In Vladivostok, Delivery Club courier Oleg P. was suspended from work for refusing to work a 14-hour shift on the day of preparations for his mother's funeral. He told Novaya Gazeta about this.
Oleg P. Photo : social networks
Delivery Club, like many other companies providing delivery services, works through a contractor. In Vladivostok, the logistics contractor is ICL. It was with her employee that Oleg tried to arrange time off.
According to Oleg, when he needed to reschedule his shift, he called the ICL operator and explained the reason. Initially, he received permission to miss the work day, but soon his supervisor Ksenia called him and said that he was «fired».
“The operator told me that I can shoot without adjustments if there is a good reason. Then the supervisor Ksenia calls me screaming and says “everyone, goodbye, turn in the form, you were fired,” Oleg said.
“This is a disruption of the shift. The company lost money on you,”
he quotes the supervisor.
The interlocutor of «Novaya» said that he had previously taken shifts of 14 hours, but later quit and took a break from work. When he was reinstated, he said that he was ready to go only to shorter shifts, but the supervisor Ksenia replied that she «does not care.»
Screenshot: Courier Trade Union
To resolve the conflict, Novaya's interlocutor wanted to communicate directly with the Delivery Club, but Ksenia «forbade» him to do so. According to Oleg, she demanded to communicate claims and requests through ICL employees.
At the same time, Ksenia allegedly told Oleg that “nothing would happen” to him for trying to cancel his shift. However, later in his account he saw a fine of 900 rubles. Now Oleg is blocked in the application and cannot go to work.
Supervisor Xenia herself refused to comment on what happened, and her employer ICL has not yet responded to Novaya's request.
In the Delivery Club, when asked by Novaya to comment on the situation, they replied that the couriers themselves form their own schedule, and therefore “such a conversation with a representative of the company is impossible.”
“This courier works in a logistics [ICL], which is our contractor in Vladivostok. We have already asked the company to verify this information. Once again, we note that we did not incentivize this courier to take long slots and leave on an inconvenient day for him, and we also consider his circumstances valid for interrupting an already scheduled slot, ”the message says.