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<blockquote data-quote="Bagels" data-source="post: 1082613" data-attributes="member: 43436"><p>LongTimeComing, </p><p>Most of us are arguing that production, not safety, is of the "utmost importance" to UPS. Managerial evaluations, bonuses & promotional opportunities are weighted heavily on production. This is counter-intuitive to safety being the "utmost" goal, since such evaluations will always encourage shady behavior. He's my problem: UPS is a manual labor-intensive environment; therefore, some scratches & scrapes should be expected occasionally. But when I'm unloading a trailer, literally need a crowbar to break down a load and have to deal with boxes falling on me... that's preventable, and it @$!$ me off. No, it may not cause an injury serious enough for me to go to the clinc. But I shouldn't have to go home with unnecessary aches & pains. When my dock is littered with Forever Bags, there's no space to move and yet my PT sup insists I unload the trailer, ignoring the bags... the odds of an injury happening are very, very, very, very small -- but what happens if something unexpectedly catches fire, and I suffer significant injury (or death) because my exit paths were blocked? Completely preventable. These are the types of unsafe behaviors that I'm referring to, that don't always show up on a stat sheet. Of course, they could if I made a big fuss out of it... but then Management would find a way to get rid of me-or make me miserable.</p><p></p><p>I, too, could write volumes... but my point is that production - not safety - prevails at UPS.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bagels, post: 1082613, member: 43436"] LongTimeComing, Most of us are arguing that production, not safety, is of the "utmost importance" to UPS. Managerial evaluations, bonuses & promotional opportunities are weighted heavily on production. This is counter-intuitive to safety being the "utmost" goal, since such evaluations will always encourage shady behavior. He's my problem: UPS is a manual labor-intensive environment; therefore, some scratches & scrapes should be expected occasionally. But when I'm unloading a trailer, literally need a crowbar to break down a load and have to deal with boxes falling on me... that's preventable, and it @$!$ me off. No, it may not cause an injury serious enough for me to go to the clinc. But I shouldn't have to go home with unnecessary aches & pains. When my dock is littered with Forever Bags, there's no space to move and yet my PT sup insists I unload the trailer, ignoring the bags... the odds of an injury happening are very, very, very, very small -- but what happens if something unexpectedly catches fire, and I suffer significant injury (or death) because my exit paths were blocked? Completely preventable. These are the types of unsafe behaviors that I'm referring to, that don't always show up on a stat sheet. Of course, they could if I made a big fuss out of it... but then Management would find a way to get rid of me-or make me miserable. I, too, could write volumes... but my point is that production - not safety - prevails at UPS. [/QUOTE]
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