jimmythetech
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Management, up to pay grade 19, is required to fill out an ITAS report. But how many were told that you have to fill it out daily? How many of were told that reports would be created and used as an operation report or time card system?
ITAS was "sold" as a tool for UPS to use in order to take advantage of certain tax laws. ITAS was "positioned" as a tool for accounting to use to keep track of an applications total cost. That is why management was supposed to record time in ITAS. Now it has turned into a time card system. Now your hours and fractional hours are counted and scrutinized.
Blizzard of 2010... you can't make it in? You have a UPS provided laptop and the ability to log into all of the systems you need to conduct business from home? Well too bad, you aren't authorized to do that. What you are authorized to do is to go into ITAS and record your time as personal time. How does that help UPS take advantage of tax regulations?
If you have to work a "minimum" of 45 hours, then what about the over 45 hours? Why not get compensated for that at an overtime rate? If your hours are tracked to make sure you account for all of your time, then isn't it fair that the employer compensates you for the "extra" time?
What about the increase in pay for those grade 20 and above? They continue to enjoy special pay packages but other management employees are not allowed to participate in those incentives. The disparity in compensation has moved very far apart in the past few years.
Pay is only some of the issues, how about the QPR system? You are supposed to perform at work and then be graded on your performance. Unfortunately that is not what happens, the QPR data is altered until it fits into a predefined bell curve. Why continue the facade of working and being rated on your performance, the QPR will only be adjusted downward to control pay increases and to make it easier to eliminate employees.
So the question is, would you support a white collar union so you could get paid overtime? Would you support a union that did not allow random performance ratings? Would you support a union that held the Portfolio managers accountable to what is fair and honest?
Would you support a union so you can once again be treated as a professional with experience? To be recongnized as someone who can contribute to the over all success of the company?
I would like to know how people feel about this issue....
ITAS was "sold" as a tool for UPS to use in order to take advantage of certain tax laws. ITAS was "positioned" as a tool for accounting to use to keep track of an applications total cost. That is why management was supposed to record time in ITAS. Now it has turned into a time card system. Now your hours and fractional hours are counted and scrutinized.
Blizzard of 2010... you can't make it in? You have a UPS provided laptop and the ability to log into all of the systems you need to conduct business from home? Well too bad, you aren't authorized to do that. What you are authorized to do is to go into ITAS and record your time as personal time. How does that help UPS take advantage of tax regulations?
If you have to work a "minimum" of 45 hours, then what about the over 45 hours? Why not get compensated for that at an overtime rate? If your hours are tracked to make sure you account for all of your time, then isn't it fair that the employer compensates you for the "extra" time?
What about the increase in pay for those grade 20 and above? They continue to enjoy special pay packages but other management employees are not allowed to participate in those incentives. The disparity in compensation has moved very far apart in the past few years.
Pay is only some of the issues, how about the QPR system? You are supposed to perform at work and then be graded on your performance. Unfortunately that is not what happens, the QPR data is altered until it fits into a predefined bell curve. Why continue the facade of working and being rated on your performance, the QPR will only be adjusted downward to control pay increases and to make it easier to eliminate employees.
So the question is, would you support a white collar union so you could get paid overtime? Would you support a union that did not allow random performance ratings? Would you support a union that held the Portfolio managers accountable to what is fair and honest?
Would you support a union so you can once again be treated as a professional with experience? To be recongnized as someone who can contribute to the over all success of the company?
I would like to know how people feel about this issue....
