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<blockquote data-quote="brownIEman" data-source="post: 3559629" data-attributes="member: 14596">So your management was being nice to you, trying to build you up.&nbsp; Nice.&nbsp; You should hear things I was called by Managers and Division Managers.&nbsp; I have often said the secret to surviving management at UPS is to be able to be called a complete POS to your face and not take it personally.I would love to see you get language that would get that culture changed.&nbsp; Here&#039;s the rub - the only way I can see that changing is if you get language with real teeth to squash that kind of harassment.&nbsp; The only way to make that work is to get the Union to agree to some production standard (not the current ones, they would have to work together to come up with reasonable ones) so the company would have the ability to hold drivers to some standard.&nbsp; So far, the union has successfully fought off ANY production accountability, so drivers who decide to sandbag and basically steal time from the company cannot be held accountable.&nbsp; You see posts on these boards all the time from drivers that do it and suggest it to others.&nbsp; The only recourse readily available to most front line management is harassment, and most peoples&#039; wish to avoid it, to &quot;stay below the radar&quot; as it were.&nbsp; I agree the situation sucks, but that is what it is.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="brownIEman, post: 3559629, member: 14596"] So your management was being nice to you, trying to build you up. Nice. You should hear things I was called by Managers and Division Managers. I have often said the secret to surviving management at UPS is to be able to be called a complete POS to your face and not take it personally. I would love to see you get language that would get that culture changed. Here's the rub - the only way I can see that changing is if you get language with real teeth to squash that kind of harassment. The only way to make that work is to get the Union to agree to some production standard (not the current ones, they would have to work together to come up with reasonable ones) so the company would have the ability to hold drivers to some standard. So far, the union has successfully fought off ANY production accountability, so drivers who decide to sandbag and basically steal time from the company cannot be held accountable. You see posts on these boards all the time from drivers that do it and suggest it to others. The only recourse readily available to most front line management is harassment, and most peoples' wish to avoid it, to "stay below the radar" as it were. I agree the situation sucks, but that is what it is. [/QUOTE]

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