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<blockquote data-quote="browniehound" data-source="post: 201710" data-attributes="member: 4653"><p>I happen to think time studies are a big waste of the company's resources. They simply are not fair. (IE people, please correct me if I'm wrong) If you have a driveway that is 1/8 of mile long that you must walk off (never mind the "stay out of driveways rule") you are only given a certain allowance such as a "long walk" which amounts to about 30 yards for the delivery.</p><p> </p><p>Second, you are given 12.5 seconds to select a package? I'm sorry but you can only do that if that truck is set up stop-for-stop and we all know this is never the case!</p><p> </p><p>Thirdly, I forget who the knowlegable person who was that posted this, said "time studies, study the elements of the route and have no allowances for 'mistakes'" (I may have paraphrased that). So my question is, the allowance assumes us HUMANS are not going to make mistakes?</p><p> </p><p>We are getting screwed because the preload makes mistakes, drivers make mistakes, and dispatch sups make mistakes, yet there is no allowance for this "element"!?????</p><p> </p><p>Obviously we are going to be over-allowed. How can we not be?</p><p> </p><p>I have a suggestion. Get rid of the time studies. Instead, give each driver a 3-day ride with his or her sup. Whatever the average SPORH was for the 3 days should be the standard. Do this every few years and I think the company can get an accurate bead on the amount of work said driver can do.</p><p> </p><p>Sorry for the rant!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="browniehound, post: 201710, member: 4653"] I happen to think time studies are a big waste of the company's resources. They simply are not fair. (IE people, please correct me if I'm wrong) If you have a driveway that is 1/8 of mile long that you must walk off (never mind the "stay out of driveways rule") you are only given a certain allowance such as a "long walk" which amounts to about 30 yards for the delivery. Second, you are given 12.5 seconds to select a package? I'm sorry but you can only do that if that truck is set up stop-for-stop and we all know this is never the case! Thirdly, I forget who the knowlegable person who was that posted this, said "time studies, study the elements of the route and have no allowances for 'mistakes'" (I may have paraphrased that). So my question is, the allowance assumes us HUMANS are not going to make mistakes? We are getting screwed because the preload makes mistakes, drivers make mistakes, and dispatch sups make mistakes, yet there is no allowance for this "element"!????? Obviously we are going to be over-allowed. How can we not be? I have a suggestion. Get rid of the time studies. Instead, give each driver a 3-day ride with his or her sup. Whatever the average SPORH was for the 3 days should be the standard. Do this every few years and I think the company can get an accurate bead on the amount of work said driver can do. Sorry for the rant! [/QUOTE]
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