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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 485696" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>The official company line that we have all been given is that Telematics is primarily about vehicle maintainence and safety.</p><p> </p><p>I was merely trying to point out that this is not really the truth.</p><p> </p><p>The fact that the union has never recognized time standards as a basis for disciplinary action has never stopped the company from taking drivers into the office and beating them over the head with the WOR when they are overallowed.</p><p> </p><p>As far as questioning the accuracy of the time standards, it has always been the company's default position that the allowance is never wrong, and that any "overallowed" time can only be as a result of faulty methods or lack of a "sense of urgency" on the part of the driver. The allowance is perfect; it is flawless; it cannot be disputed, challenged or questioned. It is chiseled in stone and will <u>never</u> be changed.</p><p> </p><p>In the "old days" you got called into the office and chewed out over a number on a WOR printout. Now, with Telematics, you will get called into the office and chewed out over a clipboard full of maps and charts with colored lines and dots showing how far "overallowed" you were at each stop.</p><p> </p><p>I dont have a problem with any of this; I have always said that the vehicle and the DIAD are the property of UPS and that UPS is free to put whatever sensors it chooses into them. I am merely pointing out the fact that the company's <u>real</u> reason for investing millions of dollars in this system is to give it the ability to more closely and intensely monitor its employees every move. It is not logical for UPS to spend money on this system unless it expects that investment to be offset by an increase in productivity. And if UPS expects an increase in productivity, it will <u>demand</u> that its operations supervisors produce that increase, by any means necessary.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 485696, member: 14668"] The official company line that we have all been given is that Telematics is primarily about vehicle maintainence and safety. I was merely trying to point out that this is not really the truth. The fact that the union has never recognized time standards as a basis for disciplinary action has never stopped the company from taking drivers into the office and beating them over the head with the WOR when they are overallowed. As far as questioning the accuracy of the time standards, it has always been the company's default position that the allowance is never wrong, and that any "overallowed" time can only be as a result of faulty methods or lack of a "sense of urgency" on the part of the driver. The allowance is perfect; it is flawless; it cannot be disputed, challenged or questioned. It is chiseled in stone and will [U]never[/U] be changed. In the "old days" you got called into the office and chewed out over a number on a WOR printout. Now, with Telematics, you will get called into the office and chewed out over a clipboard full of maps and charts with colored lines and dots showing how far "overallowed" you were at each stop. I dont have a problem with any of this; I have always said that the vehicle and the DIAD are the property of UPS and that UPS is free to put whatever sensors it chooses into them. I am merely pointing out the fact that the company's [U]real[/U] reason for investing millions of dollars in this system is to give it the ability to more closely and intensely monitor its employees every move. It is not logical for UPS to spend money on this system unless it expects that investment to be offset by an increase in productivity. And if UPS expects an increase in productivity, it will [U]demand[/U] that its operations supervisors produce that increase, by any means necessary. [/QUOTE]
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