Does any driver at UPS really care what management thinks of them? All my driver sups are fat, lazy and incompetent, not to mention their gone by 430 everyday. No Full Time employee (except feeders) should be placed ON CALL, its not in the contract. Management likes to make up new policies as they go. If we alllow them to do this our contract is meaningless.
I'm "on call" for Friday. A question.
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Does any driver at UPS really care what management thinks of them? All my driver sups are fat, lazy and incompetent, not to mention their gone by 430 everyday. No Full Time employee (except feeders) should be placed ON CALL, its not in the contract. Management likes to make up new policies as they go. If we alllow them to do this our contract is meaningless.
Indecisi0n
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I have to agree. Management prays on the weak and extorts them every chance they get. Its pretty sad when you see grown mean unable to stand up for themselves.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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(Psst....today is Thursday....the thread is about being "on call" for Friday)
iruhnman630
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UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Sadly it wouldn't surprise me if my center manager were at work right now.
jaker
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Holy crap I forgot it was Thursday , not use to be home this day now Friday I am used to being home
Well I guess we will find out tommorrow then
OptimusPrime
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I'm supposed to call them, not the other way around, so turning the phone off is not an option. As per the contract, seems you guys would know better than I. Didn't really get a chance to find out. Got a message on the board around 5:30-6:00, that I was to be on call for Friday, and to contact them by 8:10 at the center. By the time I got in, everyone was gone.
All things considered, I've only been FT 7 months. I'm not anywhere close to being a company man, but I find it a tad early in my career to start stuff. Safety, etc, sure I have no problems calling them on stuff like that. We have to, this is our lively hood, but really don't want to be butting heads with my OCS or center manager at this point over staffing.
All things considered, I've only been FT 7 months. I'm not anywhere close to being a company man, but I find it a tad early in my career to start stuff. Safety, etc, sure I have no problems calling them on stuff like that. We have to, this is our lively hood, but really don't want to be butting heads with my OCS or center manager at this point over staffing.
OptimusPrime
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Got called in, and wasn't jazzed about it. Having spent the majority of my time in the building, we don't get paid for Friday, so I assumed I was just getting straight pay. Find out I get 8 hours holiday for Friday, then double time for my hours worked. Even though I am not top pay, can't be too unhappy with those dollars. Really surprised me that guys at top pay would pass on double time.
Indecisi0n
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I am not even at top rate yet but have already realized money isn't everything.
Because of the BS that comes with that day. It's a working 'holiday' and it winds up being a late day just like a regular day. They'll stick some air driver in an area they don't know with a heavy dispatch then whomever is done earlier, or is closest gets to bail them out. As indecisi0n said.. money isn't everything.
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OptimusPrime
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True enough. But at the same time I suffer from Peter Pan syndrome. Got a minimal house payment, truck payment, etc. I have a penchant for consumer electronics and shopping on Amazon. I enjoy having money to burn. (No wife or kids soaking up my paychecks, lol.)
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Make sure you pay yourself first before paying others.
