I’m sure they’d be all jazzed up to hear one of your lame motivational speeches too.
That's a lot of text to say that "bigwigs" who make stupid decisions get lucky LOL. Unlike NFL players, business "bigwigs" have no established metrics that can effectively distinguish them from the masses. We can look at IQ and other tests trying to probe the G factor, or maybe we can look at education credentials? PhDs in C suite positions are exceptionally uncommon outside of tech. While MBA's are common they're not a real master's degree, more like a college diploma +.
I've been on all sides of this, courier, manager and engineer, each side is right, some time. Some couriers are great and understand others just want to pawn off bad stops and some managers or engineers just want to get it done whether it makes sense or not.
Same story here and I was on the same (extended) route for 15 years.
Yes, the couriers know the areas better than the engineers to do deliveries. No way you would ever get 2-4 (depending on the loop) couriers to be able to divvy up the work without some kind of disagreement.
Depends on the driver. My loop, and the 2 on either side of me, would come to me to speak to the engineer. Why? I'm not sure, but she took what I said under more consideration than them. Maybe the way I spoke to her? Maybe because I didn't 'whine and cry' like others? Maybe because she knew I didn't try and snake my way out of work or an area?
Well on many occasions, the shifting would go down the loop and the last guy would be left holding the bag or should I say more freight than he or she could handle. Or there wasn’t anyone to shift to at all because of understaffing.
What are you talking about now?
LOL! A bigwig achieves that status from moving the needle in his previous positions. Doesn't mean they have the Midas touch or that every future decision will be right but it means they have successfully taken on more responsibility and greater challenges than the hecklers in the peanut gallery.
Obviously stuff you wouldn’t understand.
ESTAR isn't helping. I fuel up much earlier in the week now.
Same goes for managers and engineers. (In)Competence is even more significant in those positions.
Your damn right
Your understanding of promotion lends me to believe you’ve never had a job lol. Very few are intelligent business minds. They’d run their own business if that were the case. Most of them are grad school brown nosers, who lucked into an irreplaceable salary. A salary that’s made them very wealthy, but not wealthy enough to step out of line. To actually listen to the people under them. To really push new ideas. 90% of bigwigs do what they think they’re supposed to do. Think the way they’re supposed to think. And rarely, if ever, tell someone above them “NO you’re wrong”. Now I don’t make a ton of money. But I live within my means, and could replace my income tomorrow. What risk taking or honesty is someone making $350,000 going to display? Where are they going if they get the axe? It’s a different level of follow the leader when you get that high.
As I was saying about the hecklers in the peanut gallery...
Full timers aren't allowed to go part time any more.
I did a few months ago. Got have the right Senior. It was his idea and the wife said Ok. working 3 days on my same route w 4 day weekends.. Pretty sweet
