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A way to beat the 9.5 problem
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<blockquote data-quote="MD Dan" data-source="post: 578999" data-attributes="member: 14028"><p>Work using the METHODS, follow ALL of the safety procedures, and, if at 3 o'clock in the afternoon you don't see yourself getting in with at least 1/2 hour to spare, send the message that you MIGHT be over 9.5 . If you follow this procedure you are doing EXACTLY what management is asking you to do (If not exactly what they are hoping you will do). </p><p> Best I can tell the object of the 9.5 rule and attendant harassment is to get us to commit to delivering whatever is put on the truck withing that 9.5 hour time period. Then you will run, jump, etc, etc to do the job in the alloted time and if you get hurt or have an accident(things that UPS knows is a remote possibility) it will be your fault and you can be fired with cause, thereby negating the issue of unemployment payments to you. All of this sounds paranoid even to me but you must remember that UPS looks at everything on the national scale with several hundred thousand drivers in the equation. It is in the best financial interest of the company to play the odds in that sort of situation just as insurance companies use actuarial tables.</p><p> Follow the methods, follow the safety procedures and let you union steward know if anything is not completely kosher. In the LONG run it will be better for you AND UPS.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MD Dan, post: 578999, member: 14028"] Work using the METHODS, follow ALL of the safety procedures, and, if at 3 o'clock in the afternoon you don't see yourself getting in with at least 1/2 hour to spare, send the message that you MIGHT be over 9.5 . If you follow this procedure you are doing EXACTLY what management is asking you to do (If not exactly what they are hoping you will do). Best I can tell the object of the 9.5 rule and attendant harassment is to get us to commit to delivering whatever is put on the truck withing that 9.5 hour time period. Then you will run, jump, etc, etc to do the job in the alloted time and if you get hurt or have an accident(things that UPS knows is a remote possibility) it will be your fault and you can be fired with cause, thereby negating the issue of unemployment payments to you. All of this sounds paranoid even to me but you must remember that UPS looks at everything on the national scale with several hundred thousand drivers in the equation. It is in the best financial interest of the company to play the odds in that sort of situation just as insurance companies use actuarial tables. Follow the methods, follow the safety procedures and let you union steward know if anything is not completely kosher. In the LONG run it will be better for you AND UPS. [/QUOTE]
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