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<blockquote data-quote="Island" data-source="post: 1295817" data-attributes="member: 42417"><p>My experience has been that the company pushes people who don't speak english into its housekeeping contractor. There have been times that I've tried to ask them for help cleaning up something and it's difficult to get a message across, but that's not a real problem. The most problematic part is that they seem to distance themselves from us because they can't talk to us, so there's kind of a factional mentality, I would say. It's not like we hate each other, it's just easier not to sit at the same table in the break room.</p><p>We do hire deaf people in the hub. That has been stressful. Have you ever tried to yell "Watch out!" at a deaf person who is moments away from being hit by an over 70, a falling package wall, or a vehicle? And if they're not facing you, you can't just gesture... you end up running at them in a panic to physically involve yourself in their danger.</p><p></p><p>I'm not going to rag on the quality of the workforce that results from high turnover because that's obvious, in addition the hours and payrate are pretty crap so that adds on top of it, but my real beef with how the company doesn't try to increase the quality is about drug testing. I don't care if you smoke marijuana recreationally but if you come to work too high to function then you are creating danger. If I can't depend on you to stop a package wall from falling down then I don't want to work with you. I don't need to get crushed, thanks. And the high turnover seems to mean that a huge number of my coworkers are too drunk or high some mornings to be worth a damn. And honestly I think members of management know about it and ignore it because they are just as bad. There have been times in my operation where half a department is too stoned to work well.</p><p></p><p>The people I work with are pretty OK, I make sure they know anything that helps them work better and in turn they respect me. If only management functioned as well as my department, this company would really be something.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Island, post: 1295817, member: 42417"] My experience has been that the company pushes people who don't speak english into its housekeeping contractor. There have been times that I've tried to ask them for help cleaning up something and it's difficult to get a message across, but that's not a real problem. The most problematic part is that they seem to distance themselves from us because they can't talk to us, so there's kind of a factional mentality, I would say. It's not like we hate each other, it's just easier not to sit at the same table in the break room. We do hire deaf people in the hub. That has been stressful. Have you ever tried to yell "Watch out!" at a deaf person who is moments away from being hit by an over 70, a falling package wall, or a vehicle? And if they're not facing you, you can't just gesture... you end up running at them in a panic to physically involve yourself in their danger. I'm not going to rag on the quality of the workforce that results from high turnover because that's obvious, in addition the hours and payrate are pretty crap so that adds on top of it, but my real beef with how the company doesn't try to increase the quality is about drug testing. I don't care if you smoke marijuana recreationally but if you come to work too high to function then you are creating danger. If I can't depend on you to stop a package wall from falling down then I don't want to work with you. I don't need to get crushed, thanks. And the high turnover seems to mean that a huge number of my coworkers are too drunk or high some mornings to be worth a damn. And honestly I think members of management know about it and ignore it because they are just as bad. There have been times in my operation where half a department is too stoned to work well. The people I work with are pretty OK, I make sure they know anything that helps them work better and in turn they respect me. If only management functioned as well as my department, this company would really be something. [/QUOTE]
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