£30 k for job cull

Union boss slams Royal Mail bonus plans

ROYAL Mail has been branded “obscene” for offering managers bonuses of up to £30,000 to help deliver a brutal wave of job cuts.

Documents seen by the Mirror reveal the privatised postal giant is preparing to reward staff overseeing a scheme of shift rejigs and redundancies.

It comes as the Communication Workers Union strikes over pay and controversial reforms.

The papers spell out that the “revision programme” could pay 3,000 managers on top of annual bonuses. Royal Mail admits middle managers, making up the bulk, could get £2,250 – but the most senior staff could bag up to £30,000. CWU general Our coverage secretary Dave Ward said: “This is a kick in the teeth. When thousands of posties are using foodbanks or wondering how they’ll feed their kids and heat their homes this winter, Royal Mail is offering managers financial incentives to degrade workers’ conditions and break their spirit. It is obscene.”

The Mirror has heard of deliveries stacking up in depots amid a wave of strikes by 115,000 postal staff. And we revealed last week how Royal Mail had paid out £1.9billion to shareholders since privatisation.

A source said the £30,000 bonuses related to a handful of senior directors and all payments are performancerelated. A Royal Mail spokesman said: “We have seen volumes reduce as a direct impact of industrial action and the wider economic environment.

“This programme of revisions will help make our business more efficient and as a result a one-off discretionary bonus has been developed for staff responsible for successful delivery.”