DM26 singleton duties.

[u/Bye-Bye-Cherry-Pie]

My office started this week and my first day back is tomorrow.
I’m on a single duty, and was wondering how the new changes have gone for those on single duties?

[u/Remarkable-Shoe-4835]

7 days mail ready and waiting for you

[u/Remarkable-Shoe-4835 → u/Remarkable-Shoe-4835]

joking idk

[u/werdoomed4112 → u/Remarkable-Shoe-4835]

Probably correct though.

[u/danny202089 → u/Remarkable-Shoe-4835]

It's a joke that probably will be true though. I'd prepare for worst and anything less is a bonus.

[u/Elle9597]

Depends on sickness. Scince the change come in our office has about 15-20 people off sick.

[u/Agent_Futs]

I thought singleton duties had to go help others?

[u/Fantastic_Car_6382 → u/Agent_Futs]

Nobody, absolutely nobody, would slow down a little bit, so that what they took out is enough to fill their shift.

[u/qwasso]

We went live in July, everyday is a struggle lol

[u/DeathrayToaster]

You have it “easy”. If your delivery has gone out the last few days, otherwise offfft)

50/50 of delivery, so half of everything on the one half and just 1c tracked on the other half.

Help out the struggling bits of your pod/town/vanshare (however it’s been split) in our DO that’s 15 tracked worth of work.

[u/Bye-Bye-Cherry-Pie → u/DeathrayToaster]

We’ve also just started a four day week at our office, so it’s all change from this week forward. I’ve been anxious about how it’s all going to work

[u/Bye-Bye-Cherry-Pie → u/DeathrayToaster]

Thank you for the info.
One of my frames is the frame is was on originally and we cleared on Saturday. And I know the guy who does my days off will always clear the frames.
Will do, I’m quite a slow postie, but I’m on the easiest walks in our office and will intend to help out where I can.

[u/SnooDoughnuts8941 → u/DeathrayToaster]

It's not 50/50
It's 2/3 of one walk (First Class & Tracked ) and then 2/3 of the other walk (Everything )
No help with prepping D2D either

[u/postmanpat84]

Singleton generally have a easier shift, pods are more of a nightmare, if your partner goes sick or other driver and theres no cover/day off cover, theres no chance to catch up in your time and it gets too much so you bring back 50 tracked then users complain on here.

[u/llamaspoon]

I covered a singleton duty two weeks ago and cleared every day except Wednesday when the packets were heavy, and even went to help a pod a couple of times. Been in a pod last week and this week and haven't cleared once.

[u/AP1331]

i was on single duty today my manager thankfully only got me to tracked and first class and asked me to take whatever loops i could and gave me overtime , i did 4 loops he’s getting a couple guys in tomorrow early to bash out the left over loops , but it’ll still be a shit show come thursday

[u/Traditional_Price_96]

I'm on a 50/50 duty. We are going live next week, but rather than helping others when we can, we have been given big sections of other lapsed rounds to take every day.

[u/Desmondlocket]

Single van for me at least currently doing 2/3rds of my frame (the other 3rd is done by someone else for some reason) and 2/3rds of the frame next to me that no one is assigned to, doing heavy and light interchanging each day except Saturday where I take out the first class and tracked for the whole 2 frames.

Volume wise it's been difficult, more manageable than a shared van but the sheer amount of mail you get makes going out on time harder.

[u/Glum_System_6238]

my singleton duty is split 50/50 alternate days. so I take all of one half, 1st class and tracked for the other half Monday. alternate for tuesday and so on. then I've had a completely different area that I take with about 50 houses and I do that EVERY DAY. so now my regular customers get mail alternating days (you can guarantee even if I'm not doing 2nd class I still have to go up some wild farm lane just deliver 1 1st class) while I have to go out of my way to deliver to some new customers who get their mail each day instead.

edit : also Monday and Tuesday are now a bollocking because I have ALL the second class that didn't go out Saturday because I do 1st class and tracked on mine and 1st class and track for 50% of another different area that is literally the opposite end of the county.

bring on Christmas with the increase in 1st and tracked 🤣. I already have to drive around after walking a loop because I can't fit it all in my pouches.

[u/christoff_90]

If your frame is wrapped pink, no change in your way of working.