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My brother in law, whom I will refer to as Carl, recently picked up a managerial position at the local post office. He has already passed me quite a few interesting stories, but there is one that MUST be shared, as it makes me feel both joy and shame for mankind.
There was an employee there, who I will call Bill. Bill is a young black gentleman who has only been working for 16 months now. Bill is in danger of losing his job, according to Carl. Carl doesn't like it at all, because Bill is actually an exemplary worker (off topic, I wrote warrior there for some reason...). How good is Bill exactly? Well, most mailmen with walking routes take about the same number of houses and the time it takes is roughly 8 hours.
Bill? Well, he was going so fast, they have to keep adding more homes to his route. He is currently taking a workload of 11 hours worth... and gets it done in 6! And they have watched him work. He doesn't throw the mail away or anything... he just moves incredibly quickly, and is not even tired when he is done.
So this is the part that gives me great hope for mankind: Here is a guy who takes his job very seriously and does it fantastically. Six hours... and he is in danger of losing his job. Why? I will explain. You see, If Bill is ever sick, or otherwise unable to come to work (which is very infrequently) the other mailmen have to pick up his slack... meaning they have to divide it amongst 3 workers, bringing their total hours to 12 apiece... meaning MASSIVE overtime... and they do not like that, so they stopped giving him more houses, even though that means he has 2 hours in which he is doing nothing.
So Bill, being a route runner, has to sit in the mail room for two hours... he cannot sort nor do any other work right, but that is fine, because it is not his job. However, because he cannot do anything, he has been taking off two hours early nearly every day. Now, this has accumulated to the point where he has used up all of his paid vacation and sick days. He is NOT ALLOWED to take a day off if he gets sick because he USED ALL HIS SICK DAYS leaving 2 hours early, or he will LOSE HIS JOB. He is also no longer allowed to leave early, but is still given no additional tasks to do, so he sits around for two hours doing nothing. On top of that, the bosses do not like seeing him loaf around the sorting room because it looks like he is not doing anything, which he isn't because they won't GIVE him anything to do!
And that is why I feel shame at mankind: A man, an excellent worker and example to workers everywhere, is in danger of losing his job because he is just too damn good at it. How ridiculous is that?
As of now, Carl is arguing for Bill, but being new he has little sway. I have never met Bill, but I am hoping he has luck on his side.
My brother in law, whom I will refer to as Carl, recently picked up a managerial position at the local post office. He has already passed me quite a few interesting stories, but there is one that MUST be shared, as it makes me feel both joy and shame for mankind.
There was an employee there, who I will call Bill. Bill is a young black gentleman who has only been working for 16 months now. Bill is in danger of losing his job, according to Carl. Carl doesn't like it at all, because Bill is actually an exemplary worker (off topic, I wrote warrior there for some reason...). How good is Bill exactly? Well, most mailmen with walking routes take about the same number of houses and the time it takes is roughly 8 hours.
Bill? Well, he was going so fast, they have to keep adding more homes to his route. He is currently taking a workload of 11 hours worth... and gets it done in 6! And they have watched him work. He doesn't throw the mail away or anything... he just moves incredibly quickly, and is not even tired when he is done.
So this is the part that gives me great hope for mankind: Here is a guy who takes his job very seriously and does it fantastically. Six hours... and he is in danger of losing his job. Why? I will explain. You see, If Bill is ever sick, or otherwise unable to come to work (which is very infrequently) the other mailmen have to pick up his slack... meaning they have to divide it amongst 3 workers, bringing their total hours to 12 apiece... meaning MASSIVE overtime... and they do not like that, so they stopped giving him more houses, even though that means he has 2 hours in which he is doing nothing.
So Bill, being a route runner, has to sit in the mail room for two hours... he cannot sort nor do any other work right, but that is fine, because it is not his job. However, because he cannot do anything, he has been taking off two hours early nearly every day. Now, this has accumulated to the point where he has used up all of his paid vacation and sick days. He is NOT ALLOWED to take a day off if he gets sick because he USED ALL HIS SICK DAYS leaving 2 hours early, or he will LOSE HIS JOB. He is also no longer allowed to leave early, but is still given no additional tasks to do, so he sits around for two hours doing nothing. On top of that, the bosses do not like seeing him loaf around the sorting room because it looks like he is not doing anything, which he isn't because they won't GIVE him anything to do!
And that is why I feel shame at mankind: A man, an excellent worker and example to workers everywhere, is in danger of losing his job because he is just too damn good at it. How ridiculous is that?
As of now, Carl is arguing for Bill, but being new he has little sway. I have never met Bill, but I am hoping he has luck on his side.
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