Wonderful suggestions here. All my loop drivers are great drivers and work well with each other, even cover drivers. We often help and exchange favors. I have done my part and come way early to set my load and have easier day and not burden the dispatch. The problem is that this is not sitting well with manager. He wants me to perform the same every day: come in, set the load and cruise thru it. Another issue is that I have one late p/u. on other days I pace myself til I make the p/u than head back, but the day that I want to come in early I ask management to send the p/u to cover drivers. That is why I asked to know if anyone has used RAP option
Thanks for the thoughtful replies comrades
Do you not see why management would be expecting you to work close to that same standard you've foolishly set for the route every day, as opposed to just when it suits you or you've got a church bake sale to get to, friend?
When you come in early, setup your own load, and rifle through the day, you're setting a precedent that your route can be done at this speed on a regular basis and created an unrealistic standard for you(and your union bros and sis) to meet.
From the outlook of management and those above them who crunch the numbers, and would have no idea you've put in unpaid(and unallowed if you wanna get technical) time off the clock - you're basically dogging it the rest of the time when you're working at your own pace to just get done in time to hit your last pickup and head back to the building, while running your balls off other days and pushing the last pickup off on other guys, to floor it back and run to the church before the good donuts are all taken, and the coffee's started to cool.
That's like stealing time to their delusional brainwashed UPS management mindset - although it's really not THAT far off in some fashion if you're being honest with yourself. While not necessarily purposely taking time, because on those days it suits you, you are using every shortcut you can, including working against their own company rules off the clock, and before your allowed start time (Be aware you can be disciplined for punching in too early before a scheduled start...They've fired people for this before.) to finish earlier than you do any other day of the month outside of your 4 church dance days it could appear that way. Especially if they decide that they want it to, and really, does that not look a little weird to them?
Just come in, start work during paid hours, work at the same pace everyday, safely and fair to both yourself and them, and go home. If you're late to the church raffle or miss it altogether, oh well. Mass is on Sunday, everything else church related is just ancillary. If they can lighten you up or cover your late pickup and you make it on time and get a boston creme and a seat up front, that's just gravy, not to be expected. Don't put yourself in a bad spot here, and end up on the radar for a Christian activity meeting that less than a 1/4 of the congregation even considers attending, if my guess is correct.
You won't be able to tithe if you get mess up at work and get fired, and that's all your church really cares about anyway. They'd definitely rather your money than your extra midweek time - Just ask them, if they're good and honest Christians, they'll admit as much. Nobody involved with the church would ever tell a lie or manipulate the congregation, right?
, don't you see where this is going? Come in early and work off the clock to set up your load to get off early, and they'll expect that from you every day. Not to mention that you're taking food from the paid-with-peanuts part-timers and destroying full-time job opportunities for those same part-timers. And supporting unreasonable production standards for yourself and your co-workers. Very stupid, not to mention unethical as well. Try anything but stealing work from others. If you can't think of anything to meet your "obligations" other than stealing work from others, then find another job. McDonald's is hiring.
