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When Did You Realize That You're Just a Number?
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<blockquote data-quote="Richard Harrow" data-source="post: 4707458" data-attributes="member: 29614"><p>Many moons ago, in an era before widespread cellphone use when you couldn't text your supervisor, you actually had to call up the building to call out for the day.</p><p></p><p>The center I worked in had the manager and only two on roads for about 75 drivers (again, many moons ago, 75 drivers require at least 5 on road supervisors now lol). The center manager was a tyrant. You prayed you didn't get him on the phone when the OMS transfered you. My group supervisor was decent enough but he would always give you a hard time because<em> he </em>didn't want to have to deal with the tyrant center manager. </p><p></p><p>Both would give you the old song and dance - you're no good, you're killing us, you're sinking the operation, its your responsibility to be here!</p><p></p><p>Then there was the other on road supervisor. I called out once very early in my FT career and I was transfered to him by the OMS. The conversation went like this, word for word...</p><p></p><p>Me: (supervisor name), I cant make it in today I...</p><p>Supervisor: OK!</p><p>:: phone click ::</p><p></p><p>I sat staring at my phone for probably 30 seconds as I sat shocked and thought to myself <em>"man, they really don't need me!"</em></p><p></p><p>That supervisor left UPS a year or two later for DHL. Unfortunately he was diagnosed with cancer shortly thereafter and elected to drink himself to death not long after. He'll always be one of my favorites even though I never directly worked for him because he taught me that day not to sweat the small stuff because the company will always get it done regardless if I'm there or not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Richard Harrow, post: 4707458, member: 29614"] Many moons ago, in an era before widespread cellphone use when you couldn't text your supervisor, you actually had to call up the building to call out for the day. The center I worked in had the manager and only two on roads for about 75 drivers (again, many moons ago, 75 drivers require at least 5 on road supervisors now lol). The center manager was a tyrant. You prayed you didn't get him on the phone when the OMS transfered you. My group supervisor was decent enough but he would always give you a hard time because[I] he [/I]didn't want to have to deal with the tyrant center manager. Both would give you the old song and dance - you're no good, you're killing us, you're sinking the operation, its your responsibility to be here! Then there was the other on road supervisor. I called out once very early in my FT career and I was transfered to him by the OMS. The conversation went like this, word for word... Me: (supervisor name), I cant make it in today I... Supervisor: OK! :: phone click :: I sat staring at my phone for probably 30 seconds as I sat shocked and thought to myself [I]"man, they really don't need me!"[/I] That supervisor left UPS a year or two later for DHL. Unfortunately he was diagnosed with cancer shortly thereafter and elected to drink himself to death not long after. He'll always be one of my favorites even though I never directly worked for him because he taught me that day not to sweat the small stuff because the company will always get it done regardless if I'm there or not. [/QUOTE]
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