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Is UPS really this bad to work for, or are people exaggerating??
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<blockquote data-quote="ups_vette" data-source="post: 154543" data-attributes="member: 2125"><p>From what I read on here the majority of drivers believe the numbers are impossible to reach and if the reports were done away with and more drivers added, it would solve all the service problems.</p><p></p><p>Allow me to give you a little history of what happens when the reports are eliminated.</p><p></p><p>In the late 1940s the drivers in New York city were complaining about the reports, the same as a lot of you complain today. The Union approached UPS management with these complaints and management decided to go along with the Union and stop the use of the Operation Reports, because the drivers said that they knew what a fair days work was and didn't need a report to tell them how much work they had every day.</p><p></p><p>After operating for over a year without an Operation Report, management looked at how many hours the drivers were working and how many stops the drivers were now doing compared to how many hours and how many stops they were doing when an Operation Report was in use.</p><p></p><p>Guess what....the drivers were working more hours with fewer stops than before.</p><p></p><p>Guess what else....the operation report was re-instated immediately, and amazingly the drivers once again began working fewer hours with more stops.</p><p></p><p>This proved that "work expands to the time allowed" is true. Some mechanism must be in effect to insure you get what you pay for. You would be reluctent to pay $20 for gas if you weren't sure that you actually received $20 worth of gas. That is the reason there are meters on gas pumps, why the butcher has a scale, and why a 36 inch yard stick is a standard of measurement.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ups_vette, post: 154543, member: 2125"] From what I read on here the majority of drivers believe the numbers are impossible to reach and if the reports were done away with and more drivers added, it would solve all the service problems. Allow me to give you a little history of what happens when the reports are eliminated. In the late 1940s the drivers in New York city were complaining about the reports, the same as a lot of you complain today. The Union approached UPS management with these complaints and management decided to go along with the Union and stop the use of the Operation Reports, because the drivers said that they knew what a fair days work was and didn't need a report to tell them how much work they had every day. After operating for over a year without an Operation Report, management looked at how many hours the drivers were working and how many stops the drivers were now doing compared to how many hours and how many stops they were doing when an Operation Report was in use. Guess what....the drivers were working more hours with fewer stops than before. Guess what else....the operation report was re-instated immediately, and amazingly the drivers once again began working fewer hours with more stops. This proved that "work expands to the time allowed" is true. Some mechanism must be in effect to insure you get what you pay for. You would be reluctent to pay $20 for gas if you weren't sure that you actually received $20 worth of gas. That is the reason there are meters on gas pumps, why the butcher has a scale, and why a 36 inch yard stick is a standard of measurement. [/QUOTE]
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