Commercial Inside Release
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Well, 
nozzle, you don't really offer anything, but insults.
nozzle, you don't really offer anything, but insults.
Feeder CPU local service area vs HUB
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Overpaid Union Thug
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My local needs that language badly.
I understand what you’re saying and really don’t disagree with the principal of what you’re saying, but to be fair, more volume doesn’t necessarily mean “good” revenue.
Amazon is/was a great example of that, the margins on Amazon are/were so low that they were hardly worth the space in our system. Not to mention they had all three major carriers by the balls because whenever someone had any beef with Amazon, they would just pile it on to someone else who could barely handle it. Amazon absolutely murdered the post office when FedEx (express maybe?) dropped them and UPS pissed them off (might’ve been when UPS put the premium pricing on oversizes, can’t recall exactly). The PO I delivered too was 4 days behind on Amazon volume at one point, and couldn’t really plan on just buying more trucks or hiring more drivers because at any moment Amazon could shift volume to someone else. On that note, SurePost packages are another example where more volume doesn’t necessarily equate to profitable loads. I absolutely HATE the “better not bigger” BS this company spews, but sometimes cutting out extremely low margin work isn’t always a bad thing.
Coldworld
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I have been treated 100x better in feeder by mgt than any of the years I was in pkg…don’t get me wrong, feeder and their mgt is still ups but it has been night and day.
Coldworld
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So how can you say this when areas are adding hundreds of feeder driver… hmmm, seems like a huge expense to me, but they still are hiring…and it’s not solely because of sleeper runs…mgt isn’t even blinking an eye over it..
quad decade guy
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I was talking about your point to a friend this morning. I agree.....but as I told him....there is something just not quite right. Peak here has been very....eerily quiet. I don't know what that means. My run last night went to a very large city and it didn't have much traffic. Covid is too unpredictable...
BobTailing
Member
Were you ever able to find out more details about the grievances? Was it ultimately determined that the work belonged to the center and not the hub?
govols019
You smell that?
A friend? LOL
Coldworld
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His buddy satellite…
hondo
promoted to mediocrity
@BobTailing , there was a member on here with a very similar scenario. He was a cover feeder driver, in an 'outlying' center-Central Region. Unfortunately there didn't seem to be any supporting contract language (or union leverage, or a business case to be made). His screen name was "Barnyard". You could search through his past posts. Sadly, he passed away earlier this year.
Coldworld
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I’ve been gone for awhile from BC…first I’ve heard of this bad news about Barnyard…are you able to elaborate more on what happen to him. Always liked his posts and personality on here…
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Whither
Scofflaw
It's a shame. If I remember correctly Barnyard died in a biking accident. His wife created a thread to let us know; it's been at least half a year I think.
Coldworld
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Oh man… that is terrible…so sorry to hear this news. Rest In Peace KTM rider…
Just A UPS Guy
Bully.
Wow, I missed that. He and I were in a similar situation working backup feeder and peak coverage. We chatted and shared info/experiences about it. Damn.
Coldworld
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Dude seemed like a solid guy…hope he’s riding like a boss somewhere magical
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