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<blockquote data-quote="trickpony1" data-source="post: 486421" data-attributes="member: 1957"><p>This is one of many classic examples of the company playing the "double bind" default card against the employee and winning.</p><p></p><p>For those of you who don't know, a "double bind" situation is one in which you, essentially, are "darned if you do and darned if you don't" and has been proven to cause frustration, anxiety and depression in humans, primates and lab rats. It also takes a physiological toll.</p><p></p><p>Although this concept can/does apply to everyone (union, non union, hourly, salary, FT, PT, Loader, preloader....whatever), I will use, as my example, a pkg car driver fictitiously known as "Joe".</p><p></p><p>Joe has been instructed to report ALL injuries, no matter how slight, to his boss. So he does......</p><p></p><p>"boss, my back is kinda stiff today". Boss writes that in Pittsburgh.</p><p>"boss, my neck hurts from sitting on that rigidly mounted seat post with no air ride or floating seat". Boss writes that in Pittsburgh.</p><p>"boss, my right wrist and elbow hurt from shifting". Boss writes that down.</p><p>"boss, my shoulders hurt from driving a non power steering PC. Boss writes that down.</p><p>'boss, my right knee hurts from that high first step into PC. Boss writes that down.</p><p>"boss, I'm getting head aches from the exhaust leak into my cab". Boss writes that down.</p><p>"boss, my left knee hurts from shifting that clutch". Boss writes that down.</p><p>"boss, I hurt my back lowering an over 70 off the top shelf today'. Boss writes that down.</p><p></p><p>I'm sure there are many more examples but I will condense this part of the example. Did you notice that I didn't mention that "boss" didn't call any of these into Liberty Mutual? That's because boss wants to conceal and tell Joe that, "....we just need to know about it.".</p><p></p><p>Where am I going with this?</p><p></p><p>At some point, Joe will become a hypothetical liability and will have a meeting with several suits that either threaten him or just plain take him out of service. I know of a PC driver that had 26 "injuries" over a period of time. Was the fact that he took a little time off with each occurance a hinging factor? You decide. Number 26 was the one that got him terminated.</p><p></p><p>Moral of story? The other drivers see what happens to Joe and are afraid to report the everyday aches and pains that EVERYONE walks out the gate with each day.</p><p></p><p>Hence the "double bind" scenario and the resulting frustration, anxiety and depression. </p><p></p><p>And, yes, I know a PC driver who is taking anti-anxiety medication. Gosh, I wonder why.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trickpony1, post: 486421, member: 1957"] This is one of many classic examples of the company playing the "double bind" default card against the employee and winning. For those of you who don't know, a "double bind" situation is one in which you, essentially, are "darned if you do and darned if you don't" and has been proven to cause frustration, anxiety and depression in humans, primates and lab rats. It also takes a physiological toll. Although this concept can/does apply to everyone (union, non union, hourly, salary, FT, PT, Loader, preloader....whatever), I will use, as my example, a pkg car driver fictitiously known as "Joe". Joe has been instructed to report ALL injuries, no matter how slight, to his boss. So he does...... "boss, my back is kinda stiff today". Boss writes that in Pittsburgh. "boss, my neck hurts from sitting on that rigidly mounted seat post with no air ride or floating seat". Boss writes that in Pittsburgh. "boss, my right wrist and elbow hurt from shifting". Boss writes that down. "boss, my shoulders hurt from driving a non power steering PC. Boss writes that down. 'boss, my right knee hurts from that high first step into PC. Boss writes that down. "boss, I'm getting head aches from the exhaust leak into my cab". Boss writes that down. "boss, my left knee hurts from shifting that clutch". Boss writes that down. "boss, I hurt my back lowering an over 70 off the top shelf today'. Boss writes that down. I'm sure there are many more examples but I will condense this part of the example. Did you notice that I didn't mention that "boss" didn't call any of these into Liberty Mutual? That's because boss wants to conceal and tell Joe that, "....we just need to know about it.". Where am I going with this? At some point, Joe will become a hypothetical liability and will have a meeting with several suits that either threaten him or just plain take him out of service. I know of a PC driver that had 26 "injuries" over a period of time. Was the fact that he took a little time off with each occurance a hinging factor? You decide. Number 26 was the one that got him terminated. Moral of story? The other drivers see what happens to Joe and are afraid to report the everyday aches and pains that EVERYONE walks out the gate with each day. Hence the "double bind" scenario and the resulting frustration, anxiety and depression. And, yes, I know a PC driver who is taking anti-anxiety medication. Gosh, I wonder why. [/QUOTE]
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