UnconTROLLed
perfection
Preferred job is pickoff (HV/LV), PRELOAD, sort aisle.
Why am I doing more work than everyone else?
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washington57
Well-Known Member
stand up for yourself. either file a grievance or slow down to a manageable speed.
only you decide how hard you work.
only you decide how hard you work.
Same thing happening to me right now. I am doing two trucks that get hit all night at the same time and I can't possibly be in both at once. They just let it back out till I get over the the next one. While everyone else on the belt does one truck and gets a re-spot. So I stopped going to the other truck and let the sup handle it. They can't say anything and wont as long as your pph is at a decent rate. Shame on you for having a strong work ethic. That will diminish after a while at ups. You learn to play the game and to survive.
Integrity
Binge Poster
HelloWorld,
Several years ago I was talking with a young, up and coming part-time supervisor.
When asked what his goals were with UPS he boldly stated, "I want to be the CEO some day".
He had a military background and he was very stern and firm with his workers.
He also was very smart and very kind!
He always correctly rewarded his superior workers with the easier jobs.
You would always find his fastest, hardest workers sorting smalls, doing retapes and other less strenuous jobs as a reward for their superior effort.
One day his full time supervisor confronted him on this and said "If you don't think you are going to jump on the backs of your good workers and ride them then you will not have a future at this company".
He only lasted about a month after this confrontation. He quit.
His full time supervisor was a very mean, unhappy person. Last I heard she was still with the company.
Sincerely,
I
You are an excellent Teamster.
Some building don't have preferred jobs becasue everyone starts at the same pay rate.
grgrcr88
No It's not green grocer!
Where is that in the contract? If you want someone to read it you should give them someplacr to look.
grgrcr88
No It's not green grocer!
Shame on you for allowing a sup to do bargaining unit work and not filing a grievance on him!!
I was in the same situation...I started as an unloader and outworked everyone to the point that I couldnt find anyone that wanted to sort me and it felt good to be relied upon the first couple of months but pretty soon it became really annoying when I had to do my workload+the work of some lazy ass. About 3 months in I made the decision to become a sorter because I was sick of being used and doing such mindless/robotic work. I passed my test and waited like 2 months and every other week I would ask when I could sort but I would hear every excuse in the book, so I just gradually slowed down my work and one day while I was unloading, my sup. called me out of the truck and told me I was being moved to the sort aisle permanently. You just have to put your foot down with these people or they'll walk all over you.
menotyou
bella amicizia
I was a clerk for 4 years until I came back from having a disk removed from my neck. Then I was made a loader at the head of the belt with 4 trucks and split most of the time. And people wonder why I have the attitude that I do.
soberups
Pees in the brown Koolaid
One of the biggest challenges faced by any long-term UPS'er is in drawing healthy boundaries.
There is nothing wrong with wanting to be a hard working, productive employee. The problem starts when you cross the line from being a hard worker (which is good) to enabling an unhealthy or unsafe situation to continue (which is not good).
Sometimes our own egos are to blame because we are unwilling to ask for or demand help when needed. Other times, the expectations that UPS places upon us in a particular situation are simply not realistic.
So with the best of intentions, we give 150% and find a way to accomplish the impossible...only to discover that the impossible gradually becomes the norm. In the eyes of the company we did it once, so we should be able to do it again. And again, and again, and again.
There comes a point where the only way to make the company correct an impossible situation is by allowing it to fail. Once the consequences of that failure become too painful to ignore, those responsible will be forced to make the necessary changes. Until then, it will continue to be business as usual.
The line between "good employee" and "enabler" is a very faint and fuzzy one that can be almost impossible to avoid crossing from time to time.
There is nothing wrong with wanting to be a hard working, productive employee. The problem starts when you cross the line from being a hard worker (which is good) to enabling an unhealthy or unsafe situation to continue (which is not good).
Sometimes our own egos are to blame because we are unwilling to ask for or demand help when needed. Other times, the expectations that UPS places upon us in a particular situation are simply not realistic.
So with the best of intentions, we give 150% and find a way to accomplish the impossible...only to discover that the impossible gradually becomes the norm. In the eyes of the company we did it once, so we should be able to do it again. And again, and again, and again.
There comes a point where the only way to make the company correct an impossible situation is by allowing it to fail. Once the consequences of that failure become too painful to ignore, those responsible will be forced to make the necessary changes. Until then, it will continue to be business as usual.
The line between "good employee" and "enabler" is a very faint and fuzzy one that can be almost impossible to avoid crossing from time to time.
You have the right to bid on any available job (new or vacant) as stated in Article 22, Section 4. Any job you like is a "perferred" job. Although only some jobs will pay the extra dollar an hour.
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Another way to tackle your problem might be to determine if the tractor-trailer you're loading is over the federal weight limit. Perhaps a feeder driver or supervisor with more knowledge than I can address this issue. My understanding is the entire rig may not exceed 80,000 pounds, and there are other weight limitations per axle, at the couppling point, and if the rig will be going over a bridge.
Check the sticker on the outside nose of the trailer for weight data.
If you scan each package, check to see how many total packages you loaded in each trailer.
You can have the Union report the matter to UPS and/or the Government if your calculations indicate that any vehicle is illegally overloaded.
http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/sw/overview/index.htm
http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/sw/index.htm
very few of our trailers are ever found to be overweight. Overweight fines are normally assessed by states and not DOT. Your post here is encouraging someone to stir up some crap in an area where we rarely have an issue.
the browncafe gods here should delete your post for being misguided. but of course they wont as long as no one complains.....
Most UPS trailers are not weighed in the first place.
If ever there was a series of trailers that were candidates for checking, based on the Original Poster's information, this series of trailers should be at the top of the list.
State laws must be compatible with federal law. If you give me the state the original poster works in, and the state(s) the trailers will travel through, we can select the specific laws that may be broken and the precise dollar fines that may be imposed.
Maybe we should wait until the Original Poster gets back to us on the estimated weight of the trailers he is loading before jumping to any conclusions.
I'm guessing you are the only one that will call for my post to be deleted.
menotyou
bella amicizia
I know of a few brown trucks that have gone out with the tires rubbing. The truck that delivers the schwan's catalogs, for one. That is until the driver started saying he was overweight, and he refused the load. After that, the catalogs were loaded on a separate truck and shuttled out.
I've been there before. In may case I worked so much harder than everyone else that I strained my lower back and I was in my early twenties at the time.
It's the classic case at ups. The better you are the more you get. This especially goes with driving.
Best way to get worked pulled off is talk to your pt sup. If he doesn't take a truck off or get help or help himself then SLOW DOWN. Look out for your body and piece of mind. There not gonna do it for you.
It's the classic case at ups. The better you are the more you get. This especially goes with driving.
Best way to get worked pulled off is talk to your pt sup. If he doesn't take a truck off or get help or help himself then SLOW DOWN. Look out for your body and piece of mind. There not gonna do it for you.
ORLY!?!
Master Loader
I couldve, heck we all probably could write something similar to the OP. Sure, I enjoy doing what Im doing, the problem is that UPS enjoys the fact I enjoy what Im doing. Thats where it becomes a problem. And no one is better at creating problems then UPS.
To thee accord, the union doesnt discern relativity to production issues. So then what does that mean? Well, no matter if your fast or slow, the issue is a non-issue. Thus the union hurts the person who wants to be a hard worker. UPS abuses them and doesnt reward them at all. The union can protect you, but work ethic isnt in their vocabulary.
Heres a striking statement you can say or think about. UPS has a hard enough time keep people around, especially new hires, yet the ones who are crazy enough to stay around they treat like crap. Now what kind of winning policy is that? UPS has had a lot of hard workers come and go. I've seen many go, and i've been around for a little over 3 years.
You know, I know theres people getting less then you and I. It will stir inside of you and promote a sleeping rage within. It will, as you said, tear your body up quickly, and if your looking to make UPS a career, then those things should come first. Not what they want as of now.
You should be thinking now, UPS for me has been promoting unfair working standerds.
To thee accord, the union doesnt discern relativity to production issues. So then what does that mean? Well, no matter if your fast or slow, the issue is a non-issue. Thus the union hurts the person who wants to be a hard worker. UPS abuses them and doesnt reward them at all. The union can protect you, but work ethic isnt in their vocabulary.
Heres a striking statement you can say or think about. UPS has a hard enough time keep people around, especially new hires, yet the ones who are crazy enough to stay around they treat like crap. Now what kind of winning policy is that? UPS has had a lot of hard workers come and go. I've seen many go, and i've been around for a little over 3 years.
You know, I know theres people getting less then you and I. It will stir inside of you and promote a sleeping rage within. It will, as you said, tear your body up quickly, and if your looking to make UPS a career, then those things should come first. Not what they want as of now.
You should be thinking now, UPS for me has been promoting unfair working standerds.
packagemandan
Active Member
perhaps you should reevaluate your dedication? The company will burn you out if given the opportunity, slow your work pace and if you have enough seniority get the heck out of that position. You only have one back, they have millions of pachages.
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