SPCO Meeting

The big, mandatory meeting of supervisors is over. It would seem, according to Blogmasters always reliable sources, that the suits are not pleased with present cirmcumstances on the operations floor. As a result, the suits have given orders to the spcos to "enforce" the rules and standards that everyone has acknowledged are sometimes a bit lax. In other words, folks, get ready for the big crackdown in real time. And lest anyone think this is another instance of a particular suit flexing for a moment, Blogmaster has learned that the spcos are not to be personally accountable for their subordinates according to rdos, ie, and have responsiblity for ensuring that each employee is properly uniformed, present and accounted for, and performing the duties of the job as opposed to sleeping, eating, talking on the cell phone or wandering.

Blogmaster has no objection to this in theory: it is what should already be occuring ANYWAY--it is true that the standards on the floor have been low,low, low for a long, long time. However, in times of high stress--current conditions with summer coming and the chronic short staffing that results in overtime, both mandatory and voluntary--some things are admittedly overlooked. Eating and using the cell phone at the console, for example, are not high transgressions when someone is sitting at the console for 7 1/2 or more hours a day, sometimes straight, in an effort to handle the call volume and dispatch jobs (which reflects on the watch manager).

All this tolerance, though, is about to end and its because--allegedly--a few pcos who were granted a private audience with the ed ruiz complained. They complained that the spcos were not doing their jobs, that they were failing in their duties, and that said rules were not being enforced. WTF? So in response to this, the deputy director of police operations who was present at the alleged meeting, felt compelled to make some changes in the name of accountability, hence the assignment of particular employees to particular spcos by rdo. It is about accountability, as they say. Be prepared, folks, for an influx of warnings about uniforms, smoke breaks, eating, and reading on the consoles. Be prepared, folks, for that day when breaks and lunches are cancelled and an spco comes over and tell an employees that their uniform shirt is untucked or to put away the puzzles. And to the union folks, be prepared for the influx of complaints about how such and such spco is picking on so and so, or nitpicking, or personally harassing someone for being ____ (insert race, gender etc).

In the interest of heading off any complaints, Blogmaster warns everyone, including the spcos to get the game on, use common sense, and band together. Don't say Blogmaster didn't warn everyone.