It amazes me how stressed out people get over what the other hourlies are doing. You more than anyone dictate how easy or difficult your job is. Relax, take a breath, turn the belt off, and take as much time as as you need to safely break jams or work through belt-wide flow. Also, call out when there's a jam. While you're standing there fuming over how they should know its jammed, you could have just let them know. It's easier for you to call out than it is for them to climb up and look. And remember, you get paid by the hour. The more your belt is off, the more you get paid. Also, the more your belt is off, the more help you will get in the long run. Worry about what's in your control and let management stress over your fellow workers and belt stops.
this may be good logic in your building, but not mine. Stopping the belt, and breaking their jams, just causes me to get backed up once the belt starts....and no one rushes up top to give me a hand. I always call out a jam, but I also shouldn't have to all the time. If they are in the trailer, and they look towards the back, and see there is a jam stopping stuff from going into the trailer, and the rollers are all clear....why not go and break it? Why stand around talking? Why ignore it, and get everything backed up more? It's honestly a easy job....it's other people that make is stressful....now I finally realize why my hair thinned out...started when I started at UPS. This job caused me to go bald....what a pitty
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