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<blockquote data-quote="Ricochet1a" data-source="post: 1135072" data-attributes="member: 22880"><p>Express' whole thing with the 60 minute break no matter what (when they decide to push it), is to try to get Couriers to do their route with 30 minutes LESS on the clock time.</p><p></p><p>The reasoning goes like this...</p><p></p><p>Management knows that most wage employees want to be off by a certain time - wage employees like to think they have a life after all. </p><p></p><p>If they are required to take a 60 minute break regardless, it 'motivates' the employee to work just a bit faster, in order to be off the clock at the time they were anticipating. </p><p></p><p>Goes like this: Courier expects to be off the clock by 3:30PM, they are hit with the requirement to take a full 60 minute UNPAID break, Courier knows that this will push them past 3:30PM to get off the clock if they run at their 'regular' pace, so Courier 'instantly' becomes more productive during the time they ARE on the clock - so they can make their 3:30PM anticipated clock out time.</p><p></p><p>This is the line of thought. By forcing more and more unpaid time during the day, the goal of Express is to make Couriers more productive during the time they are on the clock - so Express saves some money....</p><p></p><p>This 'requirement' only occurs when volumes are 'light' - when volumes are heavy, the requirement magically disappears. Since summer is the traditional 'slow' time in Express, look for mandatory breaks - EVEN IF you still wouldn't put more than 8 hours on the clock.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ricochet1a, post: 1135072, member: 22880"] Express' whole thing with the 60 minute break no matter what (when they decide to push it), is to try to get Couriers to do their route with 30 minutes LESS on the clock time. The reasoning goes like this... Management knows that most wage employees want to be off by a certain time - wage employees like to think they have a life after all. If they are required to take a 60 minute break regardless, it 'motivates' the employee to work just a bit faster, in order to be off the clock at the time they were anticipating. Goes like this: Courier expects to be off the clock by 3:30PM, they are hit with the requirement to take a full 60 minute UNPAID break, Courier knows that this will push them past 3:30PM to get off the clock if they run at their 'regular' pace, so Courier 'instantly' becomes more productive during the time they ARE on the clock - so they can make their 3:30PM anticipated clock out time. This is the line of thought. By forcing more and more unpaid time during the day, the goal of Express is to make Couriers more productive during the time they are on the clock - so Express saves some money.... This 'requirement' only occurs when volumes are 'light' - when volumes are heavy, the requirement magically disappears. Since summer is the traditional 'slow' time in Express, look for mandatory breaks - EVEN IF you still wouldn't put more than 8 hours on the clock. [/QUOTE]
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