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<blockquote data-quote="AvgJoe" data-source="post: 803805" data-attributes="member: 22922"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Yes, there is special status for Wayne. You would think when they decided to move from Mo-town to Wayne they would have spoken to the town and asked about plowing. No wonder the building was vacant for years! (Maybe other companies could not agree to the cafeteria vendor charging of plastic cutlery but I digress...) What company would rent a major building for many of its technology workers that far from a major road? How much productivity time is lost when people are working partial days during these storms, let alone the safety of our most important asset? I am so sick of that ridiculous snow emergency line (ext. 3000). It is the same canned message that basically tells you to exercise caution and discuss with your mgmt. Gee…thanks…I was actually going to drive faster than I normally do on dry pavement, do donuts in the parking lot and not talk to my mgmt at all….dah!. Incidentally, it was interesting how Corp Atlanta had a few inches of snow and a little ice recently crippling the area and Corporate for a week. Many either did not come in all week or worked from home. Funny how UPS drivers in NJ were not dispatched on a day recently when the weather was so bad yet it was “business as usual” for ISNJ.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">So, why can't upper management expand the "working from home" to everyone on bad snow days? Imagine if they had trust in their employees and used simple management accountability tools; the positive outcome it would have on morale and productivity? We all have remote.ups.com access, laptops, blackberry, etc... so, why can't our overpaid HR consultants and UPS execs figure something out? Let’s see what they do this week with the next snow storm. I bet it will be “business as usual”, except for Wayne. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AvgJoe, post: 803805, member: 22922"] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Yes, there is special status for Wayne. You would think when they decided to move from Mo-town to Wayne they would have spoken to the town and asked about plowing. No wonder the building was vacant for years! (Maybe other companies could not agree to the cafeteria vendor charging of plastic cutlery but I digress...) What company would rent a major building for many of its technology workers that far from a major road? How much productivity time is lost when people are working partial days during these storms, let alone the safety of our most important asset? I am so sick of that ridiculous snow emergency line (ext. 3000). It is the same canned message that basically tells you to exercise caution and discuss with your mgmt. Gee…thanks…I was actually going to drive faster than I normally do on dry pavement, do donuts in the parking lot and not talk to my mgmt at all….dah!. Incidentally, it was interesting how Corp Atlanta had a few inches of snow and a little ice recently crippling the area and Corporate for a week. Many either did not come in all week or worked from home. Funny how UPS drivers in NJ were not dispatched on a day recently when the weather was so bad yet it was “business as usual” for ISNJ.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]So, why can't upper management expand the "working from home" to everyone on bad snow days? Imagine if they had trust in their employees and used simple management accountability tools; the positive outcome it would have on morale and productivity? We all have remote.ups.com access, laptops, blackberry, etc... so, why can't our overpaid HR consultants and UPS execs figure something out? Let’s see what they do this week with the next snow storm. I bet it will be “business as usual”, except for Wayne. [/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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