Drivers in my center mad because they are forced to take lunch.

[Scottyhawk]

That sucks.....

Everyday at 1320 that message pops up, then adds a line to the top off EDD that says meal until you put a start and end off lunch

 

[Holydriver]

Someone told me this is exactly what people are doing.

Good. If management wants drivers in early they can fix the dispatch. They know when they are setting a certain driver up for failure

 

[billerz]

Most people don't care about the contract until something negatively affects them.

I just find it weird that drivers are upset that management is following the contract, seems ass backwards to me.

 

[Scottyhawk]

I just find it weird that drivers are upset that management is following the contract, seems ass backwards to me.

They should worry more about over dispatching and load quality instead of worrying about when I take my lunch. IMO

 

[rod]

For probably 20 years I took a half hour in the morning just after leaving the building and a half hour at night just before returning to the building. During peak sometimes I would have to dead head to the building and drop off my air then I would turn around and go back up town to the coffee shop. I could probably count on one hand the number of times I didn't take a full hour (other than when I first started).

 

[Number24]

We all gotta eat don't we? Take your lunch people, c'mon.

 

[Bottom rung]

Are they doing it to make sure their pickups make the trailer?

Yes, if they wait to take their lunch, they can get an extra hour of pay everyday.

 

[Scottyhawk]

I have no problem taking a lunch, but I like to take a 20 minute break after commercial stops and then take a 40 min before pickups. Now we can only take a 20 within the first hour and lunch must be completed by 3 which IMO is too narrow. The contract should follow Fed DOT regs

 

[WorknLateHuh]

It's important to be fully rested so, leave the building, stop at my house which is on the way, and go back to sleep for an hour.

 

[wayfair]

Please take your full lunch.

Don't want to work late, get on the 9.5 list.

Gonna have missed business's? let them know

 

[FrigidFTSup]

I just find it weird that drivers are upset that management is following the contract, seems ass backwards to me.

It's pretty comical isn't it?

 

[FrigidFTSup]

They should worry more about over dispatching and load quality instead of worrying about when I take my lunch. IMO

You want us to follow the contract? This is us following the contract.

 

[wayfair]

You want us to follow the contract? This is us following the contract.

hah, more like "this is us at the beginning of the year"

 

[PASinterference]

You want us to follow the contract? This is us following the contract.

Yeah, you're right but let us know next January what UPS pays in grievances this year. This is just regional flavor of the month.

 

[wayfair]

Yeah, you're right but let us know next January what UPS pays in grievances this year. This is just regional flavor of the month.

I'd like to know how much UPS saved in paying OT to the guys who skip their lunch daily...

 

[PASinterference]

I'd like to know how much UPS saved in paying OT to the guys who skip their lunch daily...

I don't want to know. I'm sure it's sickening.

 

[Brownslave688]

I'm so confused by this whole situation. This last week our management team said all drivers must complete their full hour lunch by 5pm, or 8th hour, per the contract. Multiple veteran drivers are complaining about this, I never realized how many people run through the day and take break at the end. These are guys with over 15 years in, is this a normal thing at your center?

I personally take 40 mins or so during the day and the last 10-15 mins in the building, so it's not that big of a change for me. I just figured guys would be happy that management is adhering to the contract.

They let us 05 here and I'm not sure I know of 1 person that sits down and takes their hour every day. Most take 10-20 min.


Personally there's zero chance I'm taking any break after I return to the building. Once I'm back I'm going home.

 

[Overpaid Union Thug]

Everyday at 1320 that message pops up, then adds a line to the top off EDD that says meal until you put a start and end off lunch
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I wish my center did that. The bonus babies would go absolutely nuts. LOL

 

[Brownslave688]

They should worry more about over dispatching and load quality instead of worrying about when I take my lunch. IMO

Take your lunch at the appropriate time and it'll help with the over dispatching.

 

[FrigidFTSup]

Yeah, you're right but let us know next January what UPS pays in grievances this year. This is just regional flavor of the month.

I only care about the grievances against me.