Australia Post putting off about 900 workers

[lowanacrafts]

Just heard this morning that AP are puting off about 900 workers , mainly in Sydney and Melbourne,

And also going to cut down normal delivery to 2-3 times a week.

Now items will take longer to get delivered, if not express.  not sure when this will start,  but thats 900 less jobs.

Not surprising though, they are getting worse. I had heard rumours from my local country store.

I live in the country, and still lucky enough to get mail every day. But only post 3 times a week, as my postie can't take any mail.

Having a lovely break at the moment, no sellers stress, but back to selling next week.

[harley_babes_hoard]

No Australia post still have to win approval to change government regulations on the 2-3 day delivery. So it's still in the pipelines so far.

[harley_babes_hoard]

It's funny when 6 day a week parcel delivery service was announced only a month ago.
http://auspost.com.au/about-us/extended-delivery-services.html

[harley_babes_hoard]

It's funny when a 6 day a week parcel delivery was announced only a month ago.

http://auspost.com.au/about-us/extended-delivery-services.html

[phonebite]

Isn't the process becomming more automated anyways? Meaning mail sorting and all that jazz becomes obsolete as time improves?

I'm impress of how effective the automatic address readers are these days that can even read the **bleep**pist writing there is.

[harley_babes_hoard]

No doubt, which is why they have parcel lockers and now My Digital Mailbox.

Yet parcel deliveries are going to increase to 6 days a week at the end of the year.

Australia Post to deliver 6 days a week & launches digital mail offering

12 May 2014

Australia Post will deliver parcels on Saturdays and extend guaranteed next-day Express Post letter and satchel delivery to households six days a week from the end of the year. In addition, Australia Post corporate outlets will also open on Saturdays nationwide.

Australia Post provides six-day service during the Christmas period and from this year these will be accessible all-year-round.

"The extension of weekend trading is a direct response to customer demand. Our customers have told us that they would like to see more services from us and this is the next step in growing our offering to meet those expectations," said Australia Post Managing Director & CEO Ahmed Fahour.

"In addition to six days a week access to home delivery and stores, Australia Post has free access to online shopping Parcel Lockers that are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week across Australia in over 160 locations.

[clarry100]

Well we have seen a dramatic decline in service quality over this past month or so.

Most of our items go out by large letters.

Up until about a month ago the AP loss rate on these was about 1 in every 500 we mailed out. Kind of acceptable to us!

Just in this past month or so that rate has suddenly gone up to around 1 in every 100 mailed out. Huge increase. Now unacceptable to us! About 60% of those losses are to QLD addresses.

Something has changed in AP's QLD delivery system recently.

[twyngwyn]

Agree....I have had 4 large letter losses since January & ALL to QLD 😞

[tonalidesigns]

Ditto we have had four lost large letters this year 3 to qld. We usually only have 1 or 2 a year. We send around 50 letter rate articles a month.

Not too fussed about the three delivery days instead of 5, as long as it is only on letters. 

[cherry*135]

Parcel delivery days are going to increase, as the amount if parcels being sent are increasing in number, not declining hugely like letters.

Not good for the workers who will lose their jobs.