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<blockquote data-quote="Bagels" data-source="post: 1122773" data-attributes="member: 43436"><p>I'm aware there's PTers who still work 5 hours or more, but you're an exception and not the rule. While the lack of hours is an issue among PTers throughout my union local, we do have one facility in which the opposite is true -- it's a small, two unload door / one straight belt facility that cannot be expanded and thus PTers often work in excess of 6-hours or more (of course, there's only about two dozen Preloaders in total).</p><p></p><p>And yes, while many PTers eagerly volunteer to leave well before 3.5, the majority here do so because management will harass them if they don't. For example, yesterday I was asked to clock out at the 2 hour, 48 minute mark. When I requested my guarantee, my FT supervisor told me 'it's close enough and if you want to be petty, I'll be petty too.' Me and one other person wouldn't budge, and he then spent the next 42-minutes having us write out the 5/8 keys repeatedly, badgering us the whole time (an employee with a $100K total compensation package has enough time to do this? really? I see potential savings...) </p><p></p><p>I could understand if volume was suffering, but our volume is stagnant vs. last year and we're working significantly more people. Theoretically, adding employees should be expensive -- significant time is investing in hiring, recruiting, orientating, training, learning curve, etc. -- but obviously UPS is banking on the prospects that most will put forth a good few months then quit, ultimately costing less than paying incumbent senior employees. I still blame that on the past contract, which deferred benefits for new employees, making new help cheap.</p><p></p><p>But hey, I get up in the middle of the night (which allegedly shaves some time off my lifespan), drive nearly a half hour to work and put forth a valiant effort every day. I take care of UPS and I expect UPS to reasonably take care of me. I agree, the PTers need to be more vocal about issues that are important to them and vote down concessionary contracts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bagels, post: 1122773, member: 43436"] I'm aware there's PTers who still work 5 hours or more, but you're an exception and not the rule. While the lack of hours is an issue among PTers throughout my union local, we do have one facility in which the opposite is true -- it's a small, two unload door / one straight belt facility that cannot be expanded and thus PTers often work in excess of 6-hours or more (of course, there's only about two dozen Preloaders in total). And yes, while many PTers eagerly volunteer to leave well before 3.5, the majority here do so because management will harass them if they don't. For example, yesterday I was asked to clock out at the 2 hour, 48 minute mark. When I requested my guarantee, my FT supervisor told me 'it's close enough and if you want to be petty, I'll be petty too.' Me and one other person wouldn't budge, and he then spent the next 42-minutes having us write out the 5/8 keys repeatedly, badgering us the whole time (an employee with a $100K total compensation package has enough time to do this? really? I see potential savings...) I could understand if volume was suffering, but our volume is stagnant vs. last year and we're working significantly more people. Theoretically, adding employees should be expensive -- significant time is investing in hiring, recruiting, orientating, training, learning curve, etc. -- but obviously UPS is banking on the prospects that most will put forth a good few months then quit, ultimately costing less than paying incumbent senior employees. I still blame that on the past contract, which deferred benefits for new employees, making new help cheap. But hey, I get up in the middle of the night (which allegedly shaves some time off my lifespan), drive nearly a half hour to work and put forth a valiant effort every day. I take care of UPS and I expect UPS to reasonably take care of me. I agree, the PTers need to be more vocal about issues that are important to them and vote down concessionary contracts. [/QUOTE]
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