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<blockquote data-quote="Dustyroads" data-source="post: 663426" data-attributes="member: 22610"><p>A lot of those types of policies, such as on car sups staying until their drivers are in, are far more a policy of center managers or division managers than a company wide policy. There may well be centers in the country where a center manager requires that of their sups, I really don't know. </p><p> </p><p>But the thread reminds me of a little story that happened in our district about 20 years ago. We got a new district manager, I'll call him Al, and as soon as he came in the district, he visited every center, and he said, ''no driver will work over 9.5 hours if they choose not to. On car sups will stay in the building until all of their drivers are in. If any of them are going to be out over 9.5, they will bring the work back, and the on car sup will find a way to see that the packages are delivered." The drivers cheered. The sups looked really ill. Al was a hero to the drivers. Funny thing, the over 9.5 dispatches stopped immediately, I mean immediately. </p><p> </p><p>One last twist to the story, Al was at a big meeting at a fancy hotel conference room, and all of the district managers were taking their beatings from the regional guys. One by one, they went down the table until they got to Al. Just as his whipping was about to begin, he said, I left my glasses up in my room, I will be back in a minute. He left the room, and time ticked away, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15. And then someone was sent to the desk to page Al. When they asked at the desk, the clerk replied, "Why, 'Al' just checked out 10 minutes ago." It was his way of retiring. </p><p>The very next week, the dispatches were UP. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dustyroads, post: 663426, member: 22610"] A lot of those types of policies, such as on car sups staying until their drivers are in, are far more a policy of center managers or division managers than a company wide policy. There may well be centers in the country where a center manager requires that of their sups, I really don't know. But the thread reminds me of a little story that happened in our district about 20 years ago. We got a new district manager, I'll call him Al, and as soon as he came in the district, he visited every center, and he said, ''no driver will work over 9.5 hours if they choose not to. On car sups will stay in the building until all of their drivers are in. If any of them are going to be out over 9.5, they will bring the work back, and the on car sup will find a way to see that the packages are delivered." The drivers cheered. The sups looked really ill. Al was a hero to the drivers. Funny thing, the over 9.5 dispatches stopped immediately, I mean immediately. One last twist to the story, Al was at a big meeting at a fancy hotel conference room, and all of the district managers were taking their beatings from the regional guys. One by one, they went down the table until they got to Al. Just as his whipping was about to begin, he said, I left my glasses up in my room, I will be back in a minute. He left the room, and time ticked away, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15. And then someone was sent to the desk to page Al. When they asked at the desk, the clerk replied, "Why, 'Al' just checked out 10 minutes ago." It was his way of retiring. The very next week, the dispatches were UP. :) [/QUOTE]
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