This thread is going in a direction that reminds me of a situation at my station. Back in 2003 OSHA had a big investigation into safety at my station. They had received many complaints about inadequate ventilation, black clouds of diesel exhaust and a cement floor in the warehouse that was so smooth it became like an ice rink when wet. FedEx was found at fault in every complaint lodged. They paid a fine and were required to put the ventilation fans on a timer and find a way to make the floor less dangerous.
Well the manager could not figure out how to work the timers. So she decided to just turn them on manually everyday to satisfy OSHA. Problem is she forgets nearly everyday and the fans never get turned on. She is also supposed to unlock the back gate everyday to make our exit out of the station safe. Problem is everyday she forgets to do this too. When she does remember to unlock the gate she leaves the combo lock hanging open on the gate with the combo still on it. So now anyone walking by has the combo to our gates. It is no surprise that two years ago at Christmas someone cut the side of the CTV and cut through the Aluminum airline cans to clean out thousands of pounds of Christmas gifts and electronics over the weekend. I am sure all they needed to do was open the gate since they most likely had the combo, and backed a truck in next to the CTV and went to work. I even have photos of the lock hanging open on the gate with the combo showing.
Was the manager ever questioned about her lack of attention to security, common sense or ignoring a directive by OSHA? Absolutely not. I brought up these things so many times in safety meetings and instead of being listened to I would get an OLCC for something unrelated just for interfering. These things eight years later still continue everyday. There is so little concern for safety and security and complete apathy on managements part.
Oh and if you slip on the floor that was never fixed it is your fault. Station management decided it was too costly to make the floor safer so now when the floods come in through the open roll up doors on rainy days management puts down recycled cardboard and trash to give couriers something safer to walk on. Also they send out about 20 safety messages a day about the slippery floor. Don't these messages acknowledge that management knows about the dangers of the floors yet does nothing to fix it? I know of at least 10 injuries due to that slippery floor and three accidents in station. One day a guy came in through the roll up door a little too fast because management was screaming at him to return ASAP. He comes in the door, hits the slippery floor and goes sideways hitting a Sprinter and a van. It was actually real scary because a guy at the front of his vehicle almost got crushed between the the van and the Sprinter. Of course it was all the couriers fault, the rain was our fault, we were to blame for the concrete texture, everything!!
I gave up trying to have anyone listen to my concerns about workplace safety and security. I was on the safety committee and always tried to be proactive with safety. When I got involved with managements practice of ignoring the fact that people were working through unpaid breaks I was OLCCed, got 3 warning letters for trivial matters and was fired. It, of course was the couriers fault for working through breaks. It has nothing to do with management demanding two hour breaks when couriers are 15 stops over max on a rainy day. They can run a report everyday to see who is manually entering Airbill numbers but why bother, the station numbers look good and it's free labor.
Funny thing is that in this day of workplace security, when even selling a piece of FedEx uniform on Ebay is illegal, I still have all my uniform from the last 20 years. The same manager who cannot figure out a simple mechanical timer forgot to send me an airbill to return my uniform. I have been waiting for it but it never comes. It must still be my fault.
I think it's time to revisit this thread.
http://www.browncafe.com/forum/showthread.php?t=334725&highlight=gross+leadership