in there own wage packets to the make the cuts

PasturesNew

They'll end up building a big wall of postboxes - and make you pay to rent them. And make you pay to go in and collect your mail from your mail box.

A robot system will sort the mail and drop it into the mailboxes from behind, using conveyors and a quick air blast to knock any one letter for you off the conveyor belt into your box.

Anybody not collecting their mail after 2 weeks will have an automated text sent to remind them, this will cost them £5 to receive.

custardy

expect more
yes mail centres are being 'streamlined' now
delivery offices have been taking the hits for years and it continues this year.
many offices including my own are being told to save X hours.
my own being a large office is being told we need to shed a further 500+ hours
RM are also downsizing the regional managers from 30 or so down to 12 IIRC.
this was just announced 2 days ago

there maybe trouble ahead........................