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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 865937" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>You have to find a way to adopt the mental attitude that, when push comes to shove, you can make your management team more miserable than they can make you.</p><p></p><p>If they turn up the heat...you need to turn it up even <em>hotter</em>.</p><p></p><p>They do what <em>they</em> do because they are physically and mentally incapable of doing what <em>we</em> do. There is a reason they are so scared and desperate. We have job security and a union contract. They dont. <em>They</em> are the ones going out on stress leave, or getting involuntarily transfrerred or demoted or just plain whacked for failing to generate numbers.</p><p></p><p>Knowledge is power. Know your contract. Do some research and find out exactly how many drivers have been fired and had those terminations upheld <em>solely</em> over production issues. What you will find is that the ones who ultimately did get fired brought it upon themselves by cheating or cutting corners in order to meet the impossible expectations that were being placed upon them.</p><p></p><p>When I get followed or spied upon or questioned about production....I choose not to get angry. Instead, I choose to have sympathy for the poor schmuck who is so scared and desperate to justify his <em>own</em> job that he must resort to following me around while I do mine. I can at least take pride in the fact that, unlike him, I actually make a meaningful contribution to the success of my company.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 865937, member: 14668"] You have to find a way to adopt the mental attitude that, when push comes to shove, you can make your management team more miserable than they can make you. If they turn up the heat...you need to turn it up even [I]hotter[/I]. They do what [I]they[/I] do because they are physically and mentally incapable of doing what [I]we[/I] do. There is a reason they are so scared and desperate. We have job security and a union contract. They dont. [I]They[/I] are the ones going out on stress leave, or getting involuntarily transfrerred or demoted or just plain whacked for failing to generate numbers. Knowledge is power. Know your contract. Do some research and find out exactly how many drivers have been fired and had those terminations upheld [I]solely[/I] over production issues. What you will find is that the ones who ultimately did get fired brought it upon themselves by cheating or cutting corners in order to meet the impossible expectations that were being placed upon them. When I get followed or spied upon or questioned about production....I choose not to get angry. Instead, I choose to have sympathy for the poor schmuck who is so scared and desperate to justify his [I]own[/I] job that he must resort to following me around while I do mine. I can at least take pride in the fact that, unlike him, I actually make a meaningful contribution to the success of my company. [/QUOTE]
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