The Royal Mail
Ah, the Royal Mail; a nice safe topic, you might think. Shocking abandonment of the second delivery, post arriving later and later, ad infinitum, ad nauseam...
My memory was jolted by this little story of an Aberdeenshire postie.
A little while ago, the Royal Mail announced record profits with the chief executive, Adam Crozier, receiving a £2.2 million pound bonus. The MSM was outraged, the howls of protests citing the swathe of job cuts, and a recent audit showing that the cpmapny was still managing to lose some 14.4 million items a year. What was not made so much of was that staff, including the posties themselves, were to receive a bonus of £1,074 each.
Now why should this be so contentious? It seems to me that the guy who was employed to run the Mail, and who transformed the company from losing £1.5 million a day to making £2 million, deserves his bonus. He has done his job and done it pretty well, I would say.
However, these workers getting a grand as a bonus: now, if the Mail is losing 14.4 million items a year, can anyone tell me where they are going? Who actually handles these items? Is it Mr Crozier? No. Is it the postal workers? Yes. Where then, are these items going to? Well, now we know, don't we? Because this isn't the first such case. Now, if you are going to make a fuss about bonuses, let's evaluate the situation.
Mr Crozier: turns the company round and therefore does his job. Bonus deserved.
Postal workers: not only losing 14.4 million items a year, but also having to be bribed to actually turn up for work. Bonus deserved?
Me? I'd say not. But then, I'm harsh like that...
My memory was jolted by this little story of an Aberdeenshire postie.
An Aberdeen postman who stole hundreds of parcels has escaped a jail sentence.
James Stewart dumped the mail in black wheelie bins outside his house because he wanted to finish his rounds quickly.
His bosses at Royal Mail became suspicious after several people on his Hallfield Road round complained about missing post.
The 25-year-old immediately confessed to the theft of almost 900 packages during August and September last year. He was sacked after an investigation.
A little while ago, the Royal Mail announced record profits with the chief executive, Adam Crozier, receiving a £2.2 million pound bonus. The MSM was outraged, the howls of protests citing the swathe of job cuts, and a recent audit showing that the cpmapny was still managing to lose some 14.4 million items a year. What was not made so much of was that staff, including the posties themselves, were to receive a bonus of £1,074 each.
Now why should this be so contentious? It seems to me that the guy who was employed to run the Mail, and who transformed the company from losing £1.5 million a day to making £2 million, deserves his bonus. He has done his job and done it pretty well, I would say.
However, these workers getting a grand as a bonus: now, if the Mail is losing 14.4 million items a year, can anyone tell me where they are going? Who actually handles these items? Is it Mr Crozier? No. Is it the postal workers? Yes. Where then, are these items going to? Well, now we know, don't we? Because this isn't the first such case. Now, if you are going to make a fuss about bonuses, let's evaluate the situation.
Mr Crozier: turns the company round and therefore does his job. Bonus deserved.
Postal workers: not only losing 14.4 million items a year, but also having to be bribed to actually turn up for work. Bonus deserved?
Me? I'd say not. But then, I'm harsh like that...
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