Protect yourself when management gets on your truck, whether it’s a one-day production ride or a three-day OJS.
Download the OJS Questionnaire and fill it out by hand.
Fill out the online OJS Questionnaire on your phone, laptop or pad. Then save to pdf to keep a copy of the completed questionnaire on your phone for your records.
Follow the Methods
On your ride, work at your regular pace—and follow the methods. Remember to use your hand brake, park smart, etc. Do a pretrip and post-trip inspection. Follow Orion.
Customer contact is important. Confirm the customer’s name whether their signature is required or not. Don’t let a supervisor push you into CIRing packages without making contact.
Focusing on working at a safe, even pace every day is the best way to be prepared for your OJS.
Sups & Speed-Up
On-car supervisors will try to make things go faster, by telling you the next stop, the route to take to get to your delivery, the shelf number of your next packages or the number of packages at the stop, or by helping you with packages, doors, and elevator buttons.
Make a point of telling the supervisor that their help is making your route go a lot faster than usual. Then make a written note for your own records of how management affected the ride.
Don’t Jam Yourself Up
Speak up if your supervisor interferes with your daily routine by telling you when to take your break, holding traffic, telling you not to use the hand truck or to overload it, etc.
But don’t get yourself in a jam by refusing a direct order.
It’s much better to document your supervisor’s interference than to face discipline for insubordination.
Document It
Keep good records using the 804 OJS Questionnaire, even if it’s only a one-day ride.
Document how your load, load quality, and route differed from your typical days. Did you have your NDAs? Did you have your regular work? Were any of your regular drop stops missing? Was your area more condensed?
That way you’ll have the records you need if the company tries to use the ride against you.
If management does try to harass or discipline you, talk to your shop steward.
Protect Yourself with the OJS Tracking Sheet
Fill out the Local 804 OJS Questionnaire after every one-day ride or OJS.
Download the OJS Questionnaire and fill it out by hand.
Fill out the online OJS Questionnaire on your phone, laptop or pad. Then save to pdf to keep a copy of the completed questionnaire on your phone for your records.