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<blockquote data-quote="cardboard-surfer" data-source="post: 2227499" data-attributes="member: 55718"><p>Safety will always conflict with productivity. Even if the entire world could be serviced daily by one PC driver, one feeder driver, and one loader, productivity would still be badmouthed by the suits as not good enough. </p><p></p><p>UPS is forced to address safety by either the unions or the courts sympathetic to the victims. That's why management always treats potential injury victims with kid gloves; the same people that screamed and yelled and treated you like a necessary evil for years now <u>act</u> like you're the most important thing on the planet.</p><p></p><p>One time while working night shift (after the center manager and safety sups had left for the night) the dispatch-sup-turned-shift-sup was in a rush and almost smashed my ankle with an antiquated roller set. I yelled "it's not safe here yet, please wait a minute." The rest of the night whenever he walked by the feeder he always yelled as sarcastically as possible, "HEY ARE YOU BEING SAFE IN THERE? YOU WANNA BE *SAFE*! HEY YOU'RE NOT WORKING _UN-SAFE_ IN THERE RIGHT?" I learned real quick that UPS hates safety; it's something that's preached, not practiced.</p><p></p><p>The same sup also tried ordering all workers to arrive 15 minutes early to a shift, but he directly said he wouldn't pay for it. That went over like a lead balloon; you order 15 minutes early then you pay 15 minutes early.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cardboard-surfer, post: 2227499, member: 55718"] Safety will always conflict with productivity. Even if the entire world could be serviced daily by one PC driver, one feeder driver, and one loader, productivity would still be badmouthed by the suits as not good enough. UPS is forced to address safety by either the unions or the courts sympathetic to the victims. That's why management always treats potential injury victims with kid gloves; the same people that screamed and yelled and treated you like a necessary evil for years now [U]act[/U] like you're the most important thing on the planet. One time while working night shift (after the center manager and safety sups had left for the night) the dispatch-sup-turned-shift-sup was in a rush and almost smashed my ankle with an antiquated roller set. I yelled "it's not safe here yet, please wait a minute." The rest of the night whenever he walked by the feeder he always yelled as sarcastically as possible, "HEY ARE YOU BEING SAFE IN THERE? YOU WANNA BE *SAFE*! HEY YOU'RE NOT WORKING _UN-SAFE_ IN THERE RIGHT?" I learned real quick that UPS hates safety; it's something that's preached, not practiced. The same sup also tried ordering all workers to arrive 15 minutes early to a shift, but he directly said he wouldn't pay for it. That went over like a lead balloon; you order 15 minutes early then you pay 15 minutes early. [/QUOTE]
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