Daily Post.

[Broccers]

I dont know how badly others have been affected by the shake up of the Royal Mail but we're suffering.

We used to get a delivery between 7.30 - 8.00 am with no second post. The past 3 weeks have been circa 10.30 and recently its been midday (I'm still to receive todays)

I have phoned to complain and theres a message explaining they are having teething difficulties merging 1st and second posts into one. If it isnt bad enough them putting prices up their service is utterly unreliable.

Is this a global problem?

>>> Edited by Broccers on Friday 16th April 12:01

[Dontlift]

yep

[Broccers]

Oh good I feel better now

It arrived eventually at 12.25, the package I was expecting, which was mailed first class on Wednesday, didnt.

Pathetic.

[rmhodv]

Yeah, same here. If the post arrived by 11am that's a good day.

[agent006]

Ther has been a strike in oxford area far a while now, so there are lots of big piles of post hidden in managers' filing cabinets waiting to be sorted.

[thepeoplespal]

The Post is certainly going to get a whole lot worse in the next few years, as any of the managers with an ounce of ability have taken up extremely generous redundancy packages.

Other than Postmen and Delivery Office managers, as far as I know there are no longer any experienced planning managers left in the business. Think it is something to do with Crozier and Leighton trying to make a quick buck (ok £400 million) by reducing the business by 3000 managers regardless of whether those people are essential to running the business or not. (That 2500 managers of the 3000 could be lost without any adverse effect on the business does not excuse getting rid of the other 500 highly skilled and needed ones.)

My advice is to complain to your MP and the Postal Regulator, you are not going to get any movement from Royal Mail, although it is always worthwhile writing to the boys at the top rather than the local office.

[Davel]

I asked Joe the postie if he was late for today or early for tomorrow?

We know him well so he took it on the chin and had a cup of tea.....

[Plotloss]

Didnt the concept of a second post disappear in the 80's?

[Eric Mc]

As usual - a functioning operation that we took for granted for 150 years is being destroyed on the altar of "competition".

In five years time we will have the postal service of a third world country.

>> Edited by Eric Mc on Tuesday 27th April 15:03