Well guess UPS has to put in another route then to deal with those 100 stops. The missed stops are UPS's fault.
Forced 1hr lunch
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Well guess UPS has to put in another route then to deal with those 100 stops. The missed stops are UPS's fault.
Back first
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So it's peak I can't take a lunch. Unbelievable!
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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I never said that.
soberups
Pees in the brown Koolaid
I most certainly can take a lunch during peak. I simply choose not to. Big difference.
soberups
Pees in the brown Koolaid
For 11 1/2 months out of the year, I would agree with you.
During the last 2 weeks of peak, however, I don't. When we are absolutely maxed out, they aren't going to put another route in because they simply cant. They are going to pack the stops into my car no matter what, so it boils down to a question of whether or not I want to spend 14 hours a day wallowing in stops that I have no hope of getting rid of in order to prove a point. This is one of those situations in life where you have to choose between being right and being happy.
Back first
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This is the most idiotic thing I have ever heard. Do you think you are the only driver that gets hammered during peak. How long have you been driving? Take your lunch end of story. Stop trying to solve UPS problems.
most idiotic???
By The Book
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Didn't we have a class action lawsuit over the lunch issue? Im surprised UPS is so lax about it these days. You are probably violating your states minimum requirement for time taken on lunch, and therefore UPS is violating state law, can you say lawsuit number 2?
dudebro
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You're exactly right, but everyone has a tendency to be short sighted. Well, the sup got the work dispatched and the driver delivered it. Tomorrow is another day. Except when one mgmt person denies a driver a lunch because he or she thinks it's commonplace, and the driver blows the whistle. Then, when they subpoena UPS records and uncover all the no-lunches, and the company says they were all "voluntary", no one in their right mind believes that. So it's settlement time all over again.
UnconTROLLed
perfection
I've heard the story many times, and my opinion doesn't change. If you want to work 14 hours without a lunch, that should be your business, but I'll gladly bring back 100 stops if it means I can take my breaks and lunch.
Tiny Panda
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Think yourself lucky, we have to take ours by law here in the UK due to driving hours regulations. Don't take it and you'll have a displinary waiting and a $2500 fine if the DOT catch you during a check.
soberups
Pees in the brown Koolaid
When I clock on at 8:15 AM during the week of Christmas, it is a given that I will not be clocking back out until approximately 14 hours have elapsed.
My choices, therefore, are to (a) work through my lunch, bring 15 or 20 stops back, and get paid for 14 hours of work or (b) take a 30 minute lunch, bring 30 or 40 stops back and get paid for 13.5 hours of work.
I choose option B. Since my day is totally FUBAR and I'm not getting home until 10:45 at night anyway, I might as well squeeze every penny I possibly can out of the company.
barbacide5150
New Member
they work us 14 hour days at my center.So a hour lunch two 15 minute breaks and extra half hour after 12 hours. thats two hours not delivering bus stops.They catch on real fast. O ya.UPS could care less about your family or personall obligations.
UnconTROLLed
perfection
Yeah that mainstream driver mentality, squeeze as much $ and as many hours as possible to pay for all of those white-picket homes, new cars and toys you couldn't otherwise afford . Tell me something I don't know and see every single day.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Yeah that mainstream driver mentality, squeeze as much $ and as many hours as possible to pay for all of those white-picket homes, new cars and toys you couldn't otherwise afford . Tell me something I don't know and see every single day.
While that is a fairly accurate generalization, I don't think it applies in Sober's case.
Raw
Raw Member
What are you talking about? They have sooooooo much peak help that I get more overtime when we are not in peak than peak!
Don't blame your management team. This is being enforced by the Union. It is in the contract & the union wants it enforced because they hate the bonus drivers. It's an excuse to cover the weak drivers. Think about it, the bonus program was implement to get pick-up packages back to the centers and hubs earlier. That way they can get the packages processed with less chance of having service failures. If all the drivers came in just before the sort went down they would never be able to unload all those package cars. This is one instance where the Union should keep it's nose out of what the drivers want to do,
asphaltcowboy
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That's really not a bad day only 396 pkgs and 24 signature stops. You must have had a lot of miles and a lot of head scratching thinking of responses to them dang messages. I'm just playing tho that's too many stops
