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<blockquote data-quote="brazenbrown" data-source="post: 216974" data-attributes="member: 9007"><p>Perhaps you've not been as fortunate as others who have had the opportunity to be in a functioning team environment at UPS. It is evident by your response that you don't believe a teamwork environment can be achieved. The team concept does work at UPS and other union shops. I've been in a few different operations where it has. This will not work unless the right conditions are in place, namely, fair tell it like it is leadership, good communication, and a little enthusiasm doesn't hurt either. In return once the leadership has proven itself to be straight forward and has earned the respect and trust of their employees the atmosphere does change. I've seen this happen at the division and at center level of operations at UPS. </p><p></p><p>Jim Casey said: </p><p><strong>"Good men working together for a common goal can accomplish anything" </strong></p><p>He was saying this about UPSer's and he is the one who invited the union in!</p><p></p><p><strong>Union organizations all with contracts:</strong></p><p><strong></strong> </p><p>Baseball</p><p>Football</p><p>Hockey</p><p> </p><p> Just to name a few... All union and all don't get along all the time. While many of these people are paid millions to make it happen they still squabble, fight, do drugs, get divorced and have their problems. However, when they're functioning with the spirit of teamwork and the realization that when working together things just go better they're able to succeed beyond their imaginations. Most champions are successful as a team, individualism doesn't win titles. Again, the right coach or manager with a teamwork environment will win over individualism every time.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't look at it like circumventing the contract rather planning for the sick calls. We all know some centers get more sick calls than others (probably not team inspired or good leadership in those centers<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/wink.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":wink:" title="Wink :wink:" data-shortname=":wink:" />) and they have to plan on them. I've talked with my center management about how days off work and they actually plan for the sick calls based on their own center's trend, I think ours was an average of two a day. I just don't see how you could blindly run your business knowing how many people are going to come to work and not plan for it. </p><p></p><p>Perhaps I'm too naive and most people would prefer to struggle their whole careers fighting the company rather than working together and making it a much more pleasant place to work<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/thumbup1.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":thumbup1:" title="Thumbup1 :thumbup1:" data-shortname=":thumbup1:" />.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brazenbrown, post: 216974, member: 9007"] Perhaps you've not been as fortunate as others who have had the opportunity to be in a functioning team environment at UPS. It is evident by your response that you don't believe a teamwork environment can be achieved. The team concept does work at UPS and other union shops. I've been in a few different operations where it has. This will not work unless the right conditions are in place, namely, fair tell it like it is leadership, good communication, and a little enthusiasm doesn't hurt either. In return once the leadership has proven itself to be straight forward and has earned the respect and trust of their employees the atmosphere does change. I've seen this happen at the division and at center level of operations at UPS. Jim Casey said: [B]"Good men working together for a common goal can accomplish anything" [/B] He was saying this about UPSer's and he is the one who invited the union in! [B]Union organizations all with contracts: [/B] Baseball Football Hockey Just to name a few... All union and all don't get along all the time. While many of these people are paid millions to make it happen they still squabble, fight, do drugs, get divorced and have their problems. However, when they're functioning with the spirit of teamwork and the realization that when working together things just go better they're able to succeed beyond their imaginations. Most champions are successful as a team, individualism doesn't win titles. Again, the right coach or manager with a teamwork environment will win over individualism every time. I don't look at it like circumventing the contract rather planning for the sick calls. We all know some centers get more sick calls than others (probably not team inspired or good leadership in those centers:wink:) and they have to plan on them. I've talked with my center management about how days off work and they actually plan for the sick calls based on their own center's trend, I think ours was an average of two a day. I just don't see how you could blindly run your business knowing how many people are going to come to work and not plan for it. Perhaps I'm too naive and most people would prefer to struggle their whole careers fighting the company rather than working together and making it a much more pleasant place to work:thumbup1:. [/QUOTE]
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