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The UPS Policy Book with Integrity: Session 2: Preface Part 1
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<blockquote data-quote="island1fox" data-source="post: 808007" data-attributes="member: 4816"><p>Danny,</p><p>I think we can consider ourselves "oldtimers" and many believe that with all the changes and technology that people like you and me just do not know what is going on.</p><p>I can agree with some of that but there are many things as much as they change -they stay the same.</p><p>On your point of being inspired and learning from people at UPS -I can relate to that but must point out that many of the lessons I learned were from bad management people--I learned what not to do and sometimes those lessons stuck with me even more than what I learned from good managers.</p><p>On performance and demands and spor , high paid day, grievances,demands --we all lived through it--UPS is a demanding company --no matter what your job.</p><p>That everything changed when we went public --lets just say debatable.</p><p>That people cannot use their own minds-I take issue with. Even with all the technology drivers still have to constantly be alert,work and drive safely and make many decisions while on road. Management from low to high have a tough business plan to work toward. It would take me forever to go through every job --but lets take a quick look at todays on car supervisor.</p><p>He or she reports to work and immediately has much to do and decisions to make --staffing, coverage,preload wrapup, dpsm --which is to check on previous days operation -what went right ,what went wrong, what Drivers he will COMPLIMENT, what drivers have to approached on service , performance or safety issues. I could go on and on with decisions all UPSers have to make --I agree demanding job -but to paint either Management or Drivers of not using their intelligence and making decisions I believe it is a stretch.</p><p>All day UPS people are making decisions and using their minds --some very effectively --some not so.</p><p>Sorry for long responses but these are complicated issues and cannot be boiled down to simple--No one is allowed to make decisions.</p><p>I could be wrong-but I believe you run a business yourself. I am sure there are many things your employees have little flexability on but I am sure they are always using their brains.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="island1fox, post: 808007, member: 4816"] Danny, I think we can consider ourselves "oldtimers" and many believe that with all the changes and technology that people like you and me just do not know what is going on. I can agree with some of that but there are many things as much as they change -they stay the same. On your point of being inspired and learning from people at UPS -I can relate to that but must point out that many of the lessons I learned were from bad management people--I learned what not to do and sometimes those lessons stuck with me even more than what I learned from good managers. On performance and demands and spor , high paid day, grievances,demands --we all lived through it--UPS is a demanding company --no matter what your job. That everything changed when we went public --lets just say debatable. That people cannot use their own minds-I take issue with. Even with all the technology drivers still have to constantly be alert,work and drive safely and make many decisions while on road. Management from low to high have a tough business plan to work toward. It would take me forever to go through every job --but lets take a quick look at todays on car supervisor. He or she reports to work and immediately has much to do and decisions to make --staffing, coverage,preload wrapup, dpsm --which is to check on previous days operation -what went right ,what went wrong, what Drivers he will COMPLIMENT, what drivers have to approached on service , performance or safety issues. I could go on and on with decisions all UPSers have to make --I agree demanding job -but to paint either Management or Drivers of not using their intelligence and making decisions I believe it is a stretch. All day UPS people are making decisions and using their minds --some very effectively --some not so. Sorry for long responses but these are complicated issues and cannot be boiled down to simple--No one is allowed to make decisions. I could be wrong-but I believe you run a business yourself. I am sure there are many things your employees have little flexability on but I am sure they are always using their brains. [/QUOTE]
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