This is not just for the guys that take just a little bit longer than another. It is for the guy that is milking 14hr day on a regular basis... Taking brakes for an hour everyday a few times a day, Stopping and napping without entering it in the diad, Falsifying stops on routes, Taking unscheduled stops at places to BS with friends. It's stupid crap like this is why they can. Like it said in the contract:or other conduct such as dishonesty or recklessness resulting in a serious accident.
I'm not here to hype everyone up about this and I am sorry if I do offend some of you guys but in 2013, We will have the chance to make things better for us and not them.
I will not apologize if I offend anyone with this, but if we have guys who do what you just described, then I WANT them to get fired. We still have to allow management the tools to weed out people like this. Just because we're union doesn't mean that we have to protect the lazy. That's long been the knock on unions and having people like that working here or anywhere drag the company down.
Just come in, do your job to the best of your ability and collect that check at the end of the week. The fair day's work for a fair day's pay cuts both ways and when we have all of our guys busting their *** like they do at package it is then and only then that we can expect to get pay comparable to theirs.
If we want UPS Freight to be the leader in this business then we must do our part as well. If you think about it all you need to open up a freight company is equipment and drivers and shiny new equipment is not enough to get you freight. Hard working professional drivers and dock workers who actually give a crap about their job, the freight and the company mean so much more than the equipment you're driving. We will make or break this company. The pace of the rebranding has very little to do with it.
One thing I noticed is that too many of our guys have this sense of entitlement. Just because you work here and the contract says you'll be making 66 cents a mile in 2013 doesn't mean you are entitled to that. You have to earn that money and you'll be doing a lot more than you're doing today to get it. Anytime the company gives you more money you can be sure that they expect more out of you. Where do you think UPS will come up with this extra 10 cents in this economy? Higher freight rates? Guess again. When other companies are folding and cutting wages, you better feel real fortunate to be where you are and you better do everything you can to keep this job. They owe you nothing and they don't care if you have worked here for 22 years. Remember, there are going to be a lot of hard working men who will gladly do your job and they'll likely work harder than you to keep it once they get in here. That, my friends, is how they'll justify paying us more over the next four and a half years.
Like I said, come in, do your job to the best of your ability, do whatever they ask you to do and then go home with that check every week feeling grateful and proud that you have this job.
And don't be afraid to kick the lazy ones in the ***, because remember, they're holding you back.
And another thing. Quit badmouthing the company. UPS is, hands down, one of the best companies in this world to work for. You know what they think about their image, so quit trying to destroy it. I know I've said critical things, but I've been careful to note that my attacks were on local, leftover Overnite managers.