Homer17762
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You're probably rolling your eyes because it seems like every PT worker come here to complain. I have a situation and I'm not sure how to handle it.
I work preload in a small town. Our building is pretty small. Just two belts for loading and one sort isle of maybe 5 workers. I have been in my current work area for over a year now. I don't want to go into too much detail about it but essentially, the 4 car pull I work, two of the cars I have to load by memory, not by the spot label because they are incorrect. It's not a big deal. I just pushed through it and memorized the routs. (the driver loves it because its in exact order).
The problem is that lately I've been getting a lot of extra work. Well everyone has. Before I was averaging roughly a 900 to 1000 package pull which is perfectly fine. It fits my work speed and everything is okay. But lately multiple routs have been cut out and I've been averaging a 1300 package pull. The same for all the other workers.There are so many packages on the belt (they're for my pull)that they literally fall off. Not to mention I have to deal with everyones recycles. (by now you're probably thinking "get to the point.") The problem is that I literally have a mountain of packages in front of all my trucks. The past few days, I literally ran out of room to even walk. Everyone's pull is like this. Today not a single person could keep up because of the rate of packages. The delivery trucks are packed up the isle. Safety is a joke in my building. Whenever I ask a PT Sup about safety my safety concerns, they say there is nothing they can do because they don't control the flow. Also, management always seem to know when there is a safety audit. Then they run the building the "correct" way, then when the auditor leaves its back to crazy speeds. Honestly, peak is cake compared to this. Not to mention that all the PT Sups work. Also all this is done in roughly 3 hours. (I know about the 3.5 hour guarantee, I'm the only one that asks for it.)
I don't mean to come off like i'm complaining, I'm just trying to paint a clear picture for you. Almost all the PT workers in my building is terrified to file a grievance because they're afraid of becoming a target. I'm not, I'm not looking for a FT career. I want tho help resolve this problem not only for myself but for the PT workers who are looking to go FT. It's a shame that the building is run like this. I'm a college student, the only reason why I work for UPS is because the hours work great with my classes and I'm getting tuition reimbursement. How would you go about handling this? How do I file a safety pertaining to safety? Like today, I literally saw people climbing the mountain of packages and crawling into their trucks.
If you've made it this far. I appreciate you taking the time to read this. It really means a lot.
I work preload in a small town. Our building is pretty small. Just two belts for loading and one sort isle of maybe 5 workers. I have been in my current work area for over a year now. I don't want to go into too much detail about it but essentially, the 4 car pull I work, two of the cars I have to load by memory, not by the spot label because they are incorrect. It's not a big deal. I just pushed through it and memorized the routs. (the driver loves it because its in exact order).
The problem is that lately I've been getting a lot of extra work. Well everyone has. Before I was averaging roughly a 900 to 1000 package pull which is perfectly fine. It fits my work speed and everything is okay. But lately multiple routs have been cut out and I've been averaging a 1300 package pull. The same for all the other workers.There are so many packages on the belt (they're for my pull)that they literally fall off. Not to mention I have to deal with everyones recycles. (by now you're probably thinking "get to the point.") The problem is that I literally have a mountain of packages in front of all my trucks. The past few days, I literally ran out of room to even walk. Everyone's pull is like this. Today not a single person could keep up because of the rate of packages. The delivery trucks are packed up the isle. Safety is a joke in my building. Whenever I ask a PT Sup about safety my safety concerns, they say there is nothing they can do because they don't control the flow. Also, management always seem to know when there is a safety audit. Then they run the building the "correct" way, then when the auditor leaves its back to crazy speeds. Honestly, peak is cake compared to this. Not to mention that all the PT Sups work. Also all this is done in roughly 3 hours. (I know about the 3.5 hour guarantee, I'm the only one that asks for it.)
I don't mean to come off like i'm complaining, I'm just trying to paint a clear picture for you. Almost all the PT workers in my building is terrified to file a grievance because they're afraid of becoming a target. I'm not, I'm not looking for a FT career. I want tho help resolve this problem not only for myself but for the PT workers who are looking to go FT. It's a shame that the building is run like this. I'm a college student, the only reason why I work for UPS is because the hours work great with my classes and I'm getting tuition reimbursement. How would you go about handling this? How do I file a safety pertaining to safety? Like today, I literally saw people climbing the mountain of packages and crawling into their trucks.
If you've made it this far. I appreciate you taking the time to read this. It really means a lot.
with you if you play the “S” card. I wasn’t seriously challenged a single time that I stopped the belt and pointed out that a situation obviously was not safe. It’s not worth it for a supervisor to fight you over it. They just want you to think it is.
