Here we go again, folks. Evri strikes again. As you all know, they removed my work without notice two to three months ago. Now, they’ve gone even lower. After agreeing for me to continue my service, they’ve reduced four of my five parcel bands by 72% without communicating with me. They allowed me to work a full month only to find out on invoice day when I was over £1000 down.

Basically, there are five bands (sizes) I cover: postable, small packet, packet, standard, and heavy/large. They’ve reduced all by 72% except heavy/large, which is around70% of my daily deliveries. I’ve been on the same rates for over eight years without an increase, and for them to reduce the rates after eight years is totally unacceptable.

After how costs have risen in that time, whoever is making these decisions needs to be investigated. And to do it without even telling the person it’s going to affect is really unprofessional and, to be honest, dam right disgusting.

I’ve spoken to many other couriers, and similar things have happened to them. This can really affect a family’s life, especially with the financial strain we’re all under in the UK today. I think the UK government should start an investigation into this type of thing.

Evri hit an astounding £119 million profit last year. Why would that surprise you when they’re taking from the little guys on the ground who go door to door, get bitten by dogs, take all the vehicle costs, breakdown fuel insurances, and so on? And if you’re unable to service through a breakdown, they expect you to rent a vehicle to deliver your parcels, so you earn nothing? They just squeeze the life out of you so they can show how big their profit margin is. This can’t be right in 2025. I would hate to think how many people suffer from their mental health because of the financials and the relentless pressure to service your round even when you’re ill, broken down, even admitted in hospital. This is a real big issue, especially when they threaten to remove your work if you can’t do it for whatever reason. Even a friend of mine who worked for them had parcels dropped on her mum’s front door step when she was dying because she rang and said couldn’t do the round that day How disgusting! The way they operate is unbelievable.

Please, please, please share and sign the petition. Let’s stop this happening to others.