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<blockquote data-quote="alligator_suede" data-source="post: 1394699" data-attributes="member: 54773"><p>Yeah, sorry I kind of abused my first BC post ever <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/happy.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":happy:" title="Happy :happy:" data-shortname=":happy:" />. Glad to know others are on board with this though. Though 4U seems to not understand what anyone is saying, despite clearly being a Center Manager.</p><p></p><p>Also, wage EARNER raises a good point. Learn 'Da Rules' and who your stewards are if ever you need to complain. If you ever find you're standing up for yourself and a supervisor is giving you a hard time, just say you want to speak to a shop steward. It's like lawyering up. I think supes have the right to not pay you for that time however, and you will be on everyone's smile* list. So, use sparingly.</p><p></p><p>As far as the 'we get paid by the hour' argument is concerned, working less will almost never net you more time. Consider the supervisor's position: If there are ten people and only enough work at the end of the night to keep six, which six do you think he or she is going to keep? Supervisors know how to place the "least best" in trucks so they will finish earliest because, on the whole, dropping someone who outputs 0.4x the contractually-obligated production but costs the company 1.0x the contractually-obligated pay+seniority (raises) will improve the area's cost-production figure every second that employee is gone. In my hub, I only ever see the top 20% at the end of the night, when the operation unsurprisingly works much more fluidly. If you're on your supervisor's good graces, he or she will likely keep you around as long as there's work, especially because you're a new hire and inexpensive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="alligator_suede, post: 1394699, member: 54773"] Yeah, sorry I kind of abused my first BC post ever :happy:. Glad to know others are on board with this though. Though 4U seems to not understand what anyone is saying, despite clearly being a Center Manager. Also, wage EARNER raises a good point. Learn 'Da Rules' and who your stewards are if ever you need to complain. If you ever find you're standing up for yourself and a supervisor is giving you a hard time, just say you want to speak to a shop steward. It's like lawyering up. I think supes have the right to not pay you for that time however, and you will be on everyone's smile* list. So, use sparingly. As far as the 'we get paid by the hour' argument is concerned, working less will almost never net you more time. Consider the supervisor's position: If there are ten people and only enough work at the end of the night to keep six, which six do you think he or she is going to keep? Supervisors know how to place the "least best" in trucks so they will finish earliest because, on the whole, dropping someone who outputs 0.4x the contractually-obligated production but costs the company 1.0x the contractually-obligated pay+seniority (raises) will improve the area's cost-production figure every second that employee is gone. In my hub, I only ever see the top 20% at the end of the night, when the operation unsurprisingly works much more fluidly. If you're on your supervisor's good graces, he or she will likely keep you around as long as there's work, especially because you're a new hire and inexpensive. [/QUOTE]
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