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A supervisor stands up to the IE manager...and pays the price
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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 612040" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>When I first started as a driver, it was almost 2 years before I actually took a lunch.</p><p> </p><p>The route I was on typically went out with an 11 hr day, with at least 9 hrs worth of business and pickup stops. It was designed by my management team to be "lunch proof."</p><p> </p><p>At that time, the policy in our district was that one hour would <em>automatically</em> be deducted from the drivers pay for lunch...whether any lunch was taken or not. You could <strong>not </strong>take a 1/2 hr lunch without management approval---which was never given.</p><p> </p><p>When I asked my sup why I couldnt just enter "no lunch" on my timecard he explained to me that I had to "earn" a lunch, and that "if you are working at a brisk enough pace it wont matter anyway because you will make that money up in bonus. The union requires you to put an hour lunch on your timecard, so blame them. If you dont have time to take lunch, you need to improve your methods."</p><p> </p><p>I was young and naive and I wanted to be a "good" employee, so I made the mistake of trusting and believing my supervisor. So for 2 years I skipped my lunch and breaks, wrote in a 1 hr lunch on my timecard, and made about 15 or 20 minutes of "bonus" per day.</p><p> </p><p>Then when the route got "timestudied", it lost almost an hour. So not only was the "bonus" gone, but even if I continued skipping my lunch and breaks I would still be at least 45 minutes "overallowed".</p><p> </p><p>It was at that point when it finally dawned on me that I was getting screwed and manipulated by a management team and an IE dept who had been lying to me all along.</p><p> </p><p>So as far as <strong>personal responsibility</strong> goes, I had no one to blame but myself. I was ignorant of the contract, and stupid enough to think that management was actually being honest with me and had my best interests at heart. Its not a mistake I will make again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 612040, member: 14668"] When I first started as a driver, it was almost 2 years before I actually took a lunch. The route I was on typically went out with an 11 hr day, with at least 9 hrs worth of business and pickup stops. It was designed by my management team to be "lunch proof." At that time, the policy in our district was that one hour would [I]automatically[/I] be deducted from the drivers pay for lunch...whether any lunch was taken or not. You could [B]not [/B]take a 1/2 hr lunch without management approval---which was never given. When I asked my sup why I couldnt just enter "no lunch" on my timecard he explained to me that I had to "earn" a lunch, and that "if you are working at a brisk enough pace it wont matter anyway because you will make that money up in bonus. The union requires you to put an hour lunch on your timecard, so blame them. If you dont have time to take lunch, you need to improve your methods." I was young and naive and I wanted to be a "good" employee, so I made the mistake of trusting and believing my supervisor. So for 2 years I skipped my lunch and breaks, wrote in a 1 hr lunch on my timecard, and made about 15 or 20 minutes of "bonus" per day. Then when the route got "timestudied", it lost almost an hour. So not only was the "bonus" gone, but even if I continued skipping my lunch and breaks I would still be at least 45 minutes "overallowed". It was at that point when it finally dawned on me that I was getting screwed and manipulated by a management team and an IE dept who had been lying to me all along. So as far as [B]personal responsibility[/B] goes, I had no one to blame but myself. I was ignorant of the contract, and stupid enough to think that management was actually being honest with me and had my best interests at heart. Its not a mistake I will make again. [/QUOTE]
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