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Aggressively accused of stealing time, UPS hasnt figured out the morale thing either
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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 990975" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p><strong>Re: Aggresively accused of stealing time, UPS hasnt figured out the morale thing eith</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>No. This simply puts a BandAid over the underlying problem. <strong>Do not "code" any time out unless specifically instructed to do so by management</strong>. The time spent sorting is <em>on road </em>time, it is a <em>necessary function </em>of the delivery job, and if they dont like the fact that you have to sort through the mess/ look for misloads etc then they can take whatever steps are needed to<em> solve </em>that problem.</p><p></p><p>You need to file a grievance on the issue of being instructed to operate the vehicle off of the clock. Lunch starts when the vehicle is parked and secured at a suitable location i.e. one with a public restroom as close as is reasonably possible to your delivery trace. It does NOT start at the moment you hit stop complete. Your center manager just got himself a new Telematics toy and he wants to play with it. He is just trying to screw you and your fellow drivers out of a few minutes of pay. Do the math, if he can screw 20 drivers out of 3 minutes each, that is an hour of OT per day that no longer shows up on his report. That runs out to 5 hrs per week, or 20-25 hours per month. The net result is the same as laying a driver off for 3 or 4 days per month, which is money in his pocket. Dont play his game. This crap happens at every location when Telematics is first implemented, the sooner you nip it in the bud and get your management team straightened out the better off everybody will be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 990975, member: 14668"] [b]Re: Aggresively accused of stealing time, UPS hasnt figured out the morale thing eith[/b] No. This simply puts a BandAid over the underlying problem. [B]Do not "code" any time out unless specifically instructed to do so by management[/B]. The time spent sorting is [I]on road [/I]time, it is a [I]necessary function [/I]of the delivery job, and if they dont like the fact that you have to sort through the mess/ look for misloads etc then they can take whatever steps are needed to[I] solve [/I]that problem. You need to file a grievance on the issue of being instructed to operate the vehicle off of the clock. Lunch starts when the vehicle is parked and secured at a suitable location i.e. one with a public restroom as close as is reasonably possible to your delivery trace. It does NOT start at the moment you hit stop complete. Your center manager just got himself a new Telematics toy and he wants to play with it. He is just trying to screw you and your fellow drivers out of a few minutes of pay. Do the math, if he can screw 20 drivers out of 3 minutes each, that is an hour of OT per day that no longer shows up on his report. That runs out to 5 hrs per week, or 20-25 hours per month. The net result is the same as laying a driver off for 3 or 4 days per month, which is money in his pocket. Dont play his game. This crap happens at every location when Telematics is first implemented, the sooner you nip it in the bud and get your management team straightened out the better off everybody will be. [/QUOTE]
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