Improvements to our trucks
- Thread starter 59 Dano
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40 and out
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You are in for all kinds of fun if they use it as a surveillance and discipline tool like we do at UPS, especially when it is first introduced.
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Virescit Vulnere Virtus
Oh joy. One of only a very few things we have over UPS....gone. Retirement can't come fast enough.
Wait until they try this out on the so called "independent contractors" over at Ground. Don't think they won't try this sometime in the near future? When G ordered me to turn over the PRIVATE payroll records of my privately organized S corp for their audit, evaluation, retention that was it for me.That was when they crossed the line. I had nothing to hide but when I asked for the specific rule of law that granted them legal access they provided nothing. No surprise. They're FedEx. The law doesn't APPLY to them, especially now with all the major class actions settled with G not having to admit fault or liability.
What percentage of employees do you think have something to hide? I estimate somewhere in the neighborhood of sixty.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Telematics is little more than a nuisance if you have nothing to hide.
Telematics has proven useful when dealing with customers who call in bogus concerns, primarily for speeding.
Telematics has also supported valid concerns regarding speeding.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Ground or Express?
There is one Express guy here who makes me look like a little old lady with the way he drives. He is a very aggressive driver.
That's one of the reasons why they might make ground install them. Many contractor employees are paid on a perdiem basis whereby it doesn't matter whether they're out there 8 hours or 12 hours it all pays the same.
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Virescit Vulnere Virtus
I know. I just don't like being watched like that. Kind of creepy. I'm going to do the right thing almost all the time anyway. Only thing they'll catch me doing is putting the freight up front.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Be careful-----Telematics can tell whether or not you open the bulkhead door at a stop. As of now, there are no sensors on our rear doors.
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Virescit Vulnere Virtus
I had a check ride on Monday. All my freight was in the back. He'll set my numbers based on that.
59 Dano
I just want to make friends!
Considering that half the Ground trucks sputter and die whenever you have the turn signal and the vent fan on at the same time, I doubt they'll bother installing any good equipment on them.
Sure.
As the resident expert on all aspects of corporate operations regardless of the operating unit I am stunned to learn that you're not aware of Ground's long standing practice of demanding access to contractor's private payroll records auditing them then keeping them for their own benefit. As for the accuracy of my payroll records, despite the fact that I worked for HRB as a side line job for more than 10 years with a standing offer to return I had a good friend and certified public accountant prepare file and remit all necessary payroll related information to the only three entities that have a legal right to them, the IRS along with the state and local revenue departments. Wanting that information is a clear testament to the corporate paranoia and suspicion G has long held regarding contractors and the most glaring example to date of it's overreach when it comes to the command and control over a workforce they claim to be "independent contractors". BTW. I am and continue to be in good standing with all revenue departments especially the only one that truly matters....The Internal Revenue Service. In fact in the coming days I will meet with the IRS and present to them a proposal regarding the tax liability as it pertains to the recent 20 state MDL settlement.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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I do agree that corporate has no right to examine your books.
bluntforce
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It's the corporate version of your local hood rat putting a $3000 set of wheels on a Chevy impala thats worth $500
