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Older driver fired for "not using 3 points of contact", but really for performance.
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<blockquote data-quote="20_years_in" data-source="post: 866985" data-attributes="member: 36081"><p><strong>Re: Older driver fired for "not using 3 points of contact", but really for performanc</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That is how I used to do it until I got called into the office and threatened with a discharge for stealing time. They said that going back for a check or delivering a service notice with the amount (i.e. a "heads up") is "creating work for myself" and theft. For a COD package, we may go to the location only one time in a given day. Sometimes I call my customers on my cell phone to tell them to have the check ready, but I have to be sorting the car while I make the call. Heaven help a driver who delivers the boxes and leaves the premises without all of the checks. This is "an illegal loan" according to my on car supe. The <strong><em>only</em></strong> way that we can make a COD attempt is to take the boxes and either leave with the checks or the boxes; even if it is a pickup account, making a second attempt that day is theft of time.</p><p>Regarding following EDD, a bonus or scratch driver can do whatever he wants. A driver who runs overallowed, however, can only break trace unless it is <em><strong>necessary</strong></em>; for example, you can't find the parcel or the business is closed. If I were to break trace in my resi area, it would show up in a report (<u><strong>percentage</strong></u> following EDD) and I would be asked to explain myself in front of my center manager, my on car and a steward in order to avoid progressive discipline. </p><p>We have been instructed by our center manager, our on car supes, our steward and our union business manager to "<strong>follow EDD</strong>". Maybe our center is stricter than yours?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="20_years_in, post: 866985, member: 36081"] [b]Re: Older driver fired for "not using 3 points of contact", but really for performanc[/b] That is how I used to do it until I got called into the office and threatened with a discharge for stealing time. They said that going back for a check or delivering a service notice with the amount (i.e. a "heads up") is "creating work for myself" and theft. For a COD package, we may go to the location only one time in a given day. Sometimes I call my customers on my cell phone to tell them to have the check ready, but I have to be sorting the car while I make the call. Heaven help a driver who delivers the boxes and leaves the premises without all of the checks. This is "an illegal loan" according to my on car supe. The [B][I]only[/I][/B] way that we can make a COD attempt is to take the boxes and either leave with the checks or the boxes; even if it is a pickup account, making a second attempt that day is theft of time. Regarding following EDD, a bonus or scratch driver can do whatever he wants. A driver who runs overallowed, however, can only break trace unless it is [I][B]necessary[/B][/I]; for example, you can't find the parcel or the business is closed. If I were to break trace in my resi area, it would show up in a report ([U][B]percentage[/B][/U] following EDD) and I would be asked to explain myself in front of my center manager, my on car and a steward in order to avoid progressive discipline. We have been instructed by our center manager, our on car supes, our steward and our union business manager to "[B]follow EDD[/B]". Maybe our center is stricter than yours? [/QUOTE]
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