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Damn supervisors always got their eyes on me. I'm a mailman so the majority of my working day is spent outdoors and away from the bosses which is great, but I also have a dumb barcode scanner on me that tracks all my movements. If the scanner doesn't move for 10 minutes the supervisors get an alert back at the office. I get two 15s and one 30 minute break. The 30 minute one is lunch and is automatically deducted from the hours worked after 6 hours on the clock regardless if the the break is actually taken. It's common there is not enough time to deliver everything and be back at the prescribed hour if the breaks were to be taken. Besides those "breaks", if there are legitimate reasons why my scanner's GPS shows I didn't move for a while, and there often are, I will be questioned as to why it didn't move every fucking time. If I'm ahead of schedule on my route I have to walk around aimlessly or take a drive around the area so that the scanner doesn't report that it's idle. No down time at the ol' post office. Good thing is no bosses are actually physically looking at or talking to me the vast majority of the time.
Yes, I'm a union member. I don't get penalized for finishing a route early, but every route is timed to be 8 hours. In reality route times are wildly inaccurate. Like +/- 2 hours inaccurate. If I don't take the entirety of the 8 hours it can lead to changes in the route.
Your parents are career carriers which is a different position than mine. I'm what's called a CCA which is what you have to be before you become career. Most career people are on what is called Work Assignment wherein all they have to do is their own route and leave whenever they're finished. I, on the other hand, can be made to take more mail out or help other carriers if I come back too soon. I'll also probably be given more work to be done the following days on top of the full route that I'm already doing. We're all guaranteed at least 8 hours for a full route no matter how light or heavy the mail is. If a carrier is leaving before the 8 hours on the clock is up then they're doing it of their own volition. Therefore it is always in my interest to do at least 8 hours. If that means driving around the block in circles every hour, then that's what I'll do. I'll have to come up with some bullshit to explain myself, but as long as I don't go into overtime because of excessive breaks, then there is no real problem. If I misjudge my timing and come back to the office 30 minutes late then I'm at risk of punishment.
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