I don't think I've ever posted anything on here that I would say in public at anytime. I actually want it to be read because I can't get 30 seconds of my on-car sups. time in AM because he has 20 drivers looking for those same 30 seconds.
The ironic thing is, all of us drivers are wasting their collective time because our supervisor has no real authority. He can make desicions but mostly they are over-ruled by the center manager. For example: "can joe get this split and I get the other one because it makes us both more efficient"?
The sup. says yes but gets over-ruled by the manager. This is fine, because its ultimately the manager's business, but then what purpose does the supervisor serve? Is it purely to baby-sit drivers? Is it to give full-day space and visibilty rides to the drivers and then three (3) day OJS rides to every driver every year? Is that what UPS is primarily paying them for?
I state this because the above task takes up a HUGE amount of time of the sups. day and he is doing nothing except sitting in the jump seat and checking out the babes wearing "Daisy Dukes".
We have three(3) of them in my center. I'm guessing they make 80K/year and I don't know why the company allows this to continue? They cut 3 routes on mondays to save fuel and benefits but lose it all to time and one half to the rest of the drivers.
Why not cut 2 of the sups. job for the entire year or 9 months of the year. Bring them back in October for peak planning. Seriously, what purpose do they serve? They are not allowed to make any operational desicions so why not cut the jobs?
They sit there in the jump seat and ramble about dartboards, baseballs, escape routes, and big pictures. The funny thing is they don't know what they are talking about and either does the driver who they are trying to teach!
My last safety ride the sup. drove to the route and recited everything as fast as he could in an attempt to impress me? He almost sounded like that guy in the commercial who talks a mile a minute. So I'm sitting there and thinking "wow, thats great! What the hell did you say"?
Yes, I'm exaggerating a bit here, but I think you get the point. Thanks for listening!
