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<blockquote data-quote="curiousbrain" data-source="post: 826866" data-attributes="member: 31608"><p>I'll throw in my two cents.</p><p></p><p>This week was horrendous; granted I've only been here for six or seven months, but it is as bad as I've seen it. I don't particularly focus on my own feelings, because ... I just don't; but the other preloaders are pretty demoralized lately. This one cat who works next to me has an insane pull and is so stacked out by the third hour that he has a little castle three trucks wide; he just gives up at a certain point because he literally can't move any faster without seriously endangering himself.</p><p></p><p>Another guy has been there fifteen years and even he is walking around, swatting a box every now and then while shaking his head. He still does the job, but at the end of the day several of his trucks are bricked from floor to ceiling.</p><p></p><p>Maybe it's like this every year around this time, or maybe it just seems worse for some reason. The word around the campfire is that our shift supervisor has been given impossible numbers to hit; given that he is a real abrasive individual who is never one to miss an opportunity to make sarcastic comments, and even he is not disciplining the hourlies for bending the rules to cope with the mess, leads me to speculate that maybe this is true. Then again, the "campfire" is a big place and people say lots of things.</p><p></p><p>I can only imagine how things are for the drivers; I stuffed a tiny PC with about 400 packages today, with a crap load of bulk stops; had to close the bulkhead door so I could finish loading it because packages were falling out the cab door(s).</p><p></p><p>Maybe I just wanted to complain a little after a long week; if so, this seemed like a reasonable place to do it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="curiousbrain, post: 826866, member: 31608"] I'll throw in my two cents. This week was horrendous; granted I've only been here for six or seven months, but it is as bad as I've seen it. I don't particularly focus on my own feelings, because ... I just don't; but the other preloaders are pretty demoralized lately. This one cat who works next to me has an insane pull and is so stacked out by the third hour that he has a little castle three trucks wide; he just gives up at a certain point because he literally can't move any faster without seriously endangering himself. Another guy has been there fifteen years and even he is walking around, swatting a box every now and then while shaking his head. He still does the job, but at the end of the day several of his trucks are bricked from floor to ceiling. Maybe it's like this every year around this time, or maybe it just seems worse for some reason. The word around the campfire is that our shift supervisor has been given impossible numbers to hit; given that he is a real abrasive individual who is never one to miss an opportunity to make sarcastic comments, and even he is not disciplining the hourlies for bending the rules to cope with the mess, leads me to speculate that maybe this is true. Then again, the "campfire" is a big place and people say lots of things. I can only imagine how things are for the drivers; I stuffed a tiny PC with about 400 packages today, with a crap load of bulk stops; had to close the bulkhead door so I could finish loading it because packages were falling out the cab door(s). Maybe I just wanted to complain a little after a long week; if so, this seemed like a reasonable place to do it. [/QUOTE]
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