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profits to management!! WHY??
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<blockquote data-quote="ok2bclever" data-source="post: 57734"><p>Ok, I can live with that. </p><p> </p><p>I would agree to the "flexibility" of skipping lunch to get out early on a heavy day or to make commitments to the customers and in fact that is an unofficial practice that goes on all over the country everyday. </p><p> </p><p>A supe says "hey, I'll pay your lunch if you'll skip it and make XX pickups" or some such. </p><p> </p><p>Or a driver says " hey, you've blown my eight hour, but if you'll pay my lunch I can finish my pickup/delivery commitments and still get out early enough for what I took the eight hour for". </p><p> </p><p>It goes on every day unofficially and I would be in favor of making it contractually mutually agreeable. </p><p> </p><p>I fully agree drivers are an expensive resource and OT is cheaper than additional drivers. </p><p> </p><p>However, when taken to excess it is only cheaper in the short run. </p><p> </p><p>I find it hard to believe there has ever been a center where there is no OT. </p><p> </p><p>With the 8 hour guarantee that would just be just be a really financially unsound business practice. </p><p> </p><p>Drivers that want the OT will always exist and if they want it fine. </p><p> </p><p>9.5 is not an automatic violation, you have to inform management that you do not want the excessive overtime and have them ignore you to make it a greivable violation. </p><p> </p><p>So I guess we are not in disagreement here after all. </p><p> </p><p>There is no reason management and the workforce needs to be "enemies" and many many reasons for them to be partners. </p><p> </p><p>What I am saying is this trend to continually jack up the standards so that good drivers "average" an hour or more over allowed is dishonest and does nothing to improve the business. </p><p> </p><p>With the 8 hour guarantee imperative the bumping of these standards to unrealistic levels is causing excessive overtime, increased service failures and really bad attitudes. </p><p> </p><p>This will certainly financially damage the business over the long run.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ok2bclever, post: 57734"] Ok, I can live with that. I would agree to the "flexibility" of skipping lunch to get out early on a heavy day or to make commitments to the customers and in fact that is an unofficial practice that goes on all over the country everyday. A supe says "hey, I'll pay your lunch if you'll skip it and make XX pickups" or some such. Or a driver says " hey, you've blown my eight hour, but if you'll pay my lunch I can finish my pickup/delivery commitments and still get out early enough for what I took the eight hour for". It goes on every day unofficially and I would be in favor of making it contractually mutually agreeable. I fully agree drivers are an expensive resource and OT is cheaper than additional drivers. However, when taken to excess it is only cheaper in the short run. I find it hard to believe there has ever been a center where there is no OT. With the 8 hour guarantee that would just be just be a really financially unsound business practice. Drivers that want the OT will always exist and if they want it fine. 9.5 is not an automatic violation, you have to inform management that you do not want the excessive overtime and have them ignore you to make it a greivable violation. So I guess we are not in disagreement here after all. There is no reason management and the workforce needs to be "enemies" and many many reasons for them to be partners. What I am saying is this trend to continually jack up the standards so that good drivers "average" an hour or more over allowed is dishonest and does nothing to improve the business. With the 8 hour guarantee imperative the bumping of these standards to unrealistic levels is causing excessive overtime, increased service failures and really bad attitudes. This will certainly financially damage the business over the long run. [/QUOTE]
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