The previous chief govt of Royal Mail has criticised the present administration’s ‘confrontational’ method to its industrial dispute with postal staff.
Rico Again, who was in cost from 2018 to 2020, advised The Sunday Instances that the board had wasted time and ‘not executed correctly’.
Again mentioned the shortage of expertise of boss Simon Thompson each within the sector and as a frontrunner of a giant agency was a ‘poisonous combination’.
‘Confrontational’: Royal Mail is locked in a dispute with the Communication Staff Union leading to a sequence of strikes over Christmas
Royal Mail is locked in a dispute with the Communication Staff Union (CWU) leading to a sequence of strikes over Christmas.
The corporate, shedding £1m a day amid a decline in letter volumes and competitors within the parcels sector, is in search of modifications to working practices which the CWU is resisting. The union additionally rejected Royal Mail pay gives.
Again mentioned: ‘Posties perceive the necessity to change, nevertheless it must be accomplished in a social, pleasant approach. The board missed this chance and are on a extra confrontational path, which isn’t crucial.
‘Additionally, the chief govt has by no means run a giant firm and doesn’t have data of logistics… a poisonous combination.’
Again left after lower than two years amid controversy over his £6m ‘golden hiya’ – and his choice to proceed to dwell in Switzerland whereas boss of Royal Mail.
Thompson, who has been criticised by unions, was chief product officer at on-line grocer Ocado and held roles at Morrisons and HSBC.
