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<blockquote data-quote="Just Numbers" data-source="post: 543264" data-attributes="member: 22877"><p>Our preloaders don't have to think anymore. I am guessing that, in part, they are told not to think anymore. Go faster, wrap up earlier, less payroll. It's really to bad. They just throw the stops on the shelf without regard to where they end up. </p><p> </p><p>When I was preloading I took a lot of pride in making sure my drivers had as good a load as I could possibly give them. I took awhile to learn how to do that but I did learn. Now UPS makes sure that they never learn the finer techniques. And to what cost? I know EDD is supposed to be ALL, but it isn't and those that are setting up EDD aren't either.</p></blockquote><p></p><p>Sounds to me that you have pride in your job. Just remember you are comparing your work ethic to that of another, they are not always on the same standard. The part about go faster, less payroll is nothing new, it was the same way 35 yrs ago and if I owned a company I would probably do the same. There were many preloaders who had to use load charts, memorize and think when they loaded. The thinking part doesn't always happen so maybe I now see why we have this new technology. Anyway, at one time 3 of us drivers in the same loop were getting killed by our preloader. There came a point where we decided we couldn't take this anymore. We went up on the belt and told him we would give him 1 week to get his s..t together. If not we would put a "contract" out on him. The next week he quit, his replacement had the pride you mentioned and after the initial training period all was well. Guess we added to the turnover ratio.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Just Numbers, post: 543264, member: 22877"] Our preloaders don't have to think anymore. I am guessing that, in part, they are told not to think anymore. Go faster, wrap up earlier, less payroll. It's really to bad. They just throw the stops on the shelf without regard to where they end up. When I was preloading I took a lot of pride in making sure my drivers had as good a load as I could possibly give them. I took awhile to learn how to do that but I did learn. Now UPS makes sure that they never learn the finer techniques. And to what cost? I know EDD is supposed to be ALL, but it isn't and those that are setting up EDD aren't either.[/QUOTE] Sounds to me that you have pride in your job. Just remember you are comparing your work ethic to that of another, they are not always on the same standard. The part about go faster, less payroll is nothing new, it was the same way 35 yrs ago and if I owned a company I would probably do the same. There were many preloaders who had to use load charts, memorize and think when they loaded. The thinking part doesn't always happen so maybe I now see why we have this new technology. Anyway, at one time 3 of us drivers in the same loop were getting killed by our preloader. There came a point where we decided we couldn't take this anymore. We went up on the belt and told him we would give him 1 week to get his s..t together. If not we would put a "contract" out on him. The next week he quit, his replacement had the pride you mentioned and after the initial training period all was well. Guess we added to the turnover ratio. [/QUOTE]
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