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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 622450" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>All this back and forth over the various acronyms and functions of the DPS is overlooking the original post of this thread...which was from a driver whose allowance was getting jacked around.</p><p> </p><p>We can endlessly debate the cause and effect or we can focus on the simple truth.</p><p> </p><p>Time=money. UPS isnt going to give away money.</p><p> </p><p>It is not logical to assume that a company that makes a business decision that the life of its driver is unworthy of the $50 expense of a 3-point seatbelt...would then turn around and spend <em>extra</em> money to give that same driver a fair and realistic time standard for his work.</p><p> </p><p>UPS's entire system for creating time allowances is either (a) incompetent or (b) corrupt.</p><p> </p><p>UPS is many things, but incompetent isnt one of them. I pick (b).</p><p> </p><p>The allowances exist for one reason; <em>to increase productivity by creating a "standard" that can only be met by working off of the clock. </em>UPS's entire business model is predicated upon pressuring a given percentage of its workforce to donate their lunches and breaks in order to meet this "standard".</p><p> </p><p>Show me a center where <em>every</em> driver pulls over at noon and takes a full, uninterrupted, one hour lunch....and I will show you at least 500 service failures per day, a "dispatch plan" that is missing at least 4 full routes, and a center manager who is about to get his ass fired.</p><p> </p><p>Water has a maximum temperature of 212 degrees before it boils, and a center has a maximum number of stops that can possibly be delivered in a given amount of time. If you want to increase either number, you simply have to apply more pressure. To do this, you need a pressure cooker....or an intentionally rigged time allowance. Both will accomplish the same thing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 622450, member: 14668"] All this back and forth over the various acronyms and functions of the DPS is overlooking the original post of this thread...which was from a driver whose allowance was getting jacked around. We can endlessly debate the cause and effect or we can focus on the simple truth. Time=money. UPS isnt going to give away money. It is not logical to assume that a company that makes a business decision that the life of its driver is unworthy of the $50 expense of a 3-point seatbelt...would then turn around and spend [I]extra[/I] money to give that same driver a fair and realistic time standard for his work. UPS's entire system for creating time allowances is either (a) incompetent or (b) corrupt. UPS is many things, but incompetent isnt one of them. I pick (b). The allowances exist for one reason; [I]to increase productivity by creating a "standard" that can only be met by working off of the clock. [/I]UPS's entire business model is predicated upon pressuring a given percentage of its workforce to donate their lunches and breaks in order to meet this "standard". Show me a center where [I]every[/I] driver pulls over at noon and takes a full, uninterrupted, one hour lunch....and I will show you at least 500 service failures per day, a "dispatch plan" that is missing at least 4 full routes, and a center manager who is about to get his ass fired. Water has a maximum temperature of 212 degrees before it boils, and a center has a maximum number of stops that can possibly be delivered in a given amount of time. If you want to increase either number, you simply have to apply more pressure. To do this, you need a pressure cooker....or an intentionally rigged time allowance. Both will accomplish the same thing. [/QUOTE]
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