At What Point....?

[Bubblehead]

....does UPS say "uncle"?

When will this company tell the truth; that we can't maintain an infrastructure, fleet, and the staffing necessary to accommodate the ever increasing influx of volume for essentially 2 months of the year?

How much longer will the Union allow a bunch of pencil neck, keyboard punchers to mortgage our health, safety, and "most important stop", in order to satisfy the unrealistic expectations of our shippers and their customers?

 

[Brownslave688]

....does UPS say "uncle"?

When will this company tell the truth; that we can't maintain an infrastructure, fleet, and the staffing necessary to accommodate the ever increasing influx of volume for essentially 2 months of the year?

How much longer will the Union allow a bunch of pencil neck, keyboard punchers to mortgage our health, safety, and "most important stop", in order to satisfy the unrealistic expectations of our shippers and their customers?

Well we can. People just have to pay more for their shipping

 

[sailfish]

....does UPS say "uncle"?

When will this company tell the truth; that we can't maintain an infrastructure, fleet, and the staffing necessary to accommodate the ever increasing influx of volume for essentially 2 months of the year?

How much longer will the Union allow a bunch of pencil neck, keyboard punchers to mortgage our health, safety, and "most important stop", in order to satisfy the unrealistic expectations of our shippers and their customers?

I've been saying this for years. Doesn't help that so many companies are willing to bend over backwards to try and please the entitled general public even when what they need to be told is to friend* off.

 

[Bubblehead]

Well we can. People just have to pay more for their shipping

...or get their packages later, when we can "reasonably" deliver them.

Why not have a volume level trigger an end to our service commitments for ground packages?

 

[Faceplanted]

They will never admit it. I'm waiting on a package that's been bouncing in my hub/out for delivery since Thursday

 

[Jackburton]

USPS is also backed up, I have several trackable orders I get weekly that are all 1-2 days behind expected delivery.

 

[Brownslave688]

...or get their packages later, when we can "reasonably" deliver them.

Why not have a volume level trigger an end to our service commitments for ground packages?

I don't think we have any guarantees for ground between thanksgiving and Xmas.

 

[TearsInRain]

admitting defeat would be weak, nobody respects weakness

 

[Brownslave688]

admitting defeat would be weak, nobody respects weakness

Honesty is certainly better than lying

 

[3 done 3 to go]

Which is the reason we are brown. We have the privilege to catch the thrown from above.

 

[PASinterference]

...or get their packages later, when we can "reasonably" deliver them.

Why not have a volume level trigger an end to our service commitments for ground packages?

Exactly. Nobody would walk into McDonalds and order 2000 Big Macs and throw a fit because they had to wait over 2 minutes, but UPS has no limit on pickups. It's like we only want the revenue from the pickup and to hell with delivering it.

 

[Dragon]

Exactly. Nobody would walk into McDonalds and order 2000 Big Macs and throw a fit because they had to wait over 2 minutes, but UPS has no limit on pickups. It's like we only want the revenue from the pickup and to hell with delivering it.

hmmm you do know that is how we make money right..pick up pieces. I believe we would be in a better position if we did not the run the business like it was peak everyday of the year..same long hours with far less people during the other 10 months.

 

[Dracula]

....does UPS say "uncle"?

When will this company tell the truth; that we can't maintain an infrastructure, fleet, and the staffing necessary to accommodate the ever increasing influx of volume for essentially 2 months of the year?

How much longer will the Union allow a bunch of pencil neck, keyboard punchers to mortgage our health, safety, and "most important stop", in order to satisfy the unrealistic expectations of our shippers and their customers?

It is truly amazing how management gets surprised by this every year. Abney should have clawbacks in his salary for have incompetence.

 

[Indecisi0n]

Pain is pleasure

 

[Wally]

Take their money, let the stuff sit. Eventually, it will get done and the market will work things out.

 

[TearsInRain]

It's like we only want the revenue from the pickup and to hell with delivering it.

except for business or airs, this is how it works actually, industry-wide

 

[IESucks]

admitting defeat would be weak, nobody respects weakness

Maybe I'm different, I respect the truth. Perhaps it's my wisdom in my age

 

[Bubblehead]

admitting defeat would be weak, nobody respects weakness

Nobody respects hypocrisy either, from a Company that screams and yells about safety 10 months out of the year, only to turn a complete blind eye to it for two+ months, in the name of ungodly profits.

It's easy to be a "tough guy" from behind the insulation of your cinder block walls and presswood/formica desk, but it is far different from my 32 year vantage point in the real trenches.

 

[Mugarolla]

I don't think we have any guarantees for ground between thanksgiving and Xmas.

Nope.

Holiday season service guarantees: UPS Air and international Air packages* picked up or delivered within the United States are guaranteed throughout the holiday season. Commitment times for Air and international Air packages scheduled for delivery Nov. 24 and Dec. 18 - Dec. 23 will be extended as follows: UPS Next Day Air Early and UPS Worldwide Express Plus services will be extended by 90 minutes and all other Air and international Air services will be extended to end-of-day. The guarantee is suspended for all UPS Ground shipments, including shipments to and from Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico, and UPS Standard shipments picked up or scheduled for delivery between Nov. 27 - Dec. 24. Visit ups.com for the UPS Tariff/Terms and Conditions. Service guarantees are subject to change.

 

[Returntosender]