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<blockquote data-quote="brownIEman" data-source="post: 2997951" data-attributes="member: 14596">Of course very few did.&nbsp; You all were in the thrall of the Teamsters and their &quot;don&#039;t fall for it, it&#039;s a trap!&quot; line of BS.&nbsp; Now, I can understand why they and you would be skeptical, but that one was a genuine effort to change the entire culture of the organization, ordered from the highest levels.&nbsp; Take the hubs as an example, production pushes were called of completely in many instances.&nbsp; Operations were staffed and run fat.&nbsp; Production fell, as expected.&nbsp; The consultants told UPS that drop would be temporary and the cost increase of it would be more than made up for by fewer damages and fewer service failures (misloads). What actually happened was that the production fell further than anticipated, and the damages and misloads stayed flat or increased.The irony is that for good reason employees would never believe that the company really meant to listen more to their ideas.&nbsp; The IBT would tell you you would be stupid to do so.&nbsp; And the Company, when it actually DID try to listen more to the employees, got it&#039;s teeth kicked in for doing so.&nbsp; So they believe with good reason they would be stupid to ever try it again.&nbsp; And round and round it goes...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="brownIEman, post: 2997951, member: 14596"] Of course very few did. You all were in the thrall of the Teamsters and their "don't fall for it, it's a trap!" line of BS. Now, I can understand why they and you would be skeptical, but that one was a genuine effort to change the entire culture of the organization, ordered from the highest levels. Take the hubs as an example, production pushes were called of completely in many instances. Operations were staffed and run fat. Production fell, as expected. The consultants told UPS that drop would be temporary and the cost increase of it would be more than made up for by fewer damages and fewer service failures (misloads). What actually happened was that the production fell further than anticipated, and the damages and misloads stayed flat or increased. The irony is that for good reason employees would never believe that the company really meant to listen more to their ideas. The IBT would tell you you would be stupid to do so. And the Company, when it actually DID try to listen more to the employees, got it's teeth kicked in for doing so. So they believe with good reason they would be stupid to ever try it again. And round and round it goes... [/QUOTE]

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