UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
Whether your contract allows you to NOT take a lunch you should at least eat something during the day.
Are "scratch" drivers looked down upon by other drivers?
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Whether your contract allows you to NOT take a lunch you should at least eat something during the day.
werenotthepostoffice
deep down inside I really do not care
When you can look at your center manager and without showing any emotion tell them,"those numbers mean absolutely nothing to me",life at UPS gets,noticeably,more tolerable.
Only by the slackers that are jealous that a 57-year-old can out-perform them.
PT Car Washer
Well-Known Member
Or a 59 year old soon to be 60 this Dec.
PT Car Washer
Well-Known Member
Last year my building was ordered to fill so many FT driver slots before Peak. They did manage to fill the slots but maybe with not the best candidates. After January a lot of them have been laid off and working inside the building.
Bottom rung
Well-Known Member
I'm pacing myself.
1,300,000 the number of deliveries a new service provider will make in a thirty year carrer. Average 200 a day. 46 weeks a year, thirty years.
SunsetSuperman
Member
Yeah. There's a driver in our center who burns it up everyday. Then when he bids on another route.. the person taking his old route can't do it
I never had any problem breaking a route down.
FrigidFTSup
Resident Suit
There is a common post I see almost everyday on here.
"It's their numbers. Work all day at a fair and safe pace. A fair days work for a fair days pay."
Why would you care about other guy's numbers if you don't even care about your own? It doesn't make sense.
HardknocksUPSer
Well-Known Member
Doesn't suprise me. I can look at a bid routes load and tell if there's a cover driver running it that paticular day, it's way heavier when there's a cover driver on the route.
Good morning @hellfire lol
Bottom rung
Well-Known Member
What exactly are you fishing for with this one? Or do we need to just leave you alone when you post stuff like this?
noahgw92
Active Member
Down here in Austin I feel like everyone is about their numbers. Yeah we make good money but is that money good enough to slowly kill yourself cause that's what your doing. I have been a runner before only to find out that I'm still over aloud on time by sometimes an hour or more. People have went soo fast on the routes that it makes it nearly impossible to bonus any more. One older guy says he won't go out unless he has at least 200 stops on his truck and he still bonuses everyday getting back in by 1830 or so. I'm still on preload and not only is it hard on the driver its hard on the preloader too. They have so many boxes you can't put them all on the shelves and eventually end up bricking the whole truck out to where you can't fit another single package in there. Since everyone down here cares about their numbers they all have bricked out truck so we are still loading 4 trucks but way more packages than others. Don't worry the supervisors will adjust your numbers on your trucks to make it look like your only loading 1100 packages, and now my load charts are inaccurate. I'm talking squeezing onto a truck to where you can't even twist your feet because there is no room... It's frustrating.
FrigidFTSup
Resident Suit
What is there to fish for? Everybody says they don't care, yet clearly you must if you hate scratch drivers so much.
728ups
All Trash No Trailer
The scratch drivers in my building are usually the one ones who speed,run,work unsafely,skip lunch and pretty much kill themselves to be off the clock early. They are also the most vocal when it comes to not having a clue as to why their stop count keeps going up,and love to say things like " the company is screwing me" or They Treat people differently around here!"
they are usually pretty good entertainment in the mornings
they are usually pretty good entertainment in the mornings
Bottom rung
Well-Known Member
You're putting words in my mouth. I never once said that. Keep it up though, this is good practice for when you become a on car sup.
oldupsman
Well-Known Member
Honestly, I don't think UPS has a choice anymore. That's all that's out there.
Orion inc.
I like turtles
Here's a way to simplify this thread...just follow the methods every day every time. That usually works everything out from safety to service to getting done. There is absolutely no reason to "run and gun". If your methods are flawless, you can work smooth and execute a good,safe work pace that takes care of you and your customers.
And at the end of the day, the company will still make a lot of money. A very good methods driver will make the company money by not having accidents, injuries or service failures. Do this for a 35 year career or so and everyone wins.
And at the end of the day, the company will still make a lot of money. A very good methods driver will make the company money by not having accidents, injuries or service failures. Do this for a 35 year career or so and everyone wins.
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