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A supervisor stands up to the IE manager...and pays the price
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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 607105" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>Under <em>no</em> circumstances is our management allowed to dispatch an "underload".</p><p> </p><p>They<em> must</em> get the "planned" day up over 8 hrs on paper, even if it means dispatching a 10 hr day in the "real" world.</p><p> </p><p>The reality is irrelevant. The WOR is all that matters.</p><p> </p><p>If you want to maximize the number of stops per car while keeping the pressure on for increased production, the solution is simple; rig the allowance to not factor in necessary work such as sorting, then blame and harass the driver for not "following the methods" when he is unable to live up to the impossible expectations you have placed upon him.</p><p> </p><p>In order to stop the harassment and get the work done in a reasonable time, many drivers will just cave in an do this necessary work off of the clock....which is what the system was designed to accomplish in the first place.</p><p> </p><p>You claim that the system for measuring time was intended to be fair and realistic...yet according to UPS policy, once a time study has been done the results are chiseled in stone and they will <em>never </em>be corrected, no matter how far divorced from reality those results are. By definition, such a system is <em>not </em>designed to be fair or realistic. It is designed to maximize productivity, by any means necessary.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 607105, member: 14668"] Under [I]no[/I] circumstances is our management allowed to dispatch an "underload". They[I] must[/I] get the "planned" day up over 8 hrs on paper, even if it means dispatching a 10 hr day in the "real" world. The reality is irrelevant. The WOR is all that matters. If you want to maximize the number of stops per car while keeping the pressure on for increased production, the solution is simple; rig the allowance to not factor in necessary work such as sorting, then blame and harass the driver for not "following the methods" when he is unable to live up to the impossible expectations you have placed upon him. In order to stop the harassment and get the work done in a reasonable time, many drivers will just cave in an do this necessary work off of the clock....which is what the system was designed to accomplish in the first place. You claim that the system for measuring time was intended to be fair and realistic...yet according to UPS policy, once a time study has been done the results are chiseled in stone and they will [I]never [/I]be corrected, no matter how far divorced from reality those results are. By definition, such a system is [I]not [/I]designed to be fair or realistic. It is designed to maximize productivity, by any means necessary. [/QUOTE]
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