Management Quotes

[Fnix]

Supe screaming as loud as he can: Lets go guys hurry up!
Me: I'm the only person around for 200 feet.
Supe: Oh

[Brown Dog]

After being sent out in a blizzard, we (4 pkg cars) went to state police hdqtrs (on the way to our area) and asked them about road conditions from there to the next town over(16 miles). They said" What the hell are you doing out here, we've got white out conditions, get the hell off the roads. We called back to center and passed messsage from police. center mgr said; " Joe made it through on Rt, 6 Take Rt 6.

[AlaskaMike]

My all time favorite is:

Union: We have a problem.
Manager: I had no idea this was happening.
Union: What are you going to do about it?
Manager: We're working on it.

Really? You're working on something you had no idea was happening? LOL!

[bad company]

Originally Posted by DS

Bad co,dont toy with them if you value a dependable income.
If you get on thier bad side they WILL find something to fire you for,,,
I may be wrong but you seem like you have acquired a bad attitude towards your mngmt team.Dont mess with it,those sups will be reassigned soon enough,and you may luck out and get someone human,someone that knows that it takes 2 drivers to do it when you are on va-ca...in my opinion,you were out of line and unprofessional with the silly text messages...jmho...

In regards to my communication with my supervisor, I know that it was borderline wrong and could start a little trouble. However, we do have a DIAD and text message capabilities for a reason. My supervisor has made calling drivers his main priority and other drives have complained to both him directly and my center manager. Had this been an urgent need of direct communication, my center manager has my phone number.

Regarding my attitude towards management, I admit that I have been highly dissapointed with some of the recent decisions and attempted changes made. I stated previously in other threads, I used to be a pt sup at another center. I feel that management at the center that I came from are a completely different breed and are a lot more efficient and effective in running their operation. When I became a driver and transferred to another center, I had no probelm with the center mgr and my on-road supervisor. I did my job and they left me alone. I was commended for my efforts and encouraged to quickly turn in my letter of intent to go into full-time management. Then we get a new ctr mgr and a new on-road shortly there after. Ever since this change, I have been harassed, threatened, and over dispatched on a consistant basis. My on-road sup always finds an excuse for not riding with me when challenged and my center manager insists on having me deal with my on-road sup directly. Since my on-road sup has no answers and solutions to my probelms, YES, my attitude may have changed.

For the record, I never stopped delivering and never had a remote chance of having missed stops. I did not go find a phone and sit idle waiting for further instructions.

As for looking for reasons to discipline me or "fire" me, YES, they have done that before and I assume are continuing to. But guess what? I follow all methods and procedures, and they have nothing on me. They have audited my car to death, followed me for days, and nothing...

I also have documented every action and potential acts of harrassement and wrong doing on their part. Should worse come to worse, I will go down with a fight and take others down with me. I learned in time in management to always Cover My Six.

I hate having to play these ridiculous and childish games, but feel that I have no choice for now. I cannot wait to have a new management team.
I'm frustrated, what can I say...

[PoeCrosley]

It goes both ways..........

One of my fellow drivers went straight to the phone after being questioned about "time between stops"

Is Joe there?
Hey Joe, this is John. If somebody from UPS calls and starts to ask questions about me, tell him we were talking UPS business.


Another:
Sup: Call me when you get a chance

Driver: can't, dont have a cell phone

Sup: ask one of the 85 business stops you complain about having every day if you can use theirs.

DON'T HAVE A CELL PHONE? Didn't realize that was the only form of communication left....................... AH YOUTH

[browniehound]

Originally Posted by BigBrownSanta

Me: Do we have any DR bags?

Sup: No, the budgets been cut.

Me: How am I supposed to DR pkgs in the rain?

Sup: Find a dry spot.

Its funny you bring this up because I was just informed by my local letter carrier during our last snowstorm that the USPS doesen't provide them with "DR bags" for their parcels and they must find a "dry spot"

[trplnkl]

sometimes that dry spot isn't found till the next day.

[tups]

Big snow coming tomorrow, reminds me of a district manager telling us the morning of a blizzard 2 years ago during peak "If I hear of anyone of you getting stuck, youre fired!"

[LKLND3380]

Originally Posted by Brown Dog

After being sent out in a blizzard, we (4 pkg cars) went to state police hdqtrs (on the way to our area) and asked them about road conditions from there to the next town over(16 miles). They said" What the hell are you doing out here, we've got white out conditions, get the hell off the roads. We called back to center and passed messsage from police. center mgr said; " Joe made it through on Rt, 6 Take Rt 6.

A week later they found Joe in a snow bank frozen in 6 feet of ice... At the hospital the CM told Joe while he was frozen, the person who covered his rote did it in half the time...

[LKLND3380]

Originally Posted by AlaskaMike

My all time favorite is:

Union: We have a problem.
Manager: I had no idea this was happening.
Union: What are you going to do about it?
Manager: We're working on it.

Really? You're working on something you had no idea was happening? LOL!

I hear what you are saying but I think it should read...

Union: We have a problem
Manager: I had no idea this was happening.
Union: What are you going to do about it?

Manager: It's a trend...
OR
Manager: Hold "others" accountable...

[outamyway]

Originally Posted by tups

Big snow coming tomorrow, reminds me of a district manager telling us the morning of a blizzard 2 years ago during peak "If I hear of anyone of you getting stuck, youre fired!"

Reminds me of a time it was pouring rain here in Las Vegas (yes it happens) We launched late and the CM sent a message to everyone:

"Let me know if you have any problems getting all your air done on time."
I wrote back: "The rain is a problem"

CM wrote : "weather conditions are not problems"

I responded:"it never rains here, that is a problem"

What I didn't do was explain that I have to drive have the speed and slow down twice as far away before a turn. The P500 I drive doesn't stop, go or turn on wet roads without being very careful.

[LKLND3380]

Originally Posted by old brown shoe

Sup-- There's a thousand people at the unemployment dept. that want your job.
Me-- Call a few in since we seem to be short handed and could use some more help around here

500 of the have been previously hired by UPS and quit before the end of their first day... An additonal 250 quit before they got their 30 days in... The remaining 250 want the job but think you start at $16.00 an hour...

[worthlessdriver]

Originally Posted by Fnix

Supe screaming as loud as he can: Lets go guys hurry up!
Me: I'm the only person around for 200 feet.
Supe: Oh

Our bldg is so old that we can only pull out in single file. There is about 20 cars in the line up and the sups will go to the wrong end and start yelling at us to hurry up and leave bldg. I just give them a dumb look(which is not that hard for me) and point them to the other end of the belt. I quess they think I have a teleporter(whatever that thing they had on Star Treck was) or something

[wornoutupser]

One of my favorites was " Doc, you have to give him something to make him stop throwing up, he has to work today" as my old on road was thrown out of my doctor's office when I was sick!

[rockymtnupser]

Heres one
sup. You dr met cust woman on such and such a day at such and such address is this residential or commercial?
me. I driver released such and such on such and such?
sup. Yes is it res or comm?
me. I dr it right?
sup.yes
me. I think you answered your own question.
no response

[tieguy]

good thread. we should provide copies of these posts in our management training classes.

[Griff]

At peak:

Sup from another center: "Just DR everything front door and I'll deliver them, you can take credit for them."

Me: "I don't think so buddy."

Sup: "Why?"

Me: "You're kidding, right?"

Sup: blank stare.

[Meadowlandsmechanic]

Originally Posted by local804

It is what it is

I hear that one alot until they are in a jam then it's " make it happen"

[Tony31yrs]

new guy- "Is it hard to get into supervision here?

me-"No and you get a free tie with the lobotomy!"

[Big Babooba]

Originally Posted by outamyway

Reminds me of a time it was pouring rain here in Las Vegas (yes it happens) We launched late and the CM sent a message to everyone:

"Let me know if you have any problems getting all your air done on time."
I wrote back: "The rain is a problem"

CM wrote : "weather conditions are not problems"

I responded:"it never rains here, that is a problem"

What I didn't do was explain that I have to drive have the speed and slow down twice as far away before a turn. The P500 I drive doesn't stop, go or turn on wet roads without being very careful.

Heaven forbid that it should snow!

[KBlakk]

How bout this classic:
Hourly: I can't move that fast it's unsafe
Sup: When I was an hourly :: insert unreal story here ::
Hourly: But times have changed.
Sup: It's still the same boxes and routes

[Tony31yrs]

Sup- "_______ shouldn't affect how long it takes to do your route."


Insert any of the following words: snow, rain, construction, breakdown, etc.