management's nightmare
"the cardinal sin"
First and foremost everybody, yo have to remember to protect yourself. UPS is theonly company (that i know of) that gets its jollies off of screwing with employees on a constant basis. This whole production push BS is just another phase. After the strike in 97 we had 9.5 instituted. Remember that? There were tons of packaged in our building that didnt get service everyday, untilthey had to eventually cut their nose off to spite their face and let up the overtime again.
If you follow all those stupid rules that they give, practically a new one every week at pcm, it'll conflict with their stupid "habits" and all that safety bs. They are very big on safety (supposedly) so WORK SAFE. This means drinking regularly (as per habits), grab every handrail in and out of the truck, do not over load the handtruck, make more trips with it, dont be rude to customers, make a complete stop at every stop sign, look left right left, count and take off. Right there it eats up time. Dont let sups bully you during an ojs, (like Rog in queens north who pulls the "my mother in law is sick in the hospital so can you speed it up so i could see her, who knows if it'll be the last time - ever).
Take a digital photo of your load every day, especially the ojs ones, keep a log, with weather conditions, load quality, school bus stoppings, fuel trucks, tow trucks, police activity, etc. write a diary and keep it for future reference. that way if they pull you into the office you will have ammo. and remember the sporh is only a suggestive one. our old manager donna **** used to tells us to push back the AM time (time left building so the preload would eat it up). The preload manager larry **** would "instruct" us to leave the building while chucking the nda in the truck while slamming the rear door down. what a beautiful place, i tell people these stories and they look at me like im reciting science fiction or something.
Bottom line, just work as your being watched. Thats it. Perform for them, your an actor in a brown uniform that gets paid well for it, so give 'em what they want, all their stupid BS and then some.
If you follow all those stupid rules that they give, practically a new one every week at pcm, it'll conflict with their stupid "habits" and all that safety bs. They are very big on safety (supposedly) so WORK SAFE. This means drinking regularly (as per habits), grab every handrail in and out of the truck, do not over load the handtruck, make more trips with it, dont be rude to customers, make a complete stop at every stop sign, look left right left, count and take off. Right there it eats up time. Dont let sups bully you during an ojs, (like Rog in queens north who pulls the "my mother in law is sick in the hospital so can you speed it up so i could see her, who knows if it'll be the last time - ever).
Take a digital photo of your load every day, especially the ojs ones, keep a log, with weather conditions, load quality, school bus stoppings, fuel trucks, tow trucks, police activity, etc. write a diary and keep it for future reference. that way if they pull you into the office you will have ammo. and remember the sporh is only a suggestive one. our old manager donna **** used to tells us to push back the AM time (time left building so the preload would eat it up). The preload manager larry **** would "instruct" us to leave the building while chucking the nda in the truck while slamming the rear door down. what a beautiful place, i tell people these stories and they look at me like im reciting science fiction or something.
Bottom line, just work as your being watched. Thats it. Perform for them, your an actor in a brown uniform that gets paid well for it, so give 'em what they want, all their stupid BS and then some.
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