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Does UPS management have a monthly quota on warning letters?
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<blockquote data-quote="UPS Lifer" data-source="post: 1080200" data-attributes="member: 9789"><p><span style="color: #0000cd">Pretzel Man, I can't speak for the years after 2007 but I damn well can for the years I worked there. With all due respect, there is absolutely no <strong>requirement</strong> to discipline any employee... I will preface that with unless your immediate manager or above tells you to give a warning letter or other discipline out. I do agree with your last statement that the discipline process is in place to protect the employee. It is management's responsibility to coach and counsel those folks who are not following processes and procedures. I always felt that it was my job or my supervisors job to provide the tools and skill to make an employee successful. </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000cd"></span></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">This to me is a failure on managements part to communicate and train and also due to lack of experience/skill dealing with people. It is also done out of a fear that their own job is on the line. In my operation, the potential warning letter was fully reviewed by me from a shop stewards POV before any letter was issued. Now I did encourage training, coaching and counseling write ups and documentation but a warning letter was serious and I would usually get involved to make sure that I knew every aspect of the situation. </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">There were some managers and supervisors who were proud of the warning letters and discipline they doled out. I always felt that the true measure of working with your employees was the lack of grievances filed against you...NOT how much discipline was given. </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">This is just a completely absurd and ignorant statement and beneath your position as a steward. How can you ask for respect from management if you are unwilling to be respectful back? </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UPS Lifer, post: 1080200, member: 9789"] [COLOR=#0000cd]Pretzel Man, I can't speak for the years after 2007 but I damn well can for the years I worked there. With all due respect, there is absolutely no [B]requirement[/B] to discipline any employee... I will preface that with unless your immediate manager or above tells you to give a warning letter or other discipline out. I do agree with your last statement that the discipline process is in place to protect the employee. It is management's responsibility to coach and counsel those folks who are not following processes and procedures. I always felt that it was my job or my supervisors job to provide the tools and skill to make an employee successful. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]This to me is a failure on managements part to communicate and train and also due to lack of experience/skill dealing with people. It is also done out of a fear that their own job is on the line. In my operation, the potential warning letter was fully reviewed by me from a shop stewards POV before any letter was issued. Now I did encourage training, coaching and counseling write ups and documentation but a warning letter was serious and I would usually get involved to make sure that I knew every aspect of the situation. There were some managers and supervisors who were proud of the warning letters and discipline they doled out. I always felt that the true measure of working with your employees was the lack of grievances filed against you...NOT how much discipline was given. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]This is just a completely absurd and ignorant statement and beneath your position as a steward. How can you ask for respect from management if you are unwilling to be respectful back? [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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