First day as pre-loader and I want to quit
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BrownChoice
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If anyones able to load 5 trucks and not stack out, the front end is not putting out packages fast enough. Thats the truth
I was hired on during peak season. I applied for a driver helper job and like a dummy, agreed to doing pre load too. The hours didnt sound horrible so i said why not. I got thrown into the fire just like everyone else did. I was placed on some of the first cars on the belt so I also had to sort the belt. Lucky for me i had some great people working next to me who didnt mind pulling packages for me. While i was working preload i was also helping in the afternoon. sometimes out till almost eight in the evening just to come home and eat and go to sleep and do it all over agin the next day. i felt like quitting every day and i still do. we are over worked and under paid. we usually have three sups on for preload. i have no idea why we need that many but i think if we got rid of a few we could afford more loaders and have a quality load. but thats above my pay grade. anyways, this was never a permanent job for me becuase you simply cant afford to live working pre load by its self and i cant wait to move up in pay. so im just sticking it out till i can move on to bigger and better adventures. best of luck to anyone just starting.
bleedinbrown58
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Oh you wanna quit everyday? It's a cakewalk now....wait till August....lol.
bleedinbrown58
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Loading trucks in a 95 degree 99% humidity building in July or August makes me wish it was December. Or did you think the place had AC? lol
bleedinbrown58
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Get a second job...most of us PTers work 2 jobs.
I like preload...
J
jibbs
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I appreciate my job. I don't think I like it, but I definitely appreciate it.
I think the telltale sign would be the few that show up to preload 3am with a huge smile on their face and won't shut the hell up from start-time until we wrap-up. I feel like those guys like the job. I like the money, albeit slight, and benefits that my job provides me, but I definitely don't look forward to waking up early as all
so I can get my workout on with cardboard.
I think the telltale sign would be the few that show up to preload 3am with a huge smile on their face and won't shut the hell up from start-time until we wrap-up. I feel like those guys like the job. I like the money, albeit slight, and benefits that my job provides me, but I definitely don't look forward to waking up early as all
so I can get my workout on with cardboard.anthonyb1203
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You'll get better over time and depending on the equipment your center has that will also make it easier. Truth is, preload sucks and always will suck. I was on preload for 7 years and finally had enough. I had to switch to reload which is a million times less stressful than preload. I'm also a cover driver so I drive full time during season but for 5 miserable years I did nothing but preload and hated every minute and still do. Find out how long you'll have to work part time before your full time because if you can go to school and get a degree and be happy, then preloading is just going to drain you physically and pretty much make your back feel terrible after a few years and that's the truth. This part time crap isn't worth it unless your in it for the long run. Trust me. I could have went to school to be a dr and almost be a DR by now!
anthonyb1203
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And also, regardless of what anyone on this site says, driving is a breeze compared to preloading. Once u learn a route it's up to u if you wanna bust your ass and do a good job or be lazy n do an "ok" job. I rather do my best, take my lunch and be home by 6:30-7pm
laffter
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I like preload, and until I have my chance to give driving a shot, I wouldn't want to do anything but load the brown trucks. Pickoff is ok- I can do it one day here and there, but the frustrations up there are way too much for me.
During peak I loaded 5 routes, but that was over a 7-9 hour shift. Not a problem.
On the regular, I load 3 (2 on Mondays [because I'm special]). For the most part, I have to stack out for two of them. They get regular bulk that has to be loaded down the center or at the very back. If I loaded it all right off the bat, earlier stops would be blocked by later stops and that would create a problem for the driver.
bleedinbrown58
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Home by 630 as a driver?? Do you work in the Bubble of Goodness, because you obviously don't work in my building.....lol
anthonyb1203
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lol if our center starts at 9 and I hustle and take a lunch I can usually make it back to the center a little after 6pm. That's with 160 stops. That IS an easier route tho. I know some routes r difficult. I'm just sayin if you go out there and try your best, no reason why u should be out for 10-11 hours. Some drivers just want OT and hey, that's great, it's just not for me I guess. I rather go home.
anthonyb1203
Active Member
If u loaded 5 routes they must have been light routes. I load 3 routes with over 450 packages in each car in 3 and a half hours. It sucks major ding dongs. Over "peak" if u even wanna call it that for our center, we load for maybe 6 hours and it's 3-4 trucks with 500+ in the trucks. Which is easier but still sucks. All our center has for preload is a conveyor belt lol. We have no nice equipment
bleedinbrown58
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Define nice equipment for preload?
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