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<blockquote data-quote="brownIEman" data-source="post: 791117" data-attributes="member: 14596"><p>I think you misunderstand that number, which again from my experience would likely come from the fact that you center management or others has not explained it. (which again from experience I would ascribe to them not really understanding it either, but that is another conversation). The number is not "invented" as you put it from whole cloth. It is a calculation based on your own demonstrated SPORH, adding in a helper efficiency value and the actual number of stops planned to your route that day. It is intended to show how many hours using the helper at their planned production efficiency will allow you to get your stops done in a set number of hours (usually starting at 9.5 but then moving to 10 or 11 by peak day). </p><p></p><p>And it should be treated as a guideline. If the factors of your day change, like number of stops increasing as you take work of another driver, the helper hour allowance obviously also goes up. It is a tool to try to keep efficiency of helper use in mind so it does not become a free for all social thing as I described earlier. Unfortunately, if the conversations do not happen, inevitably, those abuses occur, and they get worse the less the conversations there are about helper hours. Again, from my experience.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>As loath as I am to sound cynical I am going to do it anyway. I hope the majority of drivers in your center take the attitude you do about spending UPS' money in the absence of management looking closely at helper utilization. Based on my experiences, I would be willing to bet that some of them are abusing the power you have been given. I believe unreservedly that you are not aware of any, but there is not really any reason as part of your role as a driver that you would be. I would bet you do not make a habit of spying on your fellow drivers, and I would also bet those who are abusing the system intentionally or just by making poor choices with good intentions are not going to be shouting about it at the PCMs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brownIEman, post: 791117, member: 14596"] I think you misunderstand that number, which again from my experience would likely come from the fact that you center management or others has not explained it. (which again from experience I would ascribe to them not really understanding it either, but that is another conversation). The number is not "invented" as you put it from whole cloth. It is a calculation based on your own demonstrated SPORH, adding in a helper efficiency value and the actual number of stops planned to your route that day. It is intended to show how many hours using the helper at their planned production efficiency will allow you to get your stops done in a set number of hours (usually starting at 9.5 but then moving to 10 or 11 by peak day). And it should be treated as a guideline. If the factors of your day change, like number of stops increasing as you take work of another driver, the helper hour allowance obviously also goes up. It is a tool to try to keep efficiency of helper use in mind so it does not become a free for all social thing as I described earlier. Unfortunately, if the conversations do not happen, inevitably, those abuses occur, and they get worse the less the conversations there are about helper hours. Again, from my experience. As loath as I am to sound cynical I am going to do it anyway. I hope the majority of drivers in your center take the attitude you do about spending UPS' money in the absence of management looking closely at helper utilization. Based on my experiences, I would be willing to bet that some of them are abusing the power you have been given. I believe unreservedly that you are not aware of any, but there is not really any reason as part of your role as a driver that you would be. I would bet you do not make a habit of spying on your fellow drivers, and I would also bet those who are abusing the system intentionally or just by making poor choices with good intentions are not going to be shouting about it at the PCMs. [/QUOTE]
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