StevoMachino
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Hey everyone! Been with the brown for a few years now and only just found out about this AWESOME place. How cool
So I work in a small mountain town hub in the Rockies...6 preloaders, 2 unloaders, 2 scanners and 4 part time sups. Due to how well ups treats their part timers....we turn and burn the help so fast we average about 3-4 people a month. Hiring is a process and a half; we constantly are short handed and they begin to call in drivers to fill in slots.
I’m not one to complain about hard work much (grew up on a ranch) but I’ve been unloading 5-6 trailers everyday solo, busting every small bag within, and doing all the surepost bags as well (6 different post offices). I’m the only one that has to stay late to wrap up trucks, reverse the belt for missed pkgs, and finish splits/cuts (working as directed), all the while sups are leaving because they have a “5.5hr” restraint. Oh but not me. Very tiring on the body and leaves little energy to perform at a second job...as only lazy people try to survive off of a pt job.
Is there anything I can do to relieve some pressure from management? Anything I can say, maybe grieve? Been around long enough I know the whole “the more you do the more they give ya” bs but this is ridiculous. Why do hard working people get slammed while lazy mfers scoot by? I’ve now begun to play the union game back with things such as the 11 ppm out of the trailer rule (they expect me to keep 2 scanners busy, but don’t expect scanners to bust small bags) “working safely” “walking at a brisk pace not running” “doing the best I can” stuff like that. I don’t like doing that but I mean...it is the Union. Things don’t get handled like they use too....
So I work in a small mountain town hub in the Rockies...6 preloaders, 2 unloaders, 2 scanners and 4 part time sups. Due to how well ups treats their part timers....we turn and burn the help so fast we average about 3-4 people a month. Hiring is a process and a half; we constantly are short handed and they begin to call in drivers to fill in slots.
I’m not one to complain about hard work much (grew up on a ranch) but I’ve been unloading 5-6 trailers everyday solo, busting every small bag within, and doing all the surepost bags as well (6 different post offices). I’m the only one that has to stay late to wrap up trucks, reverse the belt for missed pkgs, and finish splits/cuts (working as directed), all the while sups are leaving because they have a “5.5hr” restraint. Oh but not me. Very tiring on the body and leaves little energy to perform at a second job...as only lazy people try to survive off of a pt job.
Is there anything I can do to relieve some pressure from management? Anything I can say, maybe grieve? Been around long enough I know the whole “the more you do the more they give ya” bs but this is ridiculous. Why do hard working people get slammed while lazy mfers scoot by? I’ve now begun to play the union game back with things such as the 11 ppm out of the trailer rule (they expect me to keep 2 scanners busy, but don’t expect scanners to bust small bags) “working safely” “walking at a brisk pace not running” “doing the best I can” stuff like that. I don’t like doing that but I mean...it is the Union. Things don’t get handled like they use too....