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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 790468" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>In past years I have ignored whatever arbitrary limits were placed upon my helpers hours and gone ahead and made the best business decision that I could based upon whatever issues and variables happened to occur. No one ever said anything to me and I never got in trouble. I have more important things to worry about during a 60 hour peak season work week than meeting irrelevant quotas.</p><p> </p><p>I refuse to "abuse" my helper. If the guy has spent 2 hours riding public transportion or burned $10 worth of gas to get out to the route and he is on time with a good attitude and willing to work, I will make sure he gets a <em>minimum</em> of 4 hours. To do otherwise is to risk having the guy get fed up and quit on me when I need him the most. These people are making minimum wage and it is morally wrong to nickle-and-dime them to death with 2.5 hour shifts.</p><p> </p><p>This year, our management has made the intelligent decison <em><strong>not</strong></em> to try and micromanage an exact number of helper hours for 100 drivers. <strong>We have been instructed to use common sense and make good business decisions so that the packages get delivered. </strong>I'm sure some cubicle dweller in Atlanta is probably getting his shorts in a knot over it, but out here in the real world its working pretty damn well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 790468, member: 14668"] In past years I have ignored whatever arbitrary limits were placed upon my helpers hours and gone ahead and made the best business decision that I could based upon whatever issues and variables happened to occur. No one ever said anything to me and I never got in trouble. I have more important things to worry about during a 60 hour peak season work week than meeting irrelevant quotas. I refuse to "abuse" my helper. If the guy has spent 2 hours riding public transportion or burned $10 worth of gas to get out to the route and he is on time with a good attitude and willing to work, I will make sure he gets a [I]minimum[/I] of 4 hours. To do otherwise is to risk having the guy get fed up and quit on me when I need him the most. These people are making minimum wage and it is morally wrong to nickle-and-dime them to death with 2.5 hour shifts. This year, our management has made the intelligent decison [I][B]not[/B][/I] to try and micromanage an exact number of helper hours for 100 drivers. [B]We have been instructed to use common sense and make good business decisions so that the packages get delivered. [/B]I'm sure some cubicle dweller in Atlanta is probably getting his shorts in a knot over it, but out here in the real world its working pretty damn well. [/QUOTE]
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