Teamsters send clear message

Yep. Here's me. One of them slacker postal workers, who now at age 52 has a
blown disk and nothing but bull**** from management about it. Still trying
to pull my weight without ****ing it up any more than it is. Without my
union, I would have been out the door ages ago. Not because I don't work,
but because I don't cower. Intimidation and coercion are the main management
tools.That's what they do with the temporary help. They can push them around
through fear because they don't have any representation. When they break,
they're out the door. Think they'd treat regulars any different if they
could?

Yeah...unions aren't perfect, but when you work in a culture of white collar
assholes who never put in an honest day's work in their lives and only care
about how much you can put out until they break you, they're lifesavers. It
would be nice to live in a fantasy world where hard work and all that other
crap got you what you were worth, but that's just not the world we live in.
The ass-kissers get all the good stuff while the rest do the work.

Greedy, egomaniacal white collar assholes are the ones who have done the
most damage to productivity. How many times do you figure you can kick a dog
before he turns around and bites you.

Asswipe.

mike


"Moonshine" wrote in message
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Unions especially the Teamsters don't care about their members. The
mobbed
up leaders are only interested in recruiting more members so they can take
a
cut of every dollar earned by the "1.4 million hardworking men and women
in
the United States and Canada".



They have done this in the past through extortion, intimidation and
violence. In today’s world, the controlling Neanderthals are trying to
soften this image but the reasons remain the same.



My hourly value should be judged by my actions, not by some pre-determined
negotiated rate. Every worker should be judged by there talent,
integrity,
dedication, and leadership ability. Workers who excel are penalized by
being paid the same as slackers. Eventually the slackers overwhelm the
workforce.



Look at the US post office, millions of letter carriers doing just enough
to
get by, counting the days, weeks and years till retirement. I know this
first hand with 3 brothers and two childhood friends in the post office.
I
can ask any one of them and they can tell me how long before they are
eligible for retirement and at what level pay they plan to leave (in 4
years
I can retire at 60% pay 7 for full pay).



Unions have destroyed the productivity of the USA. There presence does
nothing but undermine society.

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"mike regish" wrote:

Greedy, egomaniacal white collar assholes are the ones who have done the
most damage to productivity. How many times do you figure you can kick a dog
before he turns around and bites you.

I have to admit, you have a point.
My wife works for a large corporation, and the stories she tells me
about goal setting by the executives is that they will not commit to any
objective/goal unless they are absolutely certain it will be obtained.
This so as not to jepardize their bonuses.

"john smith" wrote in message
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In article ,
"mike regish" wrote:

Greedy, egomaniacal white collar assholes are the ones who have done the
most damage to productivity. How many times do you figure you can kick a
dog
before he turns around and bites you.

I have to admit, you have a point.
My wife works for a large corporation, and the stories she tells me
about goal setting by the executives is that they will not commit to any
objective/goal unless they are absolutely certain it will be obtained.
This so as not to jepardize their bonuses.

Bonuses typically have nothing to do with meeting project goals, or with
achieving a goal versus reaching 98% of it.

In article ,
"Matt Barrow" wrote:

"john smith" wrote in message
...
In article ,
"mike regish" wrote:

Greedy, egomaniacal white collar assholes are the ones who have done the
most damage to productivity. How many times do you figure you can kick a
dog
before he turns around and bites you.

I have to admit, you have a point.
My wife works for a large corporation, and the stories she tells me
about goal setting by the executives is that they will not commit to any
objective/goal unless they are absolutely certain it will be obtained.
This so as not to jepardize their bonuses.

Bonuses typically have nothing to do with meeting project goals, or with
achieving a goal versus reaching 98% of it.

In this company it does.
It also makes a difference in the support a manager receives if a
project is not one of their VP's individual goals.

"john smith" wrote in message
...
In article ,
"Matt Barrow" wrote:

I have to admit, you have a point.
My wife works for a large corporation, and the stories she tells me
about goal setting by the executives is that they will not commit to
any
objective/goal unless they are absolutely certain it will be obtained.
This so as not to jepardize their bonuses.

Bonuses typically have nothing to do with meeting project goals, or with
achieving a goal versus reaching 98% of it.

In this company it does.
It also makes a difference in the support a manager receives if a
project is not one of their VP's individual goals.

There were so many projects I would have loved to decline when I was in the
situation!!

Unfortunately, it doesn't work that way.

"mike regish" wrote in message
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Yep. Here's me. One of them slacker postal workers, who now at age 52 has
a blown disk and nothing but bull**** from management about it. Still
trying to pull my weight without ****ing it up any more than it is.
Without my union, I would have been out the door ages ago. Not because I
don't work, but because I don't cower. Intimidation and coercion are the
main management tools.That's what they do with the temporary help. They
can push them around through fear because they don't have any
representation. When they break, they're out the door. Think they'd treat
regulars any different if they could?

Yeah...unions aren't perfect, but when you work in a culture of white
collar assholes who never put in an honest day's work in their lives and
only care about how much you can put out until they break you, they're
lifesavers. It would be nice to live in a fantasy world where hard work
and all that other crap got you what you were worth, but that's just not
the world we live in. The ass-kissers get all the good stuff while the
rest do the work.

Greedy, egomaniacal white collar assholes are the ones who have done the
most damage to productivity. How many times do you figure you can kick a
dog before he turns around and bites you.

Asswipe.


When you're done whining, mommy will give you a new bottle.

"mike regish" wrote in message
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Yep. Here's me. One of them slacker postal workers, who now at age 52 has
a
blown disk and nothing but bull**** from management about it. Still trying
to pull my weight without ****ing it up any more than it is.

So how many hours,minutes,seconds do you have left? That is if you don't
"GO POSTAL" and shoot up your shop.

Don't know since I have young kids. But however much time I have left, it's
too much. Just trying to make it with no more damage.

mike

"Moonshine" wrote in message
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"mike regish" wrote in message
...
Yep. Here's me. One of them slacker postal workers, who now at age 52 has
a
blown disk and nothing but bull**** from management about it. Still
trying
to pull my weight without ****ing it up any more than it is.

So how many hours,minutes,seconds do you have left? That is if you don't
"GO POSTAL" and shoot up your shop.

"mike regish" wrote in message
...
Don't know since I have young kids. But however much time I have left,
it's too much. Just trying to make it with no more damage.

I'm in the same boat, but I'm a teacher.

My second operation, a fusion of L 4-5, was not very successful in taking
the pain away, but did stabilize it. I now think I have blown out the next
disk above it.

It is all I can do, to make it through the school day, come home and take
pain pills, and lay still until at least 7 PM. After that, I can get some
supper, and move around a little.

It has gotten so bad, I don't think I will be able to do OSH, this year. I
wouldn't be surprised if I am under the knife, by then.

14 years in the retirement system, and an impossible number to go, before
retirement and/or disability.

Hang in there, man. The only ones who can fully know your pain, are the
ones like us that have it.
--
Jim in NC