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<blockquote data-quote="Jakamoe" data-source="post: 4520158" data-attributes="member: 74459">The biggest problem I have is that respect part. Respect to the driver, the preloader, the contract. There&#039;s a lack of it. Most of us have worked 55+ hours every week. Thats not being home to have dinner with our family, see our kids, have a life. We are literally working, coming home, sleep, work again and this has been like this since February, after coming off the heaviest peak ups has ever seen. Here&#039;s the kicker, no one knows when this will end.Hire more people, create more full time routes. I have yet see my management show up early, or leave late. There&#039;s no mgt in sight when I get back to the building at 10pm. Yet we all are going out with 80 to 100 stops heavier and still getting complained to: &quot;Why were you 35m over?&quot;. If you want respect start earning it. Have conversations with your drivers. &quot;Hey I know you&#039;ve been heavy the last few weeks, getting back late everyday, I really appreciate it, I&#039;m going to work on getting you back earlier&quot; and than actually do it. Instead of conversations about overallowed, we have conversations if there is a service or safety issue you&#039;ve noticed, if any. Things that actually matter. Maybe you&#039;re a good manager, maybe you are trying your best. Most of us don&#039;t have that experience. Lastly, us drivers that are on 9.5, its not because we want more money by filing grievances. We are on it because we value things other than just working. We value our families, getting a good night&#039;s rest etc. We file 9.5 to protect ourselves. Its not our fault that ups agreed it was a monetary gain.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jakamoe, post: 4520158, member: 74459"] The biggest problem I have is that respect part. Respect to the driver, the preloader, the contract. There's a lack of it. Most of us have worked 55+ hours every week. Thats not being home to have dinner with our family, see our kids, have a life. We are literally working, coming home, sleep, work again and this has been like this since February, after coming off the heaviest peak ups has ever seen. Here's the kicker, no one knows when this will end. Hire more people, create more full time routes. I have yet see my management show up early, or leave late. There's no mgt in sight when I get back to the building at 10pm. Yet we all are going out with 80 to 100 stops heavier and still getting complained to: "Why were you 35m over?". If you want respect start earning it. Have conversations with your drivers. "Hey I know you've been heavy the last few weeks, getting back late everyday, I really appreciate it, I'm going to work on getting you back earlier" and than actually do it. Instead of conversations about overallowed, we have conversations if there is a service or safety issue you've noticed, if any. Things that actually matter. Maybe you're a good manager, maybe you are trying your best. Most of us don't have that experience. Lastly, us drivers that are on 9.5, its not because we want more money by filing grievances. We are on it because we value things other than just working. We value our families, getting a good night's rest etc. We file 9.5 to protect ourselves. Its not our fault that ups agreed it was a monetary gain. [/QUOTE]

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