Integrity
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I believe 1 hour OT is reasonable on occasion.
The Thing About OT...
- Thread starter ThePackageDeli
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Too many variables in this job to make it an 8-hour day on a regular basis but with that being said you shouldn't have to work 11 or 12 hour days
BigUnionGuy
Got the T-Shirt
8 hrs doesn't just seem right.... and 10+ is too much.
When I started in pkg (late 80's), the time studies were accurate and fair. You had to really suck if you couldn't scratch.
The routes were designed so most drivers were consistently averaging 9 hrs a day. The only people working more
hours than that... wanted to... by helping new drivers or covering late pickups that they wouldn't put on TDP.
Wally
BrownCafe Innovator & King of Puns
Never see that where I am except peak and some feeder runs. Feeder guys know what they are getting in to.
That's why I half the guys are on the 9.5 list
JustDeliverIt
Well-Known Member
Right there with you. A little OT for some extra cash but still home early enough not to be a zombie around the family.
Sissy Brown Short Shorts
Well-Known Member
I wish we could volunteer to do 3 fourteen hour days or 4 ten hour days and take long weekends. I’d do that in a heartbeat.
I have been lurking
Tired hubrat
Enjoy your 8+1, I'll take 5+4
eats packages
Deranged lunatic
Nowadays the only day i get less than 9 hours is when someone poorly translates their name 3 dozen times and each one triggers a new stop to be added to the total8 hrs doesn't just seem right.... and 10+ is too much.
When I started in pkg (late 80's), the time studies were accurate and fair. You had to really suck if you couldn't scratch.
The routes were designed so most drivers were consistently averaging 9 hrs a day. The only people working more
hours than that... wanted to... by helping new drivers or covering late pickups that they wouldn't put on TDP.
clean hairy
Well-Known Member
ThePackageDeli
Well-Known Member
One beautiful thing about the ever-evolving economic landscape is that things don't have to remain the way they've always been. They can change. They should change. I welcome the implementation of new solutions that are beneficial to both the employer and the employee. If one such solution came along that allowed workers to willingly forfeit OT, while at the same time saved the company money... Why not do it? And for those union employees who want OT, let them have it. But give us the choice!
Wally
BrownCafe Innovator & King of Puns
How do forfeit overtime, work free like a runner-gunner bonus driver?
ThePackageDeli
Well-Known Member
One solution might look like... taking the extra volume from the drivers who want reduced hours, and giving it to PVD's.
That's enough of the stupid talk right there buddy
Wally
BrownCafe Innovator & King of Puns
Hell no. Come back when you have real answers, not scab talk.
Up In Smoke
Well-Known Member
We are currently under a company directive of 135 stops per car. That's an increase of 7 per car from October and a reduction of 5 routes per day from October. Starting weekending 3/5 we are processing 50+ 9.5 grievances per week. The center manager just shrugs his shoulders and pushes them to labor. I'm sure this will continue until the next directive or the accidents and injuries increase, making it more expensive than it's worth.
ThePackageDeli
Well-Known Member
What is stupid about it? I think it's a good idea.
burrheadd
KING Of GIFS
Lol
You must be new here
burrheadd
KING Of GIFS
You can
off with that