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What's your ETA

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I work in a bonus building, a lot of industrial parks. I drive a 1200 and it’s jammed with 500+ in Am, pickups run 600 to 800 pcs. Went from running .50 to hour under.. to 2 hours over driving the same miles with same Sph. How?
 

BrownStains

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I work in a bonus building, a lot of industrial parks. I drive a 1200 and it’s jammed with 500+ in Am, pickups run 600 to 800 pcs. Went from running .50 to hour under.. to 2 hours over driving the same miles with same Sph. How?
so they can pay you less money for the same amount of work. I’m in a bonus center and the same crap happens here.
 
I work in a bonus building, a lot of industrial parks. I drive a 1200 and it’s jammed with 500+ in Am, pickups run 600 to 800 pcs. Went from running .50 to hour under.. to 2 hours over driving the same miles with same Sph. How?
sounds like someone messed with your PU allowances, is it a lot or containerized smalls?
 

TheBrownNote

Good thing I wore my brown pants
see this is actually totally backwards; ORION works best with veteran drivers who know:
  • how ORION is "thinking"
  • when to ignore ORION and deliver in RDO
  • still trust and follow it most of the time
a new driver is the worst on ORION because they'll follow a bad solution right into the dirt and never understand what happened
This reminds me of the few years, a few years ago, when they asked us to bookmark our next stop.

All the veterans said "screw that I know my route" without realizing they were training Orion for their route.

Orion for my route is a dream. And the few moments it does something stupid, my area knowledge makes the adjustments, and it self corrects.
(Excepting the resi next day airs Orion thinks is a business, despite it being only a residential for 60plus years)
 

BigUnionGuy

Got the T-Shirt
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Honest question.... how long have you worked for UPS ?


Cool. I was hoping you weren't some 25 year old kid with a laptop.

How did you get in to IE ? Come up through the system ?

started from the bottom now i'm here

Bottom.... meaning what ?

peak hire, spent 2/3 my career in the ops have done basically everything in PKG, most everything in HUB, a little AIR and nothing at all in FDR

You asked for questions.... can I fire a few more ?

I really had another question.... but I got bored ?

:biggrin:


Ok, now I remember.

In your years of experience, how many of your fellow management people have been whacked ?


Meaning;

Left on their own accord ?

Forced into early retirement ?

Upper management eliminated their position ?

Or.... had better options ?


It just seems that management is like a flowing river. They come and go ?
 

anonymous23456

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Ok, now I remember.

In your years of experience, how many of your fellow management people have been whacked ?


Meaning;

Left on their own accord ?

Forced into early retirement ?

Upper management eliminated their position ?

Or.... had better options ?


It just seems that management is like a flowing river. They come and go ?
Management is mercenary. They will move where the money is better. What do you expect here? Sure some of us won't sell our parents/children for money but some will do.
 

anonymous23456

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"After the decline of the feudal system with its warlords and liegemen, there arose a new type of soldier — the mercenary. Most liegemen were knights, able to bear arms, men of honor, of aristocratic birth and culture, possessing certain moral qualities, of unblemished reputation, and tied to their lord by oath and mutual loyalty.

These entry qualifications were not expected of the mercenary. Anybody with warfighting skills could become a mercenary. They fought for third-parties only for money without any personal or moral loyalty. A long-term commitment was not part of the deal. The mercenary only wanted a limited-term commission, rapid success and maximum personal profit.

Nowadays mercenary types also exist outside the military in other parts of society, for example in professional sport. So-called soccer clubs are commercial businesses that pay huge sums to sports mercenaries in order to achieve sporting success. There is no question of personal loyalty, engagement, moral scruples or human considerations on either side: the purpose is, primarily, personal enrichment."

Let be honest. Mech-II doesn't love you! :D

Only Sean M. O'Brien does.
 

Commercial Inside Release

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Other than UPS cleaning house during economic downturns, I would imagine management leaves on their own accord... Easiest way to advance your career is to talk big, pull off a few big deals, and move up to a better position, elsewhere.

UPS seems like a lot of dead ends for management employees. Job hopping is something union workers are oblivious to, especially lifers. It was the thing I missed the most...

Don't like the new corporate policies? Get a better job elsewhere.
Don't like your new boss? Don't bother waiting for him to screw up, get a better job elsewhere.
Don't like the direction the organization is going, get a better job elsewhere.

Tired of the weather? Want to take advantage of housing appreciation? Find a hot piece of tail while on vacation? Want to move closer or further away from family? Starting a new hobby (skiing, saltwater fishing, growing giant pumpkins)?
GET A BETTER JOB ELSEWHERE!
 

Pullman Brown

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"After the decline of the feudal system with its warlords and liegemen, there arose a new type of soldier — the mercenary. Most liegemen were knights, able to bear arms, men of honor, of aristocratic birth and culture, possessing certain moral qualities, of unblemished reputation, and tied to their lord by oath and mutual loyalty.

These entry qualifications were not expected of the mercenary. Anybody with warfighting skills could become a mercenary. They fought for third-parties only for money without any personal or moral loyalty. A long-term commitment was not part of the deal. The mercenary only wanted a limited-term commission, rapid success and maximum personal profit.

Nowadays mercenary types also exist outside the military in other parts of society, for example in professional sport. So-called soccer clubs are commercial businesses that pay huge sums to sports mercenaries in order to achieve sporting success. There is no question of personal loyalty, engagement, moral scruples or human considerations on either side: the purpose is, primarily, personal enrichment."

Let be honest. Mech-II doesn't love you! :D

Only Sean M. O'Brien does.


It’s called usury!!
 

Pullman Brown

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you didn't though, you just said they fudge numbers and everyone's in on it

there's lots of numbers in this company, what exactly are you talking about?

Is UPS concerned/ up to speed that the post World War 2 Bretton Woods economic setup might be outdated? I’m thinking BRICS and the chatter of a more multipolar economy vs unipolar and what that would look like in the future with the business? The American Empire isn’t lasting forever!
 
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