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<blockquote data-quote="Dracula" data-source="post: 1035250" data-attributes="member: 42691"><p><strong>Re: &quot;Work as Directed&quot; and Production Standards</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Article 37. And start attaching monetary damages to your grievances. Nothing major, maybe one hour overtime for every instance of harassment. Do that, and hopefully win a few grievances, and Part-Time Bossman's hero Center Managers will start to feel the pain. You can count on that. Yeah, they are real big talkers when they are harassing you, but when it starts costing them money, their smart-assed tune changes overnight.</p><p></p><p>Back in the late 90's, I had a center manager like the one PTbossman talks about. His sups were delivering airs, shuttling packages out to drivers, etc. I started filing grievances, and started winning 3,4,5 hundred dollar green checks from these monkeys. After a couple of these checks, they elevated their big talk and intimidation. But after a few more weeks of paying out these checks, someone above their pay grade put the hammer down on this center manager. This tough guy followed me out to my car one night. He got real nice all of the sudden and politely asked me what it would take for me to stop filing grievances. He said his superiors told him if he kept paying out grievances, he was going to be transferred to a far off, rural area of our state, to work a car wash shift. I told him as soon as his guys stopped doing our work I would quit filing grievances. And that was how it ended. We actually got along real good after that. </p><p></p><p>So don't be intimidated, just be smart about it. Follow their methods, work safe, and most importantly, always keep your temper in check. It will get rough before it gets better, but stick to your guns and do your job, and you sir, should come out on top.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dracula, post: 1035250, member: 42691"] [b]Re: "Work as Directed" and Production Standards[/b] Article 37. And start attaching monetary damages to your grievances. Nothing major, maybe one hour overtime for every instance of harassment. Do that, and hopefully win a few grievances, and Part-Time Bossman's hero Center Managers will start to feel the pain. You can count on that. Yeah, they are real big talkers when they are harassing you, but when it starts costing them money, their smart-assed tune changes overnight. Back in the late 90's, I had a center manager like the one PTbossman talks about. His sups were delivering airs, shuttling packages out to drivers, etc. I started filing grievances, and started winning 3,4,5 hundred dollar green checks from these monkeys. After a couple of these checks, they elevated their big talk and intimidation. But after a few more weeks of paying out these checks, someone above their pay grade put the hammer down on this center manager. This tough guy followed me out to my car one night. He got real nice all of the sudden and politely asked me what it would take for me to stop filing grievances. He said his superiors told him if he kept paying out grievances, he was going to be transferred to a far off, rural area of our state, to work a car wash shift. I told him as soon as his guys stopped doing our work I would quit filing grievances. And that was how it ended. We actually got along real good after that. So don't be intimidated, just be smart about it. Follow their methods, work safe, and most importantly, always keep your temper in check. It will get rough before it gets better, but stick to your guns and do your job, and you sir, should come out on top. [/QUOTE]
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