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<blockquote data-quote="trenjct" data-source="post: 597931" data-attributes="member: 11108"><p>Actually, I did tell them. They offered their condolences and that was the end of it. And yes, I do know that we get days off for it, just didn't know it was paid. Basically feels like I worked those days for free instead of being with what's left of my family. And considering that I've worked with this same management team for over 20 years and that I'm on-call for them 24/7, 364 days a year and I've only taken one sick day ever, perhaps I would have appreciated someone mentioning that there was no reason for me to have to be there. I know - my own damn fault for not knowing the fine details of the contract, but most of these guys in my building have never seen their union agent in years, if ever. And our steward might as well be wearing a "Property of...." shirt and tie when he does bother to show up for work. </p><p></p><p>When my family owned a couple casino/lounges, we treated our employees with a lot more compassion and respect. I know - an absolutely novel idea to think of employees as humans and not numbers. Whatever happened to courtesy and ethics?</p><p></p><p>Hopefully when I die 'cause I'm running as hard as I can to keep up with the new numbers, UPS will have the decency to not dig my bones up to make me come to work anyways. Never know. Zombies.... cheap labor.... if the company doesn't outsource the work to the penitentiaries first. </p><p></p><p>And that's enough cathartic venting for this subject. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/wink.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":wink2:" title="Wink :wink2:" data-shortname=":wink2:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trenjct, post: 597931, member: 11108"] Actually, I did tell them. They offered their condolences and that was the end of it. And yes, I do know that we get days off for it, just didn't know it was paid. Basically feels like I worked those days for free instead of being with what's left of my family. And considering that I've worked with this same management team for over 20 years and that I'm on-call for them 24/7, 364 days a year and I've only taken one sick day ever, perhaps I would have appreciated someone mentioning that there was no reason for me to have to be there. I know - my own damn fault for not knowing the fine details of the contract, but most of these guys in my building have never seen their union agent in years, if ever. And our steward might as well be wearing a "Property of...." shirt and tie when he does bother to show up for work. When my family owned a couple casino/lounges, we treated our employees with a lot more compassion and respect. I know - an absolutely novel idea to think of employees as humans and not numbers. Whatever happened to courtesy and ethics? Hopefully when I die 'cause I'm running as hard as I can to keep up with the new numbers, UPS will have the decency to not dig my bones up to make me come to work anyways. Never know. Zombies.... cheap labor.... if the company doesn't outsource the work to the penitentiaries first. And that's enough cathartic venting for this subject. :wink2: [/QUOTE]
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