Royal Mail chief executive sparks fury - by asking postmen to deliver more ...

Royal Mail chief executive sparks fury - by asking postmen to deliver more ...
Royal Mail chief executive sparks fury - by asking postmen to deliver more ...
Royal Mail chief executive sparks fury – by asking postmen to deliver more letters Simon Thompson has asked employees to clear their offices of all mail every day  But one postman reacting to the communication described the letter as 'a joke' An attempt to re-plan routes for posties is due to be completed next month 

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The chief executive of Royal Mail has sparked fury – by asking postmen to deliver more letters.

In a bid to reduce postal delays, Simon Thompson has asked employees to muck in and clear their offices of all mail every day, if deliveries fall behind.

But reacting to the letter, one postman said: 'This is very frustrating. Our routes are hard work and the volumes of mail have been high since the start of the pandemic.

In a bid to reduce postal delays, Simon Thompson has asked employees to muck in and clear their offices of all mail every day, if deliveries fall behind

In a bid to reduce postal delays, Simon Thompson has asked employees to muck in and clear their offices of all mail every day, if deliveries fall behind

'We've been on the frontline delivering, risking getting Covid. To ask us to do more now is really dispiriting.' Another simply described the letter as 'a joke'. 

Postmen and women across Royal Mail's 1,200 delivery offices are each given a 'frame' – their round of letters and parcels sorted in order of delivery – covering a certain route. This can cover several hundred addresses.

Every delivery office has a series of frames, which are distributed among posties. 

Staff are expected to carry out additional deliveries if their workload is lower or if a colleague is off sick but Royal Mail is now asking its posties to routinely pick up any slack if colleagues fall behind.

In the letter to staff, seen by The Mail on Sunday, Mr

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