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<blockquote data-quote="brownIEman" data-source="post: 3888540" data-attributes="member: 14596"><p>The culture is absolutely changing. I saw it before I left. The partnership died and the company certainly felt less loyalty to management employees and hourlies alike. But that reduction in loyalty cuts both ways, and its hard to measure where it starts. One example from when I was an On-Road - one of my drivers called me to let me know the rear door in his P10 was not opening with the key fob. He just stopped delivering and waited for me to get there to help. He even fought me on taking his lunch a little early, he wanted to sit on the clock and wait for help and take his lunch later. When I got there, in 3 seconds I moved the package that had shifted and was blocking the key fob actuator and his truck was good to go. There was, in his mind, zero thought that he should take any initiative whatsoever to resolve the situation himself. In the old days, drivers would have taken pride in the job and taken initiative to resolve issues that they could safely resolve in a minimum time. Basically, they would try to work in the best interests of the employer (I'm sure I've read that somewhere). These days, the mantra is do the minimum necessary and leave the rest for management to worry about. Just pick any thread started by newbies on these boards asking for pointers on doing better, you will see the vast majority of replies is "Don't try to do better, slow down, the slower you go, the more you make". It was not like that in the past, IMHO. I certainly did not feel that way when I was an hourly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brownIEman, post: 3888540, member: 14596"] The culture is absolutely changing. I saw it before I left. The partnership died and the company certainly felt less loyalty to management employees and hourlies alike. But that reduction in loyalty cuts both ways, and its hard to measure where it starts. One example from when I was an On-Road - one of my drivers called me to let me know the rear door in his P10 was not opening with the key fob. He just stopped delivering and waited for me to get there to help. He even fought me on taking his lunch a little early, he wanted to sit on the clock and wait for help and take his lunch later. When I got there, in 3 seconds I moved the package that had shifted and was blocking the key fob actuator and his truck was good to go. There was, in his mind, zero thought that he should take any initiative whatsoever to resolve the situation himself. In the old days, drivers would have taken pride in the job and taken initiative to resolve issues that they could safely resolve in a minimum time. Basically, they would try to work in the best interests of the employer (I'm sure I've read that somewhere). These days, the mantra is do the minimum necessary and leave the rest for management to worry about. Just pick any thread started by newbies on these boards asking for pointers on doing better, you will see the vast majority of replies is "Don't try to do better, slow down, the slower you go, the more you make". It was not like that in the past, IMHO. I certainly did not feel that way when I was an hourly. [/QUOTE]
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