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Older driver fired for "not using 3 points of contact", but really for performance.
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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 858563" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p><strong>Re: Older driver fired for "not using 3 points of contact", but really for performanc</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Here's how that crap has been dealt with where I work.</p><p></p><p>We had a driver with <em>seven</em> "working termination" letters for bogus "methods violations" that occurred during OJS rides.</p><p></p><p>At the center-level hearings that take place prior to the letters going to panel, our BA started with <em>stop one</em> on <em>day one</em> of the <em>first</em> OJS that led to the <em>first</em> warning letter of the <em>first</em> termination letter. He asked <em>specific</em> questions about <em>every</em> observation made during <em>every</em> stop of the OJS. If the infraction for a specific stop was "failure to walk at a brisk pace" then the sup was questioned as to <em>exactly</em> how many paces per second he observed the driver walking, what the street and sidewalk conditions were like, and the <em>exact</em> weight and dimensions of the package(s) being delivered. If the infraction was "failure to park closer to the stop" then the supervisor was questioned as to how many cars were in the parking lot, where they were parked, where their blind spots were, and the <em>exact</em> difference (in feet) between where the driver supposedly should have parked vs where he did park.</p><p></p><p>Obviously, this slowed the proceedings to a snails pace. A full year after the initial termination letter was written, they had only gotten thru one half of the first OJS that led to the initial warning letter. Since the termination wasnt for dishonesty, the driver continued working throughout; and since his methods were good and he was careful to document every delay and issue that he encountered, the company had nothing to go on and ultimately the letters were dropped. The running joke was that, at the glacial pace that the hearings were proceeding at, the termination meetings would <em>still</em> be occuring 10 years after the driver had retired if the company had not chosen to drop them.</p><p></p><p>Whats going on here isnt new. Its nothing more than the same old scam the company has been trying to run for decades. Its a numbers game; if the harassment and intimidation is ratcheded up to a certain level, a good percentage of the drivers will cave in and skip their lunches and breaks which is the company's entire goal in the first place. 10 skipped lunches= one route eliminated= bigger MIP bonuses for the managers running the scam. Its elementary school math, nothing more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 858563, member: 14668"] [b]Re: Older driver fired for "not using 3 points of contact", but really for performanc[/b] Here's how that crap has been dealt with where I work. We had a driver with [I]seven[/I] "working termination" letters for bogus "methods violations" that occurred during OJS rides. At the center-level hearings that take place prior to the letters going to panel, our BA started with [I]stop one[/I] on [I]day one[/I] of the [I]first[/I] OJS that led to the [I]first[/I] warning letter of the [I]first[/I] termination letter. He asked [I]specific[/I] questions about [I]every[/I] observation made during [I]every[/I] stop of the OJS. If the infraction for a specific stop was "failure to walk at a brisk pace" then the sup was questioned as to [I]exactly[/I] how many paces per second he observed the driver walking, what the street and sidewalk conditions were like, and the [I]exact[/I] weight and dimensions of the package(s) being delivered. If the infraction was "failure to park closer to the stop" then the supervisor was questioned as to how many cars were in the parking lot, where they were parked, where their blind spots were, and the [I]exact[/I] difference (in feet) between where the driver supposedly should have parked vs where he did park. Obviously, this slowed the proceedings to a snails pace. A full year after the initial termination letter was written, they had only gotten thru one half of the first OJS that led to the initial warning letter. Since the termination wasnt for dishonesty, the driver continued working throughout; and since his methods were good and he was careful to document every delay and issue that he encountered, the company had nothing to go on and ultimately the letters were dropped. The running joke was that, at the glacial pace that the hearings were proceeding at, the termination meetings would [I]still[/I] be occuring 10 years after the driver had retired if the company had not chosen to drop them. Whats going on here isnt new. Its nothing more than the same old scam the company has been trying to run for decades. Its a numbers game; if the harassment and intimidation is ratcheded up to a certain level, a good percentage of the drivers will cave in and skip their lunches and breaks which is the company's entire goal in the first place. 10 skipped lunches= one route eliminated= bigger MIP bonuses for the managers running the scam. Its elementary school math, nothing more. [/QUOTE]
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