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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 809899" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>Agreed, thats what we do here also.</p><p> </p><p>The frustrating part for me is the waste. One vehicle that cant get out will create a bottleneck that causes 30 or 40 other drivers to have to sit there and wait.</p><p> </p><p>Do the math, UPS. 40 drivers who have to wait 5 extra minutes to get out in the AM equals 200 minutes on OT at $45 an hour. Thats $200 we are pissing away to avoid a scratch that could be fixed in 3 minutes with a Q-tip and some brown paint.</p><p> </p><p>Lets say the driver tries to do it himself and makes a 6" scratch in the car next to him. He gets charged with an accident; for starters that means 30 minutes in the office with a shop steward (1 hour total of OT, $45). He then gets an OJS the following day, which is an entire day wasted for his sup who could otherwise be fixing issues with EDD or doing other productive work. Lets assume it costs the company $350 to have a sup do an OJS ride. We then issue the driver a warning letter, again with a shop steward present (15 minutes total OT, $11) and then to top it off we have the driver show up for work 20 minutes early every day for a week to do assessments, recite commentaries, and regurgitate acronyms for the Safety Committee (100 minutes OT, $100).</p><p> </p><p>Add it all up, and UPS just pissed away a tad over $500 on a 6" scratch in a 25 yr old package car when the <em>decision had been made to park that car less than an inch from the one next to it <strong>in order to avoid the expense of enlarging an overcrowded facility.</strong></em></p><p> </p><p>I guess I shouldnt care, since it isnt my money...but in 2013 when the company is "crying poor" and trying to bend us over on a new contract I am really not going to be interested in listening.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 809899, member: 14668"] Agreed, thats what we do here also. The frustrating part for me is the waste. One vehicle that cant get out will create a bottleneck that causes 30 or 40 other drivers to have to sit there and wait. Do the math, UPS. 40 drivers who have to wait 5 extra minutes to get out in the AM equals 200 minutes on OT at $45 an hour. Thats $200 we are pissing away to avoid a scratch that could be fixed in 3 minutes with a Q-tip and some brown paint. Lets say the driver tries to do it himself and makes a 6" scratch in the car next to him. He gets charged with an accident; for starters that means 30 minutes in the office with a shop steward (1 hour total of OT, $45). He then gets an OJS the following day, which is an entire day wasted for his sup who could otherwise be fixing issues with EDD or doing other productive work. Lets assume it costs the company $350 to have a sup do an OJS ride. We then issue the driver a warning letter, again with a shop steward present (15 minutes total OT, $11) and then to top it off we have the driver show up for work 20 minutes early every day for a week to do assessments, recite commentaries, and regurgitate acronyms for the Safety Committee (100 minutes OT, $100). Add it all up, and UPS just pissed away a tad over $500 on a 6" scratch in a 25 yr old package car when the [I]decision had been made to park that car less than an inch from the one next to it [B]in order to avoid the expense of enlarging an overcrowded facility.[/B][/I] I guess I shouldnt care, since it isnt my money...but in 2013 when the company is "crying poor" and trying to bend us over on a new contract I am really not going to be interested in listening. [/QUOTE]
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