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<blockquote data-quote="Mike23" data-source="post: 556826"><p>I think most drivers have 'been there done that'. The things to remember are:</p><p></p><p>1. TAKE YOUR LUNCH BREAK. The depot I'm at, when I was first hired, I was told my days would be 12 hours 5 days a week because of how hard up we were for people. Our contract (where I'm from) states I'm entitled to a 35 min break between my 4th and 6th hour of work. I SHOULD get 1 hour but in the contract it says if I can't get all my commercial off then it's 35min. So I take that 35 min. If I miss commercial I get my butt chewed out too. Of course if they're just chewing it out then don't worry about it. It's water off a ducks back. If they're giving out reprimands and such then tell them you want a union steward present. Working 12 hour days for 3 months straight was one of the major contributing factors to my backing into a 52 foot trailer. I was too tired and wasn't concentrating enough. Management realized that and I only got a letter of reprimand out of it! <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/happy-very.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":happy-very:" title="Happy Very :happy-very:" data-shortname=":happy-very:" /></p><p></p><p>2. Ask for help. I'm almost 100% there's someone getting him within 8-9 hours. If management did their job they would dispatch that person when they comes back to the center. If you don't page in for help though then management will blame it on you saying you should have paged in for help. If you page in for help the onus is on them and they're the ones that get chewed out more then you do <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>3. This is the big one! If your contract is like ours then it's considered 'unfair overtime'. I think it's anything after 8.5 hours of work (9.5 hours) can be considered unfair overtime and grieved. First, tell your sup you consider it unfair overtime and you want it to stop (they'll whine and complain of course and chew you out a little). If it doesn't stop, talk to your union steward. If you got a great area union guy like me then you can call him directly instead of talking to the union steward. No offense to our union stewards out there <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>4. Welcome to the politics game...it only lasts until retirement or until UPS causes you to have a stroke caused by stress.</p><p></p><p>As I said, I went through all of that crap myself. There's 0 reason for it other then poor management. If you're like myself then your route has not been retraced properly since 1985 (I'm not joking either). If 100 business move into that route UPS just ignores them and pretend they don't impact their precious numbers. If that's the case and UPS tries to say you're just going too slow and it's your fault I can say with almost certainty, if you have a half decent union rep they'll tell management where to stick their numbers in that case.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike23, post: 556826"] I think most drivers have 'been there done that'. The things to remember are: 1. TAKE YOUR LUNCH BREAK. The depot I'm at, when I was first hired, I was told my days would be 12 hours 5 days a week because of how hard up we were for people. Our contract (where I'm from) states I'm entitled to a 35 min break between my 4th and 6th hour of work. I SHOULD get 1 hour but in the contract it says if I can't get all my commercial off then it's 35min. So I take that 35 min. If I miss commercial I get my butt chewed out too. Of course if they're just chewing it out then don't worry about it. It's water off a ducks back. If they're giving out reprimands and such then tell them you want a union steward present. Working 12 hour days for 3 months straight was one of the major contributing factors to my backing into a 52 foot trailer. I was too tired and wasn't concentrating enough. Management realized that and I only got a letter of reprimand out of it! :happy-very: 2. Ask for help. I'm almost 100% there's someone getting him within 8-9 hours. If management did their job they would dispatch that person when they comes back to the center. If you don't page in for help though then management will blame it on you saying you should have paged in for help. If you page in for help the onus is on them and they're the ones that get chewed out more then you do :D 3. This is the big one! If your contract is like ours then it's considered 'unfair overtime'. I think it's anything after 8.5 hours of work (9.5 hours) can be considered unfair overtime and grieved. First, tell your sup you consider it unfair overtime and you want it to stop (they'll whine and complain of course and chew you out a little). If it doesn't stop, talk to your union steward. If you got a great area union guy like me then you can call him directly instead of talking to the union steward. No offense to our union stewards out there :D 4. Welcome to the politics game...it only lasts until retirement or until UPS causes you to have a stroke caused by stress. As I said, I went through all of that crap myself. There's 0 reason for it other then poor management. If you're like myself then your route has not been retraced properly since 1985 (I'm not joking either). If 100 business move into that route UPS just ignores them and pretend they don't impact their precious numbers. If that's the case and UPS tries to say you're just going too slow and it's your fault I can say with almost certainty, if you have a half decent union rep they'll tell management where to stick their numbers in that case. [/QUOTE]
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