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Am I an abnormally slow loader?
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<blockquote data-quote="cassismark" data-source="post: 215216" data-attributes="member: 10585"><p>Towely, I'm in the same boat you're in. I've been a loader at UPS for a few weeks and they have me loading faster than some of the more experienced loaders. So far, my experience with my part-time supervisor and pickoff has been negative. I load at about 350 pph for my first hour and then somewhere around the middle of the shift my trailer will blow up on me and my pph goes way down to somewhere around 200-250 pph. I can't sustain a 300-400 pph for an entire shift because my loading efficiency lacks. My part time walks in and sees me struggling with jams and asks me why the flow backed up. I explained that I was loading to the best of my abilities, but the best of my abilities cannot compensate for the extreme flow being fed to my feeders. Supposedly, the feeders I am loading used to be two-man trailers until management or someone decided to have only one person load them. I have made it clear to my part time that I do not have the loading skill to do my job correctly at this pace ie. checking all the packages in a bag, hand to surface methods, and using a load stand (the package cluttered floor and never ending flow make using a load stand impossible). My part time doesn't have loading experience so his only response to huge jams and backups is load faster. I feel am being force to sacrifice my loading quality at all times when I load these heavy trailers. I am not confident in my part time's understanding of the situation because he tells me to lower my load quality whenever the flow gets heavy, and to make it worse he tells me some of the things I learned in the classroom training is "B.S.". I have voiced my concerns to him and the multiple trainers that visit me when I load, but of course my concerns are ignored and I was told that I have a "bad attitude". To top it off, other part time supervisors load for me when the flow gets to heavy to keep up with, but I believe this is a violation of the labor contract. Please, if you have any suggestions to remedy this situation I would be grateful to hear them. Thanks for your time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cassismark, post: 215216, member: 10585"] Towely, I'm in the same boat you're in. I've been a loader at UPS for a few weeks and they have me loading faster than some of the more experienced loaders. So far, my experience with my part-time supervisor and pickoff has been negative. I load at about 350 pph for my first hour and then somewhere around the middle of the shift my trailer will blow up on me and my pph goes way down to somewhere around 200-250 pph. I can't sustain a 300-400 pph for an entire shift because my loading efficiency lacks. My part time walks in and sees me struggling with jams and asks me why the flow backed up. I explained that I was loading to the best of my abilities, but the best of my abilities cannot compensate for the extreme flow being fed to my feeders. Supposedly, the feeders I am loading used to be two-man trailers until management or someone decided to have only one person load them. I have made it clear to my part time that I do not have the loading skill to do my job correctly at this pace ie. checking all the packages in a bag, hand to surface methods, and using a load stand (the package cluttered floor and never ending flow make using a load stand impossible). My part time doesn't have loading experience so his only response to huge jams and backups is load faster. I feel am being force to sacrifice my loading quality at all times when I load these heavy trailers. I am not confident in my part time's understanding of the situation because he tells me to lower my load quality whenever the flow gets heavy, and to make it worse he tells me some of the things I learned in the classroom training is "B.S.". I have voiced my concerns to him and the multiple trainers that visit me when I load, but of course my concerns are ignored and I was told that I have a "bad attitude". To top it off, other part time supervisors load for me when the flow gets to heavy to keep up with, but I believe this is a violation of the labor contract. Please, if you have any suggestions to remedy this situation I would be grateful to hear them. Thanks for your time. [/QUOTE]
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