the Union got the 1 hour lunch added, are you not a member?
DIAD on lunch...
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StopTheAct
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I know alot of you guys are against lunch skippers, but some of us dont care and just want to go home to our family's... we make enough money. Time is more important... btw i dont skip lunch everyday.. but somedays, i just wanna be home.. and please no negative comments, i dont wanna hear that shiiiiit..
Ghost in the Darkness
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I take my break everyday and 1/2 hour of lunch (we can take 45 min if we want) always in the middle of the day. Not many guys do this anymore.
go article 22.3, they don't like overtime on those hours
I get paid for every minute I work. I don't see a problem. Most days I'm still getting paid while I drive home... I don't drag my feet or run around like an idiot. I plan my day before I leave the building and them run the plan. If I take and hour lunch I put it in the board if I take 5 minute I put that in the board.
StopTheAct
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I just hate those punk employees that say, your giving them money....im tired of those fools that say that.. lol... i do get a nice check every week...
Bottom rung
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What I was saying is that since his on car knows he'll work all day with no break. He'll load him up. Just telling him that he should enjoy the good times like this while they last. They ended in my building years ago. They (night sups) would just add our lunch to our timecard. It was awesome while it lasted. Then the dispatch got heavier and heavier. Now lunch is mandatory.
That doesn't work anymore ORION tell you/ them how much time the route should take, they can't change those numbers. Those numbers are based on stops/ number of packages, distance and Air packages that are on the car. Not taking your lunch and not putting it in the board doesn't effect those numbers either if you beat those number good job if you don't oh well. Just because you beat those numbers doesn't mean they can put more stops on your car tomorrow and have Orion tell you it's needs to get done in the same time. IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY ANYMORE. I run pretty close to the paid hrs Orion says I should everyday and I usually put 5 min in for lunch and take 5 minutes for lunch.
Indecisi0n
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What the hell is a 5 minute lunch?
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Snack?
CoolArrow
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Our center requires you take and record an entire hour before you punch out skipping not allowed. It's the coming trend so enjoy getting home early and getting paid for the portion of lunch you skipped while you can because it will end.
It's not uncommon to have customers come up to the truck for their packages during lunch. We always oblige since saying no is simply unprofessional. I don't think my hub could ever lock out diads just for that reason. Then you would hear about the rude UPS guy that wouldn't help a customer because he was eating a sandwich.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Pull the PAL and sheet it after your lunch is over.
Covemastah
Hoopah drives the boat Chief !!
For every 8 guys running there lunch,, there is a job lost !
AKCoverMan
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It's still the same number of paid hours. Company does not care about unpaid time since we are not moving any cardboard during that time.
I'm not skipping my lunch to work an extra hour.
AKCoverMan
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Probably same reason you did. Great pay and benifits. I was management in another field before ups and never made close to this kind of money. Been at it ten years now and like my job. A little less in hours 12, 13, and 14. As I tell my friends "it's a great gig, but sometimes it's just too much of a good thing!"
I sometimes like to take a long Resturant lunch break and will use my unpaid hour, but usually I would simply rather have that hour at home in the evening. It seems strange to me how vehemently some people want to crucify me for such blasphemy!
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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I had a customer wait on me until I was done with lunch at a restaurant before.
He said it would be rude to interrupt me while I was eating.
request an 8 hour day if you want off early
