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<blockquote data-quote="aspenleaf" data-source="post: 225137" data-attributes="member: 5143"><p><span style="color: black">In my area our start times are not changed for such things. When we had to do the 90 question test it was done during the sort. I work preload and if I spend any time out of my cage someone is supposed to document that (they never do which has created a huge mess). </span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black">We work different areas so I don't know the misloads work for you. For us loading the package cars we get blamed no matter what. I have had to ask for help and had a sup pulling for me and he kept giving me the wrong air for the truck I was in. I caught them and he was doing the best he could to keep up (the huge mess we have is related to our start times - they think we have little elves that help us load so they changed the times so we all come in later) but I get hit hard in the last hour due to large amounts of bulk stops and I have a shuttle truck (which means I get the left overs from an EAM route - and I don't get credit for that volume and some days it can be close to 80 packages (avg is about 20) and huge irregs. So things I don't get credit for are blocking my "real" packages (the ones for my actual drivers); so I sometimes get behind depending upon what one of my drivers has to shuttle.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black">So with all this mess going on the last thing I would want is to go sit down and talk to my sup who is still a kid (not that age matters but lack of experience in supervising is becoming an issue).</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black">On paper I look horrid (and I don't mean looks - I mean my pph etc). I don't have a huge pull but I have large boxes and sometimes I can only get one box out of the cage. By the time I am done rolling it or pushing it or whatever to get it into place that cage is long gone. This goes on all sort and then it gets worse after break. I do understand that it looks like I don't work hard enough. I know when I am out it takes more than one person to do my cage and people are always amazed at how much I really do. I think that can be said about all the loaders on my boxline; we work our butts off and yet all we ever hear is what we do wrong.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black">We have a sup who wants us to memorize stuff that he needs to know. We know our stuff (at least the chicks do) and don't have time to learn his stuff. He did inform me that he can work a cage and has done our job when one of us calls out. So we asked how many misloads he had - he had over 5. His response was "well I don't do that work all the time!" We said "thank goodness you don't or you'd bring our numbers down." I also pointed out that we were told any fool could load trucks thanks to PAS and wanted to know why he had so many misloads. If someone with 5 min of training is expected to have no misloads then the sup that trained him/her should also have none.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black">Sorry for the rant; today was the worst wrap I have ever had and I am just upset with myself for letting it get to me.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black">As for you all I can say if one of your people asks for help please do so or get them someone or let them know why you can't. I hate when I ask for help before break and get none and then I get yelled at the end of the sort. We aren’t stupid and just because things go wrong does not mean we weren’t working as hard as we normally do. Thankfully today is Friday!</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aspenleaf, post: 225137, member: 5143"] [COLOR=black]In my area our start times are not changed for such things. When we had to do the 90 question test it was done during the sort. I work preload and if I spend any time out of my cage someone is supposed to document that (they never do which has created a huge mess). [/COLOR] [COLOR=black]We work different areas so I don't know the misloads work for you. For us loading the package cars we get blamed no matter what. I have had to ask for help and had a sup pulling for me and he kept giving me the wrong air for the truck I was in. I caught them and he was doing the best he could to keep up (the huge mess we have is related to our start times - they think we have little elves that help us load so they changed the times so we all come in later) but I get hit hard in the last hour due to large amounts of bulk stops and I have a shuttle truck (which means I get the left overs from an EAM route - and I don't get credit for that volume and some days it can be close to 80 packages (avg is about 20) and huge irregs. So things I don't get credit for are blocking my "real" packages (the ones for my actual drivers); so I sometimes get behind depending upon what one of my drivers has to shuttle.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]So with all this mess going on the last thing I would want is to go sit down and talk to my sup who is still a kid (not that age matters but lack of experience in supervising is becoming an issue).[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]On paper I look horrid (and I don't mean looks - I mean my pph etc). I don't have a huge pull but I have large boxes and sometimes I can only get one box out of the cage. By the time I am done rolling it or pushing it or whatever to get it into place that cage is long gone. This goes on all sort and then it gets worse after break. I do understand that it looks like I don't work hard enough. I know when I am out it takes more than one person to do my cage and people are always amazed at how much I really do. I think that can be said about all the loaders on my boxline; we work our butts off and yet all we ever hear is what we do wrong.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]We have a sup who wants us to memorize stuff that he needs to know. We know our stuff (at least the chicks do) and don't have time to learn his stuff. He did inform me that he can work a cage and has done our job when one of us calls out. So we asked how many misloads he had - he had over 5. His response was "well I don't do that work all the time!" We said "thank goodness you don't or you'd bring our numbers down." I also pointed out that we were told any fool could load trucks thanks to PAS and wanted to know why he had so many misloads. If someone with 5 min of training is expected to have no misloads then the sup that trained him/her should also have none.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]Sorry for the rant; today was the worst wrap I have ever had and I am just upset with myself for letting it get to me.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]As for you all I can say if one of your people asks for help please do so or get them someone or let them know why you can't. I hate when I ask for help before break and get none and then I get yelled at the end of the sort. We aren’t stupid and just because things go wrong does not mean we weren’t working as hard as we normally do. Thankfully today is Friday![/COLOR] [FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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