Originally Posted by NaiveRapture
Why stress out? So that I don't have to listen to my supervisor bitch and complain at me and make me feel like I'm doing a horrible job. So that I don't get put on a list where I have to report my progress a million times a day to make sure that I'm doing what I'm supposed to be and that I don't go over nine-five. I've only been driving since last August so I'm still learning the system and how to make it work for me.
Right now, the anxiety that I get from performing poorly and inefficiently (not being able to find packages, having to go back to the same place twice, etc) isn't worth the cost of the money I would make if I just did all the sorting after start time. Eventually I will get it, but for right now, with them moving me around from truck to truck and route to route, the way I do it now makes my day easier and much more stress free.
Since I've been driving though, my overall stress levels have dropped dramatically. It's a process that I'm working on. I am actually really glad I found this site though as I feel it will greatly help me along my journey to having a great job that I don't let stress me out as much (which carries into all aspects of my life).
coupla things
first, you think you are the only one that has gone through this? what makes you so special that they single you out for the yell sessions?
if you let them decide who, what, how good, etc etc you are, and what you are worth as a person, thats all you will be worth.
kinda like being the cuddlebunny in prison. once you have that position, you aint ever leaving it. you have let them define you as to who you are.
secondly, so what they pester you 200 times a day to see about progress.
each time they do that they are taking your mind off your job. not only stupid time wise, but also from a safety standpoint. each time they do that it takes you at least a minute or longer to get back in the groove. at 200 minutes, thats over 3 hours of dead time they are responsible for. so let them play that game, document the times and let it go. its their problem.
as a side note, that is what is called over supervision. i believe a grievance is in order.
as for the stress of not finding the packages, it sounds like a load problem, again, not your problem. if its that bad, deliver your air, then stop and sort the load. on their time. there is not a thing they can do to you if the load is that bad, and you have to set it up. its a preload issue. and i would put that sort time in the preload time each time i did it. the problem will cease, i promise you.
now, you have been a driver for well over a year. and you have not got it yet? are you slow in getting it, or has your sup just trained you to fall at his feet and scream "i am guilty" everytime you see him walking toward you? after your first year, you ought to be able to "get it" and move with the best of them. so either there is a problem with you not getting it, or you have been positioned to where everything is your fault (btw, the easiest cop out for management misperformance since the early 1920's, blame it on the underperforming driver.)
either way, grow a set. get with the program and learn the methods, or if you do have them down, stand up for yourself like a man.
btw, read your post again. then remember what i said about a child and their blankie and passie?
classic example
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