5 Commandments for using a helper (On Topic)
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JL 0513
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It's $10 where I am. Does yours pay the $100 a week bonus too?
I'm own my second Helper. The first one was just too slow. I got a old guy like me that likes to work. He shows up on time and doesn't complain. He works the Preload and then meets me the same time I drop my golf cart route off. He had over sixty hours this week so I let him have the day off today. I'm on my second golf cart helper. The first one flunked Intergard and didn't think that we deliver in the rain, so he quit. And he wants to be a driver? My new one was in the same Integrad class. He is hungry and wants the job. He is getting driver's pay, I'm not sure about him yet after two days. I delivered today what he was supposed to deliver yesterday.
watdaflock?
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#1 Make your helper do all of the work.
#2 The driver stays on the vehicle, searching for their next stops package.
#3 The helper must bring their own food, drink and bread bag for any emergency defecating while working.
#4 A driver shall never wait for their helper, if late to meet.
#5 To show appreciation, allow the helper to accept one holiday cookie (a day) if offered by receptionists at business stops.
#2 The driver stays on the vehicle, searching for their next stops package.
#3 The helper must bring their own food, drink and bread bag for any emergency defecating while working.
#4 A driver shall never wait for their helper, if late to meet.
#5 To show appreciation, allow the helper to accept one holiday cookie (a day) if offered by receptionists at business stops.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Respectfully but completely disagree.
I would work with her for a day or so but if I felt that she was not going to be able to keep up I would request a different helper. If they denied my request I would go out alone and let the chips fall where they may.
soberups
Pees in the brown Koolaid
The poster I quoted indicated that his helper, while slow, was at least reliable about reporting to work on time.
It has been my experience that a significant percentage of helpers are incapable of even that. Firing an otherwise reliable helper for being too slow means you could wind up with one who is even worse, that cant be depended on to report on time (or at all) and that must be re-trained on the DIAD.
It is simply unrealistic to place expectations of a $35 per hour work pace on someone who is only being paid minumum wage.
If the company wants more productive helpers then it can pay for more productive helpers. There are multiple "help wanted" signs up and down the main drag of my town, in virtually every storefront and restaraunt window. Jobs are there to be had and the only people who will accept minimum wage under UPS conditions ( temporary, irregular hours, outdoors in weather) are the people who are unable to get a better job elsewhere.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Exactly what you want in a helper.
burrheadd
KING Of GIFS
#6 if helper is to slow getting back to the car slowly start to drive off that will usually get them to go faster
they are paying you to use a helper, IE is counting on you to use them so they can keep their job, how do you refuse to work as directed???
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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We worked this past Saturday which made yesterday a light day. On Friday I had given my helper out meet point and time for Monday but ended up not needing him. He was surprised when I sent him a text telling him to enjoy his "snow day" and that I would see tomorrow (today) at 9:45 outside of Gamestop.
He wants the hours but there have been days when he has wanted to go home after just a few hours.
ups1990
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I too have a very good helper, he's helped me be in the top 10% of drivers back in. I reward him with drinks and snack throught the day. He makes funny mistakes, I'll park in front of a delivery house and he'll proceed to walk either to the left or right of the correct house.
Rack em
Made the Podium
Haha mine did the same thing today a few times.
*Parks right in front of house to deliver to in the middle of the block*
Me: It's the house right there (points)
Helper: ok (He must have meant the one 2 houses down on the corner)
Me: Where are you going?!
Helper: Oh yeah...
rod
Retired 23 years
Usually by the end of the first day a good helper could hop a freight train doing 40 mph.
hoppers at 1:00
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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We talked at length about the helper position, specifically the rate of pay. He is making $10.15/hr and we both agreed that it should be at least $15/hr. He asked if we were having a hard time attracting quality applicants-----it was all I could do to hold my tongue----and I told him that this is the first year that we are struggling in that area.
One of our helper's has a Mom who is one of the managers at Staples. She told me that her son received a call from the helper coordinator at 8 am saying that his driver would be calling him to set up a meet point and time. The driver didn't call until noon and she said that her son just sat there for the 4 hours as he wanted to make sure that he was ready to go when the call came in. To me that is just wrong-----call the kid and give him a heads up so he is not wasting his morning. I suggested to her to have him call to see if he could work for a few hours in the morning with one driver and then meet up in the afternoon with the other.
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