Thread: Australia Post Cheap Contractors BAD MOVE! RANT

We let this crap happen and go by, we cop it sweet.
My thoughts would be that these indian types who cant be bothered doing a job properly should be quitely taken aside late at night and have their ass severly bruised and told that that is not the way we do things in this country and if they cant do it our way, get out of the game.
I fear tho that we have become brainwashed into submission, loosing our identity and becoming a nation of coppits.
Fortunately I dont have far to go now as this brave new world leaks me off.

PS: I still want to come back a hundred and fifty year ago and be a Drover or Boundry Rider.

=Stacks;1943741]I work as a postie for Aus post and in the last 5 years we have gone from never leaving mail behind to 5-6 thousand homes not being touched just at my delivery centre.

While the CEO rakes in 2.8 million last year [/quote]

When I started as a postie in 1985, the sorting & setting up system was primitive, but it worked. Each postie was responsible for the throwing off, setting up, & delivery of his run. Any mail, even one letter, bought back, without a good reason, meant a talk in the office with the Boss. Now, the system has, after many, many changes, " to make it more efficient", developed into a posties nightmare. Now, " slotters " sort mail into the posties frames before they get in, with the intention of having mail ready to be delivered when they do. Good in principle, just doesn't work. The " slotters", most if not all of whom have never delivered a letter, take very little care. Consequently, in a lot of cases, the mail is not in the correct delivery sequence. The postie has 3 choices, just deliver it anyway, & not get threatened with dismissal for taking ages on the run, [ the younger ones usually take this option, they need the job]. Go around in circles, deliver till it gets dark, try to do the right thing by the customer, [ the more experienced usually take this option, the manager can't bluff them, they are usually Union members] Or, do as a mate of mine did recently, bring back all mail not delivered after what he considered a reasonable time on the road, dump it on the Managers desk, and say " You deliver it", but not in those nice words. [ Over 20 years service, ready to retire]

The result? the manager saw the Team leader, and the most experienced "slotter" [an ex-postie] was permanently allotted to said mate. Is he happy. Not really, because of the shortage of posties [ off sick, left, etc] My mate has to deliver his run & most of another. Guess who is slotting the other? So, if your postie seems aggro, please cut them some slack. I have to say ,Managers are as frustrated as the workers, but , there is little they can do. Now I know how the saying from the USA, " going postal " , came about. Bob

Back in the sixty's I drove semi trailers on the mail runs down the Darling river and further west out of Bourke. We battled all conditions and breakdowns to keep the mail and supplies moving.
Wednesday was the only time I had at home and that day was used to service and maintain the truck.
I would do it all over again but those days are gone. The incentives, rewards and mateship are just not there anymore.
In this brave new world I have become a recluse.

I think the crap attitude set in many years ago when suddenly privatisation of government enterprises was first thought of.
Profit was the name of the game and bugger all else including the employees.
But saying that I used to drink with a postie years ago who wouldn't get off his bike for anything and wrote out the cards re parcel pick-up before he left the office to do the run.
And our postie for years constantly wrongly delivered our mail and others around us. We were always writing messages and redirecting mail and receiving mail with messages to the postie written on them usually calling him a blind bastard etc....
We complained many times and were told on one occasion that it was "because he's got new glasses"!
Luckily he went after about 5 years as nothing the bosses said to him made any difference at all.
New blokes not bad but I do see him racing up and down the road apparently trying to check addresses sometimes.
AlanH.

Since Armed Fahour became the CEO of Aust Post I have seen nothing but corporate greed. Lets face it why should Post make huge profits. Its a goverment corporation which provide a postal service to the citizen of Australia. (arguable) Last years profit was 288 million dollars after tax and the CEO is screwing everyone for more. Wouldn't keeping prices down and providing a good (read far better) service and making a profit just big enough to keep the bussiness growing be a better thing for everyone? He gets 2.8 million a year. He is not worth it. Thats more than the PM. Remember when the National Bank was closing branches everywhere a few years ago, well old mate Fahour had the reins there too. Watch out for disappering Post Offices.

Just saw this:

British government to sell off Royal Mail

Probably end up like Canada Post or Italy.

Bob

Here you go:

British government to sell off Royal Mail | News.com.au

How soon before customers of AP have to pay to get any mail delivered at all?

Originally Posted by ecn226

Since Armed Fahour became the CEO of Aust Post I have seen nothing but corporate greed. Lets face it why should Post make huge profits. Its a goverment corporation which provide a postal service to the citizen of Australia. (arguable) Last years profit was 288 million dollars after tax and the CEO is screwing everyone for more. Wouldn't keeping prices down and providing a good (read far better) service and making a profit just big enough to keep the bussiness growing be a better thing for everyone? He gets 2.8 million a year. He is not worth it. Thats more than the PM. Remember when the National Bank was closing branches everywhere a few years ago, well old mate Fahour had the reins there too. Watch out for disappering Post Offices.

They are already selling them , most PO's are privately owned . 3 out of the 4 post offices near me are owned by Indians