What have you seen people lose their jobs for? How to avoid being fired.
- Thread starter browncownow
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A driver got fired in my center in the early 80's when we use to get time studies every couple of years or so.He had a country route.The day before his time study he had his wife send some empty pkgs to some of his shag stops.Coustomer called in wanting to know why box was empty.UPS invstigated,driver lost job.Dumb idea.
packageguy
Well-Known Member
The last 3 drivers fired for drugs. they tested
positive.They pretty much just walked away.
positive.They pretty much just walked away.
washington57
Well-Known Member
actually it isn't. don't spread misinformation. hourlies are allowed to investigate a possible grievance on the clock any time they damn well please.
old levi's
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Boinking the boss's wife. Oh wait, you mean at UPS. Well, nevermind......................
old levi's
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Never heard of a shag stop. Is that where you stop and shag? Just asking.......................
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Shag stop: see also, chaser.
Chasers are stops on a country run that are in the middle of nowhere. The driver was being time studied and wanted to run up his miles. Fail.
dilligaf
IN VINO VERITAS
Catatonic
Nine Lives
Especially since this actually would have made his On-Area MPH go up (in most cases). I use to get a big laugh at all the crazy things drivers use to do trying to increase their allowances.
Coldworld
60 months and counting
Do you think drivers were doing "crazy" things to be able to goof off out there or because they were being harassed about not going fast enough....just asking???
Anonymous 10
Guest
We had a driver get fired for trying to steal a Fedex package. He resigned
Catatonic
Nine Lives
Neither. I think they were trying to get more allowed hours and did not understand how time study allowances are developed.
brownedout
Well-Known Member
THEFT!!! The only firings that seem to hold are theft. Part-timers walking off with whole packages, or breaking into them for contents. Back when we still collected cash for C.O.D. shipments, two different drivers for "dipping" into their ups pocket. One of them everyone knew about, he used to replace $ by turn-in time, I guess they felt ,they were being made fools of by not doing anything. A bunch of us told him to stop. Keep your business private everyone. If too many people know, everybody knows.
My Center is about to go on telematics and we had our first class on it Friday. We were told we could not drive off area for lunch because we would be stealing the company's fuel and putting wear on the vehicle. Not a problem to me since I have been packing my lunch for 27 years. We were also told we would be fired if we tried to mess with any of the sensors.
DS
Fenderbender
Most drivers have it really hard every day to get things done going by the rules period.
UnconTROLLed
perfection
And I am positive that a union rep informed each and every driver the actual DOT laws which trump whatever lies management is spewing about lunches?
menotyou
bella amicizia
We have telematics. I have driven off to go wee-wee and was talked to once. I told them I have one kidney that works, and a small bladder. I keep well hydrated, like they ask, so if I have to go, I will use a restroom like they do. Like Humans are suppose to. I don't see them out back in the bushes pushing out their stinky stuff. Why should I?
thessalonian13
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[QUOTE=Years ago we had a peak driver who could not handle peak... he was always behind... then to "catch up" he would dump his last 40 stops or so into the woods and then come in... He was doing this for about 2 weeks when a customer saw him doing this and called our center... there were about a week's worth of route in the woods.
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