What's even sadder is that they have to track UPH to begin with, because they don't trust their workers to do the one thing they hired them to do. Businesses are so obsessed with finding problems that they're willing to create them.
Maybe. But a lot of workers are absolute shit. I got a 2 dollar raise at one of my part-time jobs just for showing up 10 or 15 minutes early instead of 2 hours late like the others.
crane workers at west coast docks. That's a union that needs to be put back under control; had I not read that and researched it, I'da called BS, but it ain't... and it's fucking over the rest of the country.
Every union on the west coast needs to be knocked down. The corruption, nepotism, and outright criminality is bblatant. I would actually prefer a mafia, because the Don at least has a vested interest in keeping the streets clean and usable.
I would disagree with one; firefighters. Most of the areas were forest fires start is federally owned or privately owned (mainly corporations on the private side). There's nothing state firefighters can do until the fire crosses over. They only have actual control over 3% of the forested area... the fuck are they supposed to do? Risk their lives for that nonsense? A massive funding of park troopers to stop illegal grows would also go a long way in 1) raising tax income, 2) curb pollution, and 3) managing those forests. Would never happen though. If a politician can capitalize off promising a solution while never doing it, they will unless it means the ramifications are worse than their own greed. There have been like, what? 10 altruistic politicians in the history of this nation? I have no doubt most would want to do the right thing if they could make money off doing the right thing; but that's not altruistic; that's being a lil sell out bitch lol.
They basically put your shit in amazon boxes. They usually are rarely afforded shit breaks. UPH packing rate also depends on WHAT you are packing. Heavier and larger objects will obviously take more time, so what @nicegelman said is a good point. You might be able to do 2 smaller objects in a minute, but a 72" flat screen? That's gonna take some time. It's a stupid fucking way to measure productivity.
oh btwy UPH means "Units per hour".
even if you did it by weight it would still make zero sense; as you could feasibly hit 1k letters a minute and it wouldn't weigh as much as one big ass brick that cannot be cracked; which would take well over an hour... then there is.... is that brick a cube? is flat? Just how easy could it shatter if dropped or stacked wrong? If it's loaded correctly and it cracks, even with all precautions taken, who eats the cost?
A simple eye-ball test is much better; if someone is slacking, as a manager go ask them why and help them; that way it doesn't come back to bite you. Guess we're far beyond such an idea.
I would assume UPH is measured against the employee average, not by the items themselves. With every employee doing the same job, the time per item, while highly variable, would average out to a certain average that can be used to determine how someone is performing relative to their peers.
Less about figuring out who's slacking off, and more about finding the weakest link. Of course, this leads to a work environment where employees are competing to increase their number to ensure they stay ahead of the curve, lest they be found the weakest link. When an employer does nothing to discourage this (most *encourage* it, perhaps by offering bonuses to the highest performing, to discourage people from only doing what they need to to not be at the bottom), it's a pretty textbook horrible work environment.
Here's the thing. If I were the manager, I'd wait until the person was in at work and bring up the topic more like "Was anything wrong that kept you in the chair all day?" If you're sincerely interested in the person and what things might keep them from doing their job, you might find out that he was slower due to a foot injury; the fact that he actually was setting performance records would come as a pleasant surprise and you could give an "atta boy" right then.
In fact, it sounds like the person complaining should have had access to the performance metrics, and could have checked beforehand to see that there wasn't even any reason to bring up the issue. So, going right to "this will have to be dealt with" is really pissy.
The only downside of the exchange is leaving one job before you have another lined up. It makes for a less fun chat screenshot to share with the internet, but revenge *is* better served cold.
even if you did it by weight it would still make zero sense; as you could feasibly hit 1k letters a minute and it wouldn't weigh as much as one big ass brick that cannot be cracked; which would take well over an hour... then there is.... is that brick a cube? is flat? Just how easy could it shatter if dropped or stacked wrong? If it's loaded correctly and it cracks, even with all precautions taken, who eats the cost?
A simple eye-ball test is much better; if someone is slacking, as a manager go ask them why and help them; that way it doesn't come back to bite you. Guess we're far beyond such an idea.
Less about figuring out who's slacking off, and more about finding the weakest link. Of course, this leads to a work environment where employees are competing to increase their number to ensure they stay ahead of the curve, lest they be found the weakest link. When an employer does nothing to discourage this (most *encourage* it, perhaps by offering bonuses to the highest performing, to discourage people from only doing what they need to to not be at the bottom), it's a pretty textbook horrible work environment.
In fact, it sounds like the person complaining should have had access to the performance metrics, and could have checked beforehand to see that there wasn't even any reason to bring up the issue. So, going right to "this will have to be dealt with" is really pissy.
The only downside of the exchange is leaving one job before you have another lined up. It makes for a less fun chat screenshot to share with the internet, but revenge *is* better served cold.