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<blockquote data-quote="westsideworma" data-source="post: 411327"><p>The real solution would be to give the preloader more time....however I don't see that happening. Theres no way to refute it. When you have more time you build better loads and make less mistakes. Does it make sense to pay a driver 42 and change an hour to run misloads while driving a gas hog (more $$$) of a vehicle or pay the preloader making 9.50 an hour for an extra 15 min for them to go through their loads. </p><p></p><p>Or hell lets go nuts, how about giving them enough time for them to realistically do their job the right way and I don't just mean all the packages in the truck with no misloads. I mean secure loads, stops kept together etc. Most preloaders now don't have time for that. I had time for it just a few years ago...but since PAS...nope. Not even when I loaded while on PAS. The alpha charts were the fondest memories I have of preloading at UPS.</p><p></p><p>Someone at UPS needs to realistically analyze the preloaders job (do it for a week, a month, I dunno, but more than a day) and encounter all the mishaps and such that they do and then have them tell me the number they look for is realistic. The number is planned for a day when absolutely everything goes right...which is almost never the case. A manager I know said he'd never let an hourly beat him (this was when I was a loader and I do have witnesses lol) and ya know I see why, he went so fast, so fast...however it seemed every other package he would toss into my truck was a misload. Whats the point of going fast if you're doing it wrong? what could that possibly do to help me? I told him I never wanted him to help me again, I'll wrap when I wrap...the right way. Mind you that he just didn't want me getting OT. I finished with 5.4 hrs that day...still ended up with a 223pph load rate on a 200pph plan. Not to mention I helped both my neighbors when my cages were mostly empty just before break (they filled back up ridiculously so after break though as usual haha) after that I lost all respect for them. I worked my butt off and helped my neighbors, beat your fictitious production goal, had no misloads...and you guys had the nerve to rush me and potentially sabotage my loads? This is the wrong message to send to loaders and I'm sure its why we lose so many people here at this company.</p><p></p><p>Needless to say I don't bother my loaders like this. Probably why they work hard for me. Even someone nobody wants will come to my area and be successful and thats fine with me. Do we always make our "numbers"? Production: most of the time we make it or are just a bit over and misloads: nearly every day (currently 1/2500+ this month). All of this is done without nitpicking and constant harassment that some people think works in motivating people. </p><p></p><p>In short, my team comes to work and does their job; I tell them what they need to know and get out of their way while keeping an eye for possible problems (loads not containing for example) or safety issues. By what they need to know I mean piece count for heavy bulk stops and PCM that has a safety tip and demonstration, a previous day recap (roundtable on where we did well/came up short the day prior and ideas to continue/improve) as well as any special things going on at our building this day/week/month. NOT how they're so lucky to have these jobs and if they don't like it Mcdonalds his hiring (or Flynns at our location haha) or ANYTHING like that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="westsideworma, post: 411327"] The real solution would be to give the preloader more time....however I don't see that happening. Theres no way to refute it. When you have more time you build better loads and make less mistakes. Does it make sense to pay a driver 42 and change an hour to run misloads while driving a gas hog (more $$$) of a vehicle or pay the preloader making 9.50 an hour for an extra 15 min for them to go through their loads. Or hell lets go nuts, how about giving them enough time for them to realistically do their job the right way and I don't just mean all the packages in the truck with no misloads. I mean secure loads, stops kept together etc. Most preloaders now don't have time for that. I had time for it just a few years ago...but since PAS...nope. Not even when I loaded while on PAS. The alpha charts were the fondest memories I have of preloading at UPS. Someone at UPS needs to realistically analyze the preloaders job (do it for a week, a month, I dunno, but more than a day) and encounter all the mishaps and such that they do and then have them tell me the number they look for is realistic. The number is planned for a day when absolutely everything goes right...which is almost never the case. A manager I know said he'd never let an hourly beat him (this was when I was a loader and I do have witnesses lol) and ya know I see why, he went so fast, so fast...however it seemed every other package he would toss into my truck was a misload. Whats the point of going fast if you're doing it wrong? what could that possibly do to help me? I told him I never wanted him to help me again, I'll wrap when I wrap...the right way. Mind you that he just didn't want me getting OT. I finished with 5.4 hrs that day...still ended up with a 223pph load rate on a 200pph plan. Not to mention I helped both my neighbors when my cages were mostly empty just before break (they filled back up ridiculously so after break though as usual haha) after that I lost all respect for them. I worked my butt off and helped my neighbors, beat your fictitious production goal, had no misloads...and you guys had the nerve to rush me and potentially sabotage my loads? This is the wrong message to send to loaders and I'm sure its why we lose so many people here at this company. Needless to say I don't bother my loaders like this. Probably why they work hard for me. Even someone nobody wants will come to my area and be successful and thats fine with me. Do we always make our "numbers"? Production: most of the time we make it or are just a bit over and misloads: nearly every day (currently 1/2500+ this month). All of this is done without nitpicking and constant harassment that some people think works in motivating people. In short, my team comes to work and does their job; I tell them what they need to know and get out of their way while keeping an eye for possible problems (loads not containing for example) or safety issues. By what they need to know I mean piece count for heavy bulk stops and PCM that has a safety tip and demonstration, a previous day recap (roundtable on where we did well/came up short the day prior and ideas to continue/improve) as well as any special things going on at our building this day/week/month. NOT how they're so lucky to have these jobs and if they don't like it Mcdonalds his hiring (or Flynns at our location haha) or ANYTHING like that. [/QUOTE]
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