This still has nothing to do with a three day lock in ride. There are drivers who performs well under supervision and slack off when not watched. By the way, I think this is 10% or less of the drivers. Just as there are poor management, there are poor drivers.
From my perspective, lock in rides are a fair way to hold them accountable.
P-Man
P-man....do you think it should work both ways?
Lets say you have a driver with a history of injuries and accidents who has flawed and unsafe work methods. Lets say he averages 18 SPORH.
Lets then say that he gets a 3 day ride where he is confronted about his unsafe habits and retrained and required to follow the methods. Lets say that his SPORH during this 3 day ride drops to 14 SPORH.
If he shoots up to 18 SPORH as soon as he is alone again...should he also be threatened with discipline for "failure to maintain demonstrated performance?"
Or does the accountability only apply to those who dont make their management look good on paper?
thank God my area is not recognizing this sporh crap.
Yes, I think it should work both ways.
I think that management should not allow a driver to violate methods regardless of it making them faster or slower.
I am glad that you personally feel that way; unfortunately, your opinion simply does not reflect the day-to-day reality of UPS operations.
The reality...is that the driver and his supervisor are in a postion of conflict over what is a reasonable level of production.
The root cause of that conflict, more often than not, is an unfair time allowance for the route in question.
By refusing to address the underlying problem, the management team is operating in a state of denial.
They expend huge quantities of time, energy, credibility and good will trying to put a Band-Aid of SPORH over the cancer of the unfair allowance.
SPORH, 3-day lock in rides, OJS's etc. only occur when the driver in question is "overallowed."
Flawed and unsafe methods which result in bonus are ignored or tacitly approved, while flawed methods that supposedly result in overallowed are not.
This blatant double standard...combined with the ongoing denial of the underlying problem...destroys the credibility of the management team and places them in a state of continuous conflict with the driver in question.
There can be no teamwork or cooperation under such conditions. The relationship becomes adversarial rather than harmonious.
The driver wants to solve the problem, whereas the management team only wants to manipulate the metric.
Yet.....
Are they doing the SPORH thing in your area to?
3 day rides combined with other metrics is a reasonable approach.
P-Man
Oh yes.
I talked with my shop st about this before i left the bldg and he was ok with this due to the fact that they were so messed up for the day ??? so when asked about filling on him he stated no i could not????
I talked with my shop st about this before i left the bldg and he was ok with this due to the fact that they were so messed up for the day ??? so when asked about filling on him he stated no i could not????
Were you trying to file on your steward?
Were you trying to file on your steward?
You understand that? To me its another guy talking w/ his tongue stuck to a frozen poll.