If you don't go by seniority then how do ya assign work. Ya pick your favorites and start handing out the good stuff.....WRONG!!!! NOT IN MY HOUSE!!!!!
not everthing is done by seniority atvnut, i ll tell you what, you would either love it or hate it with me in my barn..if i have a tough city route i am going to look for the best man for the job doesnt matter if he has been here two months or 10 years..but come friday morning i am going to hand him that easy route thank him for the hard work he did all week for me and try to send him home early when he gets back from it.
sometimes in order to run a good operation you have to look at the whole picture (not saying it is the chase at your barn i dont work there so i cant say on their behalf) but you cant put a man on a route that you know he cant get done. it would be like playing shooting yourself if the foot makes no sense
You know what FL that would be totally acceptable!!! The problem is that at my barn it never comes around. The slackers keep coming up with excuses about how they can't do it, I don't know the stops or area, don't have that map, never been in that area before, and many more... I've suggested having classes to show the new guys the ropes, map reading classes, more training time.... so on and so on. It falls on deaf ears.
I'm not saying that I want to come in everyday and go sit all day. I'm simply saying teach the new people what they need to know to be sucessful in their job to make it easier on everybody.