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<blockquote data-quote="Floridacargocat" data-source="post: 1018033" data-attributes="member: 6168"><p>Electronic records are a wonderful thing, so accurate and precise. And still they can be altered by anyone having the proper passwords, either for proper changes or for other purposes.</p><p>From my own experience, it is IMPERATIVE that workers write down their ACTUAL work times incl. remarks about approved earlier start times. Further, this helps in comparing actual work times vs. paid work time.</p><p>It is a fact that untruthful alterations can be swept under the rug for a certain time, but when the overall performance of a center becomes tainted (either too good or too bad) or when complaints reach a level, which cannot be disregarded any more, then attention is directed towards certain details. If these improper alterations are confirmed, then do not be surprised if there is a surprise change in management (and it will affect not only the Full-time Sups, but other levels can/could be involved). There is something called a UPS Ethics Commision (at least what I have heard), having quite some power.</p><p>We all know that working off the clock, i.e. start work before actual start-up time, is nothing new. </p><p>Starting work earlier than planned <u><strong>WITH</strong></u> specific approval of next higher level requires a proper change of time card. If this change is not made, then somebody is/will be on a very slippery and treacherous path.</p><p>All these "donations in time" and other "creative methods of timekeeping" of course help management in generating better performance numbers than actual truth.</p><p>FTS and PTS are not supposed to work but to supervise. Right? Guess what? Without their input (which does not go into the performance numbers), production performance will not look good. </p><p>Sometimes, management statements and expressions appear to come from the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen. And even when and if you have factual observations and questions, next higher level(s) simply do not want to hear it. And then they will be surprised, if one day day they hear nothing any more because they simply have projected an image of "We do not want to hear about these things" or "We cannot change the system."</p><p>Simple questions like: "In the planning phase before start-up in the morning, we should really know how many units of work we are going to have.Right? And then we get slammed with sometimes +10 or + 15 % more than what went into the daily planning numbers. Why do we not know what we are going to get, at least by e.g. 0300 h in the morning?" </p><p>My days of Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Anderson fairy tales have gone by for more than two generations.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Floridacargocat, post: 1018033, member: 6168"] Electronic records are a wonderful thing, so accurate and precise. And still they can be altered by anyone having the proper passwords, either for proper changes or for other purposes. From my own experience, it is IMPERATIVE that workers write down their ACTUAL work times incl. remarks about approved earlier start times. Further, this helps in comparing actual work times vs. paid work time. It is a fact that untruthful alterations can be swept under the rug for a certain time, but when the overall performance of a center becomes tainted (either too good or too bad) or when complaints reach a level, which cannot be disregarded any more, then attention is directed towards certain details. If these improper alterations are confirmed, then do not be surprised if there is a surprise change in management (and it will affect not only the Full-time Sups, but other levels can/could be involved). There is something called a UPS Ethics Commision (at least what I have heard), having quite some power. We all know that working off the clock, i.e. start work before actual start-up time, is nothing new. Starting work earlier than planned [U][B]WITH[/B][/U] specific approval of next higher level requires a proper change of time card. If this change is not made, then somebody is/will be on a very slippery and treacherous path. All these "donations in time" and other "creative methods of timekeeping" of course help management in generating better performance numbers than actual truth. FTS and PTS are not supposed to work but to supervise. Right? Guess what? Without their input (which does not go into the performance numbers), production performance will not look good. Sometimes, management statements and expressions appear to come from the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen. And even when and if you have factual observations and questions, next higher level(s) simply do not want to hear it. And then they will be surprised, if one day day they hear nothing any more because they simply have projected an image of "We do not want to hear about these things" or "We cannot change the system." Simple questions like: "In the planning phase before start-up in the morning, we should really know how many units of work we are going to have.Right? And then we get slammed with sometimes +10 or + 15 % more than what went into the daily planning numbers. Why do we not know what we are going to get, at least by e.g. 0300 h in the morning?" My days of Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Anderson fairy tales have gone by for more than two generations. [/QUOTE]
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