Royal Mail postal workers 'told by higher-ups to fake deliveries so bosses could keep their bonuses'
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A 'disturbing' claim has emerged that Royal Mail postal workers are being told by higher-ups to 'fake deliveries' so their bosses can hold onto bonuses. Lower-rung employees allege they have been ordered to record parcel deliveries as 'inaccessible' even if they were never attempted.
![[This would risk a number of parcels not coming in time for Christmas - with packages that contain other important items also failing to arrive]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/24/09/93451451-14223935-image-a-3_1735032598190.jpg)
This would risk a number of parcels not coming in time for Christmas - with packages that contain other important items also failing to arrive. The Telegraph reports several postal workers have come forward with the shocking revelations, some saying they had been asked 'three or four times' in the past month to comply.
![[Colleagues are allegedly often pushed into emptying their 'frame' - in other words, all the post assigned to them on shift]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/24/09/93451463-14223935-image-a-5_1735032662499.jpg)
Royal Mail insisted the claims were 'nonsense' when contacted by MailOnline. One worker claimed: 'I can’t honestly say I’d know what would happen if I refused to do it, as I never have. 'Obviously, it probably is unethical to do something like that, as it is dishonest – and the customer is expecting their parcel. I don’t feel comfortable doing it. There is a culture of greed from the managers, and they just care about their bonuses.'.
![[Justin Madders, minister for postal services, said: 'I am disturbed by these reports, and we urge the business to investigate and address these issues]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/24/09/93451455-14223935-image-m-6_1735032706769.jpg)
Another added the rural area for which he is responsible had '30 to 40 parcels' that there was not time to deliver at the end of the day with workers being told to scan these as 'inaccessible'. A 'disturbing' claim has emerged that Royal Mail postal workers are being told by higher-ups to 'fake deliveries' so their bosses can hold onto bonuses.
