Employers ban parcel deliveries at work as online shopping soars

A number of British employers have now decided to ban staff from receiving personal mail delivered to the workplace.

The move comes as more and more UK employees are taking to online shopping, meaning that mail rooms cannot cope under the strain of personal packages. HSBC, JP Morgan and Citi are amongst some of the more prominent London based offices which have instigated the ban.

However, longer working hours and restricted delivery times mean that many workers have no choice but to have their post delivered to their work or face missing their parcels all together.

Matt Maer, Director of Group Security at Canary Wharf Group, explained the issue, claiming: “One Canada Square alone receives 450 deliveries every 24 hours, and 11,000 parcels or letters are delivered every month.