Home
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
Latest activity
Members
Current visitors
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Home
Forums
Brown Cafe UPS Forum
UPS Union Issues
Older driver fired for "not using 3 points of contact", but really for performance.
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="20_years_in" data-source="post: 866800" data-attributes="member: 36081"><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>I love this guy. In his first post, he accurately sums up what it is like to work under UPS management. Welcome to Brown Cafe! </p><p>Whenever management pulls its act (which is daily), I just immediately start thinking about <span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><u>what I can do to sharpen my game</u></strong></span>. I learned this from Al-Anon.</p><p>I do not fume about how unfair or hypocritical things are; I shift my focus right to <strong><u>what <span style="font-size: 18px"><em>I</em></span> do</u> when I am on the clock</strong>. My whole day is about <u><em><strong>my</strong></em></u> job security. Every decision that I am faced with I imagine that I am being followed, filmed and recorded by a team sent by my DM for the sole purpose of firing me. There are hundreds of "do's" and "don'ts", and I make sure that I make the choice that would most <u><strong>keep me out of hot water</strong></u>. Consequently, I do run overallowed every day, but when they follow me they only observe trivial shortcomings. My thinking is that if you are not in compliance, then you are in violation, and if you are in violation then they can discipline you. </p><p>I have almost no love for this company because of the way management dispatches and treats the drivers, so I am just in it for my weekly check, the benefits and my pension. <span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>C.Y.A.</strong></span>: cover your arse!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="20_years_in, post: 866800, member: 36081"] [b]Re: Older driver fired for "not using 3 points of contact", but really for performanc[/b] I love this guy. In his first post, he accurately sums up what it is like to work under UPS management. Welcome to Brown Cafe! Whenever management pulls its act (which is daily), I just immediately start thinking about [SIZE=3][B][U]what I can do to sharpen my game[/U][/B][/SIZE]. I learned this from Al-Anon. I do not fume about how unfair or hypocritical things are; I shift my focus right to [B][U]what [SIZE=5][I]I[/I][/SIZE] do[/U] when I am on the clock[/B]. My whole day is about [U][I][B]my[/B][/I][/U] job security. Every decision that I am faced with I imagine that I am being followed, filmed and recorded by a team sent by my DM for the sole purpose of firing me. There are hundreds of "do's" and "don'ts", and I make sure that I make the choice that would most [U][B]keep me out of hot water[/B][/U]. Consequently, I do run overallowed every day, but when they follow me they only observe trivial shortcomings. My thinking is that if you are not in compliance, then you are in violation, and if you are in violation then they can discipline you. I have almost no love for this company because of the way management dispatches and treats the drivers, so I am just in it for my weekly check, the benefits and my pension. [SIZE=4][B]C.Y.A.[/B][/SIZE]: cover your arse! [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Home
Forums
Brown Cafe UPS Forum
UPS Union Issues
Older driver fired for "not using 3 points of contact", but really for performance.
Top