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<blockquote data-quote="canon" data-source="post: 167260" data-attributes="member: 8423"><p>Out of curiosity, what do you think accounts for that change? The part-timers now complain of horrible working conditions associated with PAS demands and very high turn over. When I was part-time, we still had our issues with management as is common in any business.. but we also had a sense of permanence. They were "our trucks" and "our drivers". A part-timer could earn the respect of a particular few drivers via consistantly good loads and be rewarded with some appreciation. Our building had cookouts regularly, and management awarded shirts/sweatshirts for achieving certain production goals.</p><p></p><p>I don't hear that from ppl on this board. I hear they don't allow enough time to produce quality. Add/splits all night between the same trucks. Multiple preloaders engaged in loading a truck yet only one faces accountability. Where we used to train to only the handle the package once, now it seems 3-4 times sometimes isn't enough. <em>Discipline has replaced reward as motivation to achieve.</em></p><p></p><p></p><p>Do you think the absence of the kind of loyalty you and I both saw in the past might have anything to do with the employees not feeling appreciated? What would it get <em><u>anyone</u></em> to "go above and beyond" for a company that makes you feel like you're disposable all year then expects voluntary sacrifice when times are tough? Some donuts? A couple extra bucks? More threats?</p><p></p><p><em>"Oh, <strong>now</strong> I'm valuable eh? Do it yourself."</em> </p><p></p><p>Can't say I blame them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="canon, post: 167260, member: 8423"] Out of curiosity, what do you think accounts for that change? The part-timers now complain of horrible working conditions associated with PAS demands and very high turn over. When I was part-time, we still had our issues with management as is common in any business.. but we also had a sense of permanence. They were "our trucks" and "our drivers". A part-timer could earn the respect of a particular few drivers via consistantly good loads and be rewarded with some appreciation. Our building had cookouts regularly, and management awarded shirts/sweatshirts for achieving certain production goals. I don't hear that from ppl on this board. I hear they don't allow enough time to produce quality. Add/splits all night between the same trucks. Multiple preloaders engaged in loading a truck yet only one faces accountability. Where we used to train to only the handle the package once, now it seems 3-4 times sometimes isn't enough. [I]Discipline has replaced reward as motivation to achieve.[/I] Do you think the absence of the kind of loyalty you and I both saw in the past might have anything to do with the employees not feeling appreciated? What would it get [I][U]anyone[/U][/I] to "go above and beyond" for a company that makes you feel like you're disposable all year then expects voluntary sacrifice when times are tough? Some donuts? A couple extra bucks? More threats? [I]"Oh, [B]now[/B] I'm valuable eh? Do it yourself."[/I] Can't say I blame them. [/QUOTE]
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