trickpony1
Well-Known Member
Tieguy, let me first commend you for your open minded thought process. It's been many years since i've heard someone from management speak with such honesty and integrity, and i've got thirty years to reflect on. however, this is typical UPS. Lets get the whip out, and show'em who's boss. If everyone would slow down to a normal safe pace, and work according to all the methods set forth by UPS, in a safe manner , dot all your I"s, cross all your T"s, etc. etc. etc., then we'd be called into the office and fired for humping the pooch. We'd all be over company standard. That is where this problem is, company standards. They are unrealistic time allotments that we are expected to perfrorm to. You're right, the best defense for any of this is safety. If management asks why you take to long, or why you drive, or walk to slow, your answer...SAFETY!
I agree completely. We've had production drilled into us for so long that we think everything must be done real fast and then, OOPS!, we have an accident.
I look at it this way, which would I rather do?
1) fill out paper work, take the drug test and ponder what I'm gonna do for the next undetermined length of time while they investigate my accident or;
2) slow my happy *** down and maybe be all of 10-15 minutes late with the load?
hmm........tough decision.
I also agree with your comment on Tieguy. He offers a symbiosis (oops! there's the big words again) not common to most management people.