curiousbrain
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Correct, but because "they" use it "against" YOU, that doesn't make it RIGHT.
"RIGHT", as you put it, is in the eye of the beholder; "RIGHT" is a relative concept.
Correct, but because "they" use it "against" YOU, that doesn't make it RIGHT.
I prefer not to rely on luck, but thank you, nonetheless.
And, likewise.
You must rely on luck being a PT SUP that is the only way your going to get a promotion....
The same doctors who say hydration is important in heat, also say don't over exert yourself in that same heat. If we get punished for not hydrating properly, IE should get punished for forcing us to over exert ourselves and management should get punished for not having the balls to stand up to IE in defense of their drivers, about whose safety they are deeply concerned.
THEY have told drivers to go ahead and dr apartment complex that they feel, in their minds, are "safe". That is not part of the methods. THEY tell drivers a lot of things that go against the methods. One thing is certain- nothing will get solved on this forum. It will make some people feel good about themselves though. Happy Mother's Day to all that it applies to.Is it a specific method to stay hydrated by drinking a specific amount of water, or not?
I don't pretend to know the answer to this; I am not a driver supervisor, and I am not a driver.
However, I do know, that if "XYZ" is a specific method, and you don't follow it, however trite it may be, if they want to use it against you, they will use it against it you. That's all I'm saying.
THEY have told drivers to go ahead and dr apartment complex that they feel, in their minds, are "safe". That is not part of the methods. THEY tell drivers a lot of things that go against the methods. One thing is certain- nothing will get solved on this forum. It will make some people feel good about themselves though. Happy Mother's Day to all that it applies to.
Because its better than venting to your spouse, they hear more of it then this forum.I agree, nothing will get solved.
This forum is an exchange of ideas, not a medium of redressing grievances.
It makes me wonder why I post anything, at all, ever ...
I do understand that. That's why all of this safety nonsense is just that; nonsense. UPS does not care about safety; only about making money. They need to be honest and stop being so two faced.
Spouses understand far less than your co-workers on this forum.
its a CYA action by the company. This will protect them from BS lawsuits in case an employee suffers a heat related injury and claims he/she had NO idea he/she should Hydrate in the heat.
Is it better to have an employer who is concerned about your health, even if it may be in a self-serving way, or one that doesn't care at all?
The high school I deliver to has won a state championship in football. The coach is of course a wonderful and well informed guy. I've heard his speech on hydration before his summer conditioning program and it is pretty much along the lines of what we get at work. The point tho is more focused on if the players correctly hydrate they can workout harder during the summer months and be better conditioned when the games start in the fall. If you cut back the work(out) load when its "too" hot, then forget about getting back to the title game.
Obviously UPS would like to maintain production during difficult conditions. More so, accidents and injuries do to poor hydration are costly and certainly affect the bottom line. I guess it is something that agree with or not I would expect UPS or any other corporation to address.
If they were so worried about safety, they would not have one person scanning on preload. Why? Because this is the exact scenario that led to my injury. Imagine, the one scanning now has asked me about my symptoms, what I felt before I-finally- went to the hospital. Go figure he has the same ones. Safety, my ass.I think what frustrates us as employees the most is the amount of lip service and empty gestures that the company offers in regards to safety.
I'm not going to argue the fact that adequate hydration is important, or that it is appropriate for the company to inform us of this fact. The point that I will argue...is that we have heard it already. We have heard it dozens, if not hundreds of times before. If the company was truly concerned about our health and well being during heat emergencies, then the resources that the company is currently devoting (supervisors doing OJS's and sneaking around to spy on us) towards covering its ass would instead be applied towards lowering the dispatch on heat emergency days, or taking steps to lower the temperature inside of the package cars and facilities. None of these things will ever happen, of course; nor do I expect them to. I am well paid for the work that I do and I accept the fact that harsh climactic conditions of all kinds are part of what I accepted when I chose to work here. But I do get really tired of having my intelligence continually insulted by a company who feigns concern for my well being with a bunch of feel-good buzz phrases. When its 100+ outside I dont need "3 bloated salaries in an air-conditioned Lexus" following me around to audit my water intake, what I need is 15 fewer stops and/or a fan in the package car to mitigate the heat. Talk is cheap.