BigBrownSanta
Well-Known Member
Not everone's bonus is at time and a half. Where I'm at it's straight time.
You guys have mistaken what I said. Not a big deal. I didn't change my start time by changing it in the diad. I Changed it by working off the clock and letting the bonus pay me (indirectly)for my time worked. When I said "I changed my start time" it was ment that I worked the same amount of time and was paid the same way if I did the situation one way or another. It was 6 of 1 and a half dozen of the other the upside being my day started earlier and ended earlier.the issue is not that you got paid the same because you are on bonus, the issue is you changed your start time. therefore you are not working off the clock, you are on the clock.
now, if you did not change your start time because you are expecting the bonus to make up the difference, you are working off the clock.
please note, i did not say you are working for free. i understand bonus. but you are working off the clock, and as such leave yourself wide open for a lot of things, not any of which are good.
besides, the company has a policy, and a statement in the contract that they will not allow you do work off the clock.
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You hit the nail right on the head, driver.Did you actually change the start time in the board? By reading what you wrote it sounds like you are trying to explain that since you made bonus on the end of your day in essence you were paid for massaging your load.
You hit the nail right on the head, driver.
If I hadn't gotten the bonus in my check then I would have been working for free in my book.
Someone needs to open the next can of worms and ask " how many people work thru their lunch and are coded 06 in the diad" if you want to talk about working for free.
You guys would be so proud of me, on Friday I organized a little in the truck before start time, but stopped before I was done and waited until the PCM, then I went back to sorting and organizing. I realize I still worked off the clock, but I made some progress to not doing it anymore. Give me a little bit of slack here, I'm trying haha.
great post and welcome to brown cafe.do any of you realize(as i said in previous post) that if you get hurt, you not only gave away money by working for free but you are costing yourself money in benefits(comp vs disability)? this is a safety issue-plain and simple. cover your a..!
Give me a little bit of slack here, I'm trying haha.
I Changed it by working off the clock and letting the bonus pay me (indirectly)for my time worked
Yeah you're right about having to unlearn habits... it's a hard thing to do but I'm workin' on it.If you had not been taught wrong, you might never have developed the bad habits you are now needing to unlearn.
Since you have been there a year, you should have the confidence to know down deep you are a good ups driver. And dont let them tell you different.
You guys would be so proud of me, on Friday I organized a little in the truck before start time, but stopped before I was done and waited until the PCM, then I went back to sorting and organizing. I realize I still worked off the clock, but I made some progress to not doing it anymore. Give me a little bit of slack here, I'm trying haha.
Very good. Just keep working on that.Yeah you're right about having to unlearn habits... it's a hard thing to do but I'm workin' on it.
I do know I'm a good driver. I feel like the level of attention I pay to details, about how I can make my day go better, service the customers better, manage my time efficiently, etc etc is above and beyond some of my fellow drivers. On two routes that I've covered and run quite a bit, going at a regular pace (not running stops off, not skipping lunch, etc etc), I have done the route so much faster and in less miles than the normal driver that they did performance audits on that driver. They were kinda annoyed about it but, I don't know what to tell them.
When I first started I used to run a lot, skip most of my lunch, and just in general do things wrong haha. Over time I have slowed down a lot, just trying to get a more manageable pace going. I never skip my lunch anymore, and I try to not jog while doing residentials (unless I'm blocking the middle of the road and there's traffic). Because of peak season my pace has increased quite a bit, but will calm back down after X-mas.
You guys like what the policy for the day after Christmas is? Only delivering the send agains from Christmas Eve? That ought to be a pretty damn short shift haha. I am hoping I won't have to work it though so I can go do something for the holidays.
You guys like what the policy for the day after Christmas is? Only delivering the send agains from Christmas Eve? That ought to be a pretty damn short shift haha. I am hoping I won't have to work it though so I can go do something for the holidays.
It's either ETT or ECS I think.
I don't totally disagree on your principle Speed.I may not speak for everyone, but part of the reason why I see drivers in there trucks before thier start time is simple. If you have a loader that doesnt give a rats about his load, unless you go through it, looking for the 5-6 misloads there is a day, reordering the load because its NEVER in the proper order, and repositioning packages to better use the trucks space so I can maneuver safely, it would ALL be on you. Well driver, why did you have missed packages, late NDA, and why did you strain that back. While a do ultimately agree, no work should be performed off the clock, I wouldnt have to get in the package car early to do your job for you, so that I can do MINE properly. If I did all this on road, then I get nailed for production. Thats just not right. No matter what your job is, do it right, the FIRST time, so no one will have to come behind you and do it again. Just my two cents.