wilberforce15
Well-Known Member
Pure speculation.
Speculation is what logic is called when people can't follow it.
Pure speculation.
There's several allotted time segments in both break and lunch screens in DIAD.
We break up the breaks all the time.
If I want to sit under a shaded area after the airs are off I record a 5 min break in my board.
In the past, when they pulled up sparks reports it would drive them looney validating the dead time but we were given the option to split up those several years ago after PAS was implemented....
for the benefit of the company of course.
I've said it a hundred times. They do not care how good or loyal you are. Good luck and when you go through the stress of getting your job back for a simple human mistake, remember. I honestly don't know how we are able to retire from that hell hole before we get firedI made a "very serious" mistake. In my rush to leave for home, I made a human oversight and blew by the screen to enter my lunch. 2 or so years ago my Sup gave me permission to account for my time using my watch-stopwatch and plugging in a 1 hour lunch time at end of day. No problems til now. Took 2wk vaca to Norway to visit family, they're 6 hours ahead of us. I came back to work 6 hours ahead in mind and body. 1st day back I didn't enter lunch, simple mistake on my part, but I told him the next morning I had done it. Well, he didn't fix timecard, AND I did it again that day!!! OUCH! Called in office and terminated. He also followed me that 2nd day and watched me take some of my time that wasn't logged into board, because it was in my stopwatch; just never got recorded. I've never been here before. No prior terminations, 21yrs service, 13yrs safe driving, 0 attendance/tardy issues, never bitch or complain and get the job done. Is this because it's a contract year and I'm being made an example of? Wife and kids are still in Norway!!! Can't wait to pick them up at the airport and give them the news!!!! Am I getting my job back? BTW my supervisor did a great job not supervising me. Insights? How long can I expect to be jobless?
A. Bathroom time is not jurisdicted by the company. If you have a chronic physical issue get it documented by your attending physician. Address it thru fmla if you have to. Someone else may have more experience with that than me.In my center, we have two spaces for breaks (which is how many we get) and two spaces for lunch (though our rider doesn't allow for splitting up a lunch) It sounds to me like this guy is splitting up more than that if he has to use a stop watch to keep track. Interacting with other human beings is incidental to the job, taking time to relieve our bodies of waste is a basic human necessity/right, stopping to tie your shoe is a safety issue, those are not examples of time theft. On the other hand, if you spend too much time doing any of those things, you can argue for time theft, but where is the line? And who decides?
I've seen the company put a "lick" on an employee to get their attention when they could've been justifiably terminated.I've said it a hundred times. They do not care how good or loyal you are. Good luck and when you go through the stress of getting your job back for a simple human mistake, remember. I honestly don't know how we are able to retire from that hell hole before we get fired
No mercy for anything. Management screamed NO EXCEPTIONS for screw ups everyday as we fought to get outI've seen the company put a "lick" on an employee to get their attention when they could've been justifiably terminated.
It also depends on the management present sometimes.
But after the strike in 97 there was no mercy for quite some time.
Yeah dude, the pendulum swings both ways on that issue.No mercy for anything. Management screamed NO EXCEPTIONS for screw ups everyday as we fought to get out
Lmao. I spose so but I can't fire my employer for not following the contract.Yeah dude, the pendulum swings both ways on that issue.
Maybe not the first chop but keep chopping the tree if they want to fight and itll either come down or get moved.Lmao. I spose so but I can't fire my employer for not following the contract.
I spose. I was one of the 80%. Terribly weak union presence.i threatened grievances but never had to except 9.5 of course!Maybe not the first chop but keep chopping the tree if they want to fight and itll either come down or get moved.
There is no other way once you face off the first time.
Either fight the violations or hide like 80% of the rest of the members without local strength.
How do you just get 2 spaces for 2 break(s) and 2 for lunch if you can't split up lunch? Thst didnt make sense to me.
On talking to customers:
If it's about their shipping issues or business related I put in "driver marketing" in the Other Work selection.
It's in ours yet, 2nd screen down.Driver Marketing? Man they pulled that from our boards probably 10 years ago. Maybe even longer.
It's all about the numbers.I'm not saying we can't split up lunch, just saying the contract doesn't allow for it, meaning it doesn't specifically say we can or can't, just says we can take 30 minutes or an hour at our discretion. It's an issue that our management doesn't get involved in unless there's a problem.
I'll spend maybe an extra minute or two every couple weeks on average talking about strictly non-business related stuff with customers. It's part of being a human, and helps to maintain relations which works to the company's advantage. Obviously some people spend too long doing it, but if you can manage it and maintain their numbers, then they shouldn't have anything to say about it.
As for the bathroom, I just brought it up because the OP says he includes it in his personal time.
I've been out a while now, but I know they killed the driver marketing thing a long time ago,I do vaguely remember the driver assist though.It's in ours yet, 2nd screen down.
We also use "driver assist" when we have to go help swap pkgs out of another PC or wait time during a meet.
I don't even bother coding anything unless I'm specifically told to. Probably throwing away bonus money, but not worth dealing with the crap if management doesn't like a code I used.It's all about the numbers.
Yeah. Its still in our boards. Both of them. Plus Service Awareness, Ground Shuttle and the one they wish they could remove ...I've been out a while now, but I know they killed the driver marketing thing a long time ago,I do vaguely remember the driver assist though.
They don't ever say anything to us unless you abuse it.I don't even bother coding anything unless I'm specifically told to. Probably throwing away bonus money, but not worth dealing with the crap if management doesn't like a code I used.