Home
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
Latest activity
Members
Current visitors
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Home
Forums
Brown Cafe UPS Forum
UPS Discussions
True story....
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Count N Erdown" data-source="post: 558116" data-attributes="member: 6381"><p>Ah yes, the old diad is faster routine. This same scenario happened in our center about 4 or 5 years ago. Same demonstration but with a letter. The driver asked to sheet the packages on paper was of course slower. The driver then slid an 80 lb. box onto the rollers, handed the diad to the center manager and said " you sheet the box with the diad and I'll write the letter on paper and the delivery is 2 flights up and in the back building". First one back wins! Since this demonstration we have gone through 4 good supervisors because they became so frustrated with the numbers and couldn't take the abuse from above or they were fired for some petty infraction. </p><p> </p><p>Since they made the time adjustments all drivers started running significantly over allowed. 9.5 hours of work to get a planned 8. As some one else posted this reduced the number of drivers dispatched. </p><p> </p><p>When I began working for UPS many years ago (29), management has always preached the the optimum work day should be 9.5 hrs. In the past few years drivers have become fed up with working all this overtime and are now able to file over 9.5 grievances. Guess what? " you should not be over 9.5, you only had an 8 hour dispatch". </p><p> </p><p>We are being paid our grievances (slowly) but it definitely is a big hammer to beat the new kids on the block with. It also seems to screw up my summer evenings with family and friends pretty well but I'll take their money for a few more years. </p><p> </p><p>I really feel sorry for the people coming into the company now. They have received such big promises that will never be delivered until the union or someone in the upper echelons of this once great company recognize the injustices that have been perpatrated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Count N Erdown, post: 558116, member: 6381"] Ah yes, the old diad is faster routine. This same scenario happened in our center about 4 or 5 years ago. Same demonstration but with a letter. The driver asked to sheet the packages on paper was of course slower. The driver then slid an 80 lb. box onto the rollers, handed the diad to the center manager and said " you sheet the box with the diad and I'll write the letter on paper and the delivery is 2 flights up and in the back building". First one back wins! Since this demonstration we have gone through 4 good supervisors because they became so frustrated with the numbers and couldn't take the abuse from above or they were fired for some petty infraction. Since they made the time adjustments all drivers started running significantly over allowed. 9.5 hours of work to get a planned 8. As some one else posted this reduced the number of drivers dispatched. When I began working for UPS many years ago (29), management has always preached the the optimum work day should be 9.5 hrs. In the past few years drivers have become fed up with working all this overtime and are now able to file over 9.5 grievances. Guess what? " you should not be over 9.5, you only had an 8 hour dispatch". We are being paid our grievances (slowly) but it definitely is a big hammer to beat the new kids on the block with. It also seems to screw up my summer evenings with family and friends pretty well but I'll take their money for a few more years. I really feel sorry for the people coming into the company now. They have received such big promises that will never be delivered until the union or someone in the upper echelons of this once great company recognize the injustices that have been perpatrated. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Home
Forums
Brown Cafe UPS Forum
UPS Discussions
True story....
Top