Manager walked off grounds

local804

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Suffolk building manager walked off the property once again by Loss prevention. Why dont they just let the guy leave or maybe have LP stand 20 feet behind him or something. I am far from sticking up for the manager, just against the UPS procedures they have for a person who sold his soul for the company.
 

scratch

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If he was caught stealing before, then why was he let back on the property? A thief is a thief.
 

Just Lurking

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If he was caught stealing before, then why was he let back on the property? A thief is a thief.

scratch, maybe he was another manager led off property. We have had 5 managers perp walk off property on my 20 years.

Its really not the managers fault. If you hire and train managers with the same principles, why should anyone be surprised when the end result is the same.
 

local804

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If he was caught stealing before, then why was he let back on the property? A thief is a thief.

I dont think I mentioned anything about a person stealing. He was let go due to his leadership abilities diminshing. In reality, he probably spoke what was on his mind and was shown out the door for speaking.
 

Sammie

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When they do their Dead Man Walking routine, it's so the "criminal" won't be saying goodbye to anyone on their way out. This has been discussed on a prior thread, but basically, it's another way to show
that the company is in total control.

This is a fairly new gig, never used to happen in years past.
I remember when there was no LP department... :sad:
 

ihadit

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Suffolk building manager walked off the property once again by Loss prevention. Why dont they just let the guy leave or maybe have LP stand 20 feet behind him or something. I am far from sticking up for the manager, just against the UPS procedures they have for a person who sold his soul for the company.
He was a center manager from what we were told, rumor is its not over. A former dm may be next to go from there.
 

scratch

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I dont think I mentioned anything about a person stealing. He was let go due to his leadership abilities diminshing. In reality, he probably spoke what was on his mind and was shown out the door for speaking.

Sorry, I just assumed theft was involved because you mentioned LP walked him out the door. We have had a problem with theft in my location.
 

RockyRogue

Agent of Change
I dont think I mentioned anything about a person stealing. He was let go due to his leadership abilities diminshing. In reality, he probably spoke what was on his mind and was shown out the door for speaking.

Leadership abilities???? HAHAHAHHAAH:lol::lol:. I know a CROWD of part-time supes that need to be escorted off property for incompetence and lack of leadership abilities! Its going to be a very, very sad state of affairs in 10 years when MORONS like I see at Denver are running this company at the STAFF level! -Rocky
 

browned_out

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:confused:1 I was hired in "89" and LP has always been at our building, never seen any part of management walked out. Its always a part timer who was caught stealing, once in a while a driver maybe.
 

30andout

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When they do their Dead Man Walking routine, it's so the "criminal" won't be saying goodbye to anyone on their way out. This has been discussed on a prior thread, but basically, it's another way to show
that the company is in total control.

This is a fairly new gig, never used to happen in years past.
I remember when there was no LP department... :sad:
How long have you been around, there has always been LP as long as I can remember.
 

LPGuy

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I must admit that this post caught my attention. During my career, we have investigated managers for things such as theft, falsifying records, etc. I don't think that I've ever seen a manager walked off for performance issues. These are typically resolved by busting the manager back to a supervisor. There are occasions when a termination of a manager is going to happen. If there is some question about the person's acceptance of the bad news, or if the person's mental state is in question, the division manager/ HR will involve LP. Contrary to popular belief, LP does not make the decision as to whether or not the person is terminated. The exception would be someone who actually works in LP. In situations where an investigation reveals that an individual is stealing, and criminal charges are filed, this would be covered with the manager, or division manager. LP gives a recommendation but the final decision is made by the division manager. That being said, it would look bad for an employee to go to jail for stealing from UPS and the manager to decide that the person should keep their job. I would like to know more about the circumstances of this manager's termination.

LPGuy
 

local804

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He was a center manager from what we were told, rumor is its not over. A former dm may be next to go from there.

Yes , He was the center manager of the Stonybrook center in the Suffolk bldg. Everyone calls this building the county club because its so laid back and nothing like this ever happens lol. Supervisor from the PAS deptartment was let go last week also. He wasnt lucky enough to be walked off the property by LP though.(melville bldg)
 

mikestrek

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WOW! I have seen both p/t & friend/t hourly fired and just as many sup's and managers fired. I've been with the company now 23 years. I think a big reason Drivers & loaders go into supervission is because they have a hard time handling the the day to day physical grind of moving packages. Problem is these young sup's still have a lot of years left with the company and they know they can't go back to an hourly job. I notice these young sup's are telling drivers & loaders to do things physicly they couldn't do. Corporate is all over Sup's and Management so anything goes to keep there jobs. You could say all this pressure is forcing hourly and management to cheat and steal. NO EXCUSES??? As a driver I have learned to just set a pace, I'm always between 1 and 1 1/2 hours late each day. No pat on the back for me. If your hourly at UPS and you plan to retire from UPS I suggest you set a pace and load your car or deliver your packages by the book. If your a young sup, I've never done that. So good luck.

I love my company (UPS) AND I love my union (Teamsters)
 

Sammie

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Sammie, I was originally hired in 1965 (yes, I'm older than dirt) and the LP Department as an individual entity was rather new at that time. At least that was true in the New Jersey District.

Traveler, I came on board in 1975. In fact, on my first day as I got 'the tour' I remember being flabbergasted to see one of those big telephone switchboards from 1910 in use for our incoming calls. No Joke.

As a district office, we had a total of four centers and the offices consisted of maybe 30 people tops; customer service, tracing, personnel, payroll and I.E. And I don't recall a security or LP office or employee. But who knows what went on behind the curtain of Oz.
 

helenofcalifornia

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Who remembers getting your paycheck handed to you by your supervisor when it was just the check and everybody could see how much you made the last week? I think I still have some of those stubs from the 70's.
 

upsgrunt

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I remember that! They were just 2 pieces of documents that were folder over end to end. Anybody in the world could see all the information. We got ours in our mail slots and we still get them there.
 
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