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What should be done when teamsters are found to be working for UPS off the clock?
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<blockquote data-quote="LongTimeComing" data-source="post: 1088783" data-attributes="member: 45493"><p>Driver Joe finishes his route on time everyday. For the most part, he's not running over much at all. But since Driver Joe lives 45 mins from his work, he would like to get done sooner so he can make it home to his wife and 2 month old before 8:30pm since family time is pretty important. Driver Joe decides that if he shows up 45 minutes early to set-up his truck, he can cut almost an hour off of his route (that he was running over on, to begin with...don't forget) so now he can be home around 7:30pm. This is worth not getting paid, to him. Compensation doesn't just exist in the form of money from a corporation.</p><p></p><p>If he wasn't running over, and he is setting up his truck just for the sake of making it home to see his family sooner....is this even qualifying as stealing time? Would you really grieve what "Driver Joe" is doing when he's not actually taking work away from anyone?</p><p></p><p>I pose this question, as I've seen this in my time driving. I had a pretty long talk with this driver. He was quite senior. I was wondering why I always saw him in his truck moving stuff all around from where the preloader put it. He said it makes his route run much smoother. I had asked that if he didn't do this, would he get back late or run over allowance....he said no. He said he just wanted to get done sooner. While I understand that I COULD have grieved....why would I bring the eventual heat from management down on this guy if he's just simply wanting to get home to his family sooner? He'd be running on time either way...so it's not like it's the company's fault for over-dispatching....</p><p></p><p>Maybe I'm describing a really narrow, specific situation...but I believe I'm not. I agree wholeheartedly that there are serious issues with drivers preloading the majority of their trucks and working through lunch and clocking out on the way back.....all of those reasons are easy grievances that I would have done myself.</p><p></p><p>Would it be right to file one in the case of "Driver Joe"?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LongTimeComing, post: 1088783, member: 45493"] Driver Joe finishes his route on time everyday. For the most part, he's not running over much at all. But since Driver Joe lives 45 mins from his work, he would like to get done sooner so he can make it home to his wife and 2 month old before 8:30pm since family time is pretty important. Driver Joe decides that if he shows up 45 minutes early to set-up his truck, he can cut almost an hour off of his route (that he was running over on, to begin with...don't forget) so now he can be home around 7:30pm. This is worth not getting paid, to him. Compensation doesn't just exist in the form of money from a corporation. If he wasn't running over, and he is setting up his truck just for the sake of making it home to see his family sooner....is this even qualifying as stealing time? Would you really grieve what "Driver Joe" is doing when he's not actually taking work away from anyone? I pose this question, as I've seen this in my time driving. I had a pretty long talk with this driver. He was quite senior. I was wondering why I always saw him in his truck moving stuff all around from where the preloader put it. He said it makes his route run much smoother. I had asked that if he didn't do this, would he get back late or run over allowance....he said no. He said he just wanted to get done sooner. While I understand that I COULD have grieved....why would I bring the eventual heat from management down on this guy if he's just simply wanting to get home to his family sooner? He'd be running on time either way...so it's not like it's the company's fault for over-dispatching.... Maybe I'm describing a really narrow, specific situation...but I believe I'm not. I agree wholeheartedly that there are serious issues with drivers preloading the majority of their trucks and working through lunch and clocking out on the way back.....all of those reasons are easy grievances that I would have done myself. Would it be right to file one in the case of "Driver Joe"? [/QUOTE]
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