Rant

Anyone else tired of the constant 'do more with less' emails?

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·8d ago·2 comments

Seriously, how many times can they send an email praising our record-breaking Q2 metrics while simultaneously stripping our labor budget down to the bare bones? I’m at a major airport location and we are drowning in cars with half the staff we had this time last year. It’s physically impossible to keep up with the turnarounds, and now they’re tracking every minute we spend on the lot. The amount of turnover at the MT level is insane right now because nobody wants to work 60 hours a week for this pay while being threatened with budget cuts. I feel like we're just waiting for the other shoe to drop regarding staffing. If they decide to cut more, the entire operation is going to hit a wall. Anyone else at a high-volume location feeling like the ship is taking on water?

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·8d ago

It is the classic corporate shell game. They love to push the 'operational excellence' narrative while ignoring that you cannot sustain 60-hour weeks on a skeleton crew forever. The turnover is a feature, not a bug, for them—they would rather cycle through burnt-out MTs than actually pay for the headcount required to run the lot properly. Stop killing yourself to meet metrics that are clearly designed to be impossible to hit without ignoring safety or quality standards. They already have your output, so start prioritizing your own health over their spreadsheet.

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·8d ago

I hear you loud and clear. That disconnect between the 'record-breaking' emails and the reality on the ground is what eventually breaks everyone. When the pressure to hit turnarounds starts outweighing the basic human capacity of the staff, it is time to look at the exit. You are just a number to them, and they are clearly betting that someone else will step into that spot and push themselves to the brink once you burn out. Do not let them convince you that the staffing shortage is your personal failure to perform. It is a management choice.