are they implementing this rural deferment still? I think it was just in the testing it at a few centers last year. How many drivers and did it decrease them after implemented? I remember them trying this maybe 25 years ago
They are. They hold certain zip codes certain days per week. Some of those result in cutting complete routes. Some partially. And it doesn’t make sense because some of the zips aren’t even the farthest from the center. And are denser delivery areas than their surrounding zips.
The fun is on the days after those are held. Denser routes. Which is fine. But they have been trying to overload them. Especially on Mondays. The alternate days are super light. I’ve was working 10.5+ hours on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. And barely 8 hour days on Tuesdays and Thursdays. They are trying to make adjustments to minimize the 9.5 penalty but it’s not working.
They are definitely banking on the union screwing us over on the new language for penalty pay for two days of over 9.5. Because they make no attempt to keep us under those two days. The new language obviously needs to be enforced.