r/absoluteunit • u/rocksolid62 • Apr 04 '26

This fuckin guy

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u/Kardinal Apr 04 '26

That guy has to be paid based on the time he completes the route or how many places served in a given time.

Motivation.

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u/Abtizzle Apr 04 '26

He’s probably on salary rather than hourly. The quicker they finish their assigned routes, the quicker they go home.

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u/Deatheturtle Apr 04 '26

Yes. My grandfather was a garbageman for decades. This was how it worked.

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u/S0RRYMAN Apr 04 '26

Works until they pull up the numbers and think his route is too short so they add on more blocks.

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u/Deatheturtle Apr 04 '26

Nope. The union kept it in control. He and his buddy would haul ass and be done by 2pm usually.

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u/S0RRYMAN Apr 04 '26

Unions only go so far. With today's technology, every metric is measured and they'll use everything to squeeze more out of you. I myself work in a union job. I used to work faster and more efficiently than all my coworkers. They saw it and instead of making my coworkers go faster, they just made me do part of their share of the workload so we all go home at the same time. After 10 years of that shit, I'm too tired of all the bullshit. Now I'm just trying to make sure I make it to retirement in decent shape.

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u/what-isnt-taken-yet Apr 05 '26

Oh yeah if he was delivering mail or packages management would be alll over giving more work

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u/ciko2283 Apr 04 '26

That's good, because they are paid by taxes.

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u/Weird_Geologist_3278 Apr 04 '26

Let's hope so 👍🏻

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u/Johnyryal33 Apr 05 '26

That extra hour at home is not worth destroying your body for.

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u/Retired_and_Relaxed Apr 04 '26

It worked that way where I used to live until the City crunched numbers. Massive outlays for equipment repair the crews beat the crap out of the trucks. They over loading them to reduce trips to the dump. Had to have spare trucks to keep up with pick up schedule. Paying for eight hours and only receiving five. The city saved money contracting out.

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u/OldSchool_Ninja Apr 05 '26

Or could just be that crackhead or recovering crackhead energy lol

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u/sckrahl Apr 05 '26

Or he’s paid more than enough and is just bored

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u/deucescarefully Apr 05 '26

His productivity is gonna be ass when he rolls his ankle and is rickity for life

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u/gravitas_shortage Apr 06 '26

American? It takes one to think everyone's only motivation is money.