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<blockquote data-quote="Bagels" data-source="post: 1082409" data-attributes="member: 43436"><p>It is true. Just from this past week:</p><p>* My job was threatened for refusing to lift a transmission that weighed more than 300 lbs. [These are regular deliveries ... the Company has done NOTHING to stop their pick-up or progression.]</p><p>* I unloaded a 53' trailer in which I estimate 75% of the packages were heavy (50 lbs. or more) or bulky (e.g. boxes of 30 lb. of textbooks / paper reams that feel much heavier). These packages were stacked to the top of the ceiling -- including a 93 lb. package with no overweight markings that was wedged in so tightly, it knocked me & my load stand down. Again, this is a REGULAR occurrence (the hub filters all the heavy packages onto a single trailer). We've taken pictures and questioned this in the past & have been told EXPLICITLY that the loading style helped their production numbers. </p><p>* Speaking of loads ... nowadays, the emphasis is on filling all available space. Even if that means placing a hazmat (you know... blocked & braced, no higher than waist) in the hole. Or a 120 lb. metal pipe in the hidden hole at the very top, that the unloader isn't going to see until he moves a package and the pipe comes at him. It use to be that you loaded heavier packages on the bottom, lighter in the middle & bags at the top of the ceiling. Now... production, production, production - what's your function?</p><p>* I refused to work in a trailer with an employee that had the flu -- I get sick real easily, and certainly don't need to flu. I was told I'd be "voluntarily quitting."</p><p></p><p>This is just my observations, as a petty preloader. There were other incidents, but I digress.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bagels, post: 1082409, member: 43436"] It is true. Just from this past week: * My job was threatened for refusing to lift a transmission that weighed more than 300 lbs. [These are regular deliveries ... the Company has done NOTHING to stop their pick-up or progression.] * I unloaded a 53' trailer in which I estimate 75% of the packages were heavy (50 lbs. or more) or bulky (e.g. boxes of 30 lb. of textbooks / paper reams that feel much heavier). These packages were stacked to the top of the ceiling -- including a 93 lb. package with no overweight markings that was wedged in so tightly, it knocked me & my load stand down. Again, this is a REGULAR occurrence (the hub filters all the heavy packages onto a single trailer). We've taken pictures and questioned this in the past & have been told EXPLICITLY that the loading style helped their production numbers. * Speaking of loads ... nowadays, the emphasis is on filling all available space. Even if that means placing a hazmat (you know... blocked & braced, no higher than waist) in the hole. Or a 120 lb. metal pipe in the hidden hole at the very top, that the unloader isn't going to see until he moves a package and the pipe comes at him. It use to be that you loaded heavier packages on the bottom, lighter in the middle & bags at the top of the ceiling. Now... production, production, production - what's your function? * I refused to work in a trailer with an employee that had the flu -- I get sick real easily, and certainly don't need to flu. I was told I'd be "voluntarily quitting." This is just my observations, as a petty preloader. There were other incidents, but I digress. [/QUOTE]
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