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New GPS Time Study: What they are not telling you
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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 772024" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>I think that time studies <em>could </em>be fair....if there was some method in place for correcting them in cases when they were demonstrably flawed. Since company policy is to refuse to correct flawed studies, they are by definition unfair.</p><p> </p><p>So if you want the union to agree to some sort of performance measurement, then that measurement must first be fair. It must be transparent and verifiable.</p><p> </p><p><em>None</em> of the metrics you mention (over/under, SPORH, NDPPH) are transparent or verifiable. They are all arbitrary and subject to manipulation at the sole discretion of the company.</p><p> </p><p>Allowances can be manipulated with a few keystrokes at a computer terminal. SPORH or NDPPH can be manipulated by massaging the load prior to start time and strategically adding or removing selected delivery areas on OJS days in order to artificially inflate demonstrated performance.</p><p> </p><p>The reality is that the company doesnt <em>want</em> a "fair" measure of performance. The company wants nothing more than to maximize profits by coercing as many employees as possible into working off of the clock. The "standards" are carefully designed with this goal in mind.</p><p> </p><p>It is the <em>company</em>, <strong>not</strong> the union, that has set up the "no-fair-measure of performance" scenario you complain about.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 772024, member: 14668"] I think that time studies [I]could [/I]be fair....if there was some method in place for correcting them in cases when they were demonstrably flawed. Since company policy is to refuse to correct flawed studies, they are by definition unfair. So if you want the union to agree to some sort of performance measurement, then that measurement must first be fair. It must be transparent and verifiable. [I]None[/I] of the metrics you mention (over/under, SPORH, NDPPH) are transparent or verifiable. They are all arbitrary and subject to manipulation at the sole discretion of the company. Allowances can be manipulated with a few keystrokes at a computer terminal. SPORH or NDPPH can be manipulated by massaging the load prior to start time and strategically adding or removing selected delivery areas on OJS days in order to artificially inflate demonstrated performance. The reality is that the company doesnt [I]want[/I] a "fair" measure of performance. The company wants nothing more than to maximize profits by coercing as many employees as possible into working off of the clock. The "standards" are carefully designed with this goal in mind. It is the [I]company[/I], [B]not[/B] the union, that has set up the "no-fair-measure of performance" scenario you complain about. [/QUOTE]
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