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<blockquote data-quote="Mike23" data-source="post: 584641"><p>Apparently in our new depot (around here we call them depots) we're going to be smashed by the biggest wave of safety people you can imagine. In our current state (at our soon to be old depot) we have a fire hose that's NEVER unblocked, I've witnessed the trailer unload guy walking beside the truck WHILE it was in reverse and popping the side doors and our preload work on (literally) planks on a metal frame that are sagging in the middle because they're rotting out. We also have to walk through a busy parking lot where UPS vehicles are driving past in the middle of the night WITHOUT safety vests (against the law here).</p><p></p><p>Those are just some of the more mild offenses. If reciting verbal drivel is that important to our safety, maybe they could also fix these few little problems?</p><p></p><p>Ok, it's not complete drivel. I'll admit that they ARE safe things that need to be worked upon. However, my training consisted of 'pssst, here's the answer to #1' (our HR guy, nice guy though). This was because UPS was so desperate to put bodies in vehicles at the time in my area. How am I expected to learn these things when I wasn't trained on them properly in the first place? We do have 'safety training' now which is once a week to try to remedy this, but who can honestly say, with a straight face, that UPS was and is looking after my safety first and production second?</p><p></p><p>To expect drivers to have all this stuff memorised when a lot of it didn't exist WHEN they were hired is a good idea but it should be done during company time, on the clock. Not off the clock and at home. IMHO, if your stewards are worth 2 cents, I'm pretty sure all suspensions or terms could easily be overturned since when most people here were hired this stuff didn't exist?...Correct me if I'm wrong in my rookiness here?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike23, post: 584641"] Apparently in our new depot (around here we call them depots) we're going to be smashed by the biggest wave of safety people you can imagine. In our current state (at our soon to be old depot) we have a fire hose that's NEVER unblocked, I've witnessed the trailer unload guy walking beside the truck WHILE it was in reverse and popping the side doors and our preload work on (literally) planks on a metal frame that are sagging in the middle because they're rotting out. We also have to walk through a busy parking lot where UPS vehicles are driving past in the middle of the night WITHOUT safety vests (against the law here). Those are just some of the more mild offenses. If reciting verbal drivel is that important to our safety, maybe they could also fix these few little problems? Ok, it's not complete drivel. I'll admit that they ARE safe things that need to be worked upon. However, my training consisted of 'pssst, here's the answer to #1' (our HR guy, nice guy though). This was because UPS was so desperate to put bodies in vehicles at the time in my area. How am I expected to learn these things when I wasn't trained on them properly in the first place? We do have 'safety training' now which is once a week to try to remedy this, but who can honestly say, with a straight face, that UPS was and is looking after my safety first and production second? To expect drivers to have all this stuff memorised when a lot of it didn't exist WHEN they were hired is a good idea but it should be done during company time, on the clock. Not off the clock and at home. IMHO, if your stewards are worth 2 cents, I'm pretty sure all suspensions or terms could easily be overturned since when most people here were hired this stuff didn't exist?...Correct me if I'm wrong in my rookiness here? [/QUOTE]
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