Helping other drivers

[retiredTxfeeder]

Get a reputation as a me, me, me person, not wanting to help another driver that's in a bind. Somewhere down the line, it will be flipped around and it might be you who is over dispatched and needs help. When that happens, and it will, the people who you bitched about helping are going to be as hard to find as a sasquatch. Karma.

 

[BigUnionGuy]

I just started driving and the sups asking me to help other drivers... I've been helping out other drivers...last week one driver I helped gave me 70 packages when it was already 5pm when I meet up with him. I don't mind helping out at all but damnnn...today I just got done with 180 stop and its 6:30 pm. the sup called me and wanted to me help out a driver. Its dark out and I'm tired.

With a statement like that (only 6 weeks in) it's easy for people to take shots at you. And I will too.

You filled out the application, because you wanted the job.

What advice can you guys give me?

Think of the alternatives....

 

[KearsargeCoop]

Some people go out with 220 with buisness stops and 20 pickups and you’re going out with just houses at about 120-150…no pickups. Figure it out.

 

[Wally]

I just started driving and the sups asking me to help other drivers... I've been helping out other drivers...last week one driver I helped gave me 70 packages when it was already 5pm when I meet up with him. I don't mind helping out at all but damnnn...today I just got done with 180 stop and its 6:30 pm. the sup called me and wanted to me help out a driver. Its dark out and I'm tired. What advice can you guys give me?

Slow down.

 

[toonertoo]

Enjoy every minute..cha$ ching..while everyone else is broke at Christmas, you won't be. Getting done at 8 during peak is normal.

 

[Ou812fu]

I feel like that're taking advantage of the new guys. There are drivers that have fewer stops and finished way before me, why not asked them?

Laughable. The new guys have the light stuff here.

 

[Ou812fu]

I just started driving and the sups asking me to help other drivers... I've been helping out other drivers...last week one driver I helped gave me 70 packages when it was already 5pm when I meet up with him. I don't mind helping out at all but damnnn...today I just got done with 180 stop and its 6:30 pm. the sup called me and wanted to me help out a driver. Its dark out and I'm tired. What advice can you guys give me?

You probably went and helped a person that has 80 business stops and a total of 220 stops. Your mere 170 you residential stops don't even compare.

 

[nWo]

Whatever you do don't listen to the old timers. The veterans. They are bitter.

 

[Brownwind]

I just started driving and the sups asking me to help other drivers... I've been helping out other drivers...last week one driver I helped gave me 70 packages when it was already 5pm when I meet up with him. I don't mind helping out at all but damnnn...today I just got done with 180 stop and its 6:30 pm. the sup called me and wanted to me help out a driver. Its dark out and I'm tired. What advice can you guys give me?

It’s your new normal. Work hard and get as much money saved as possible. You’re gonna be laid off when the volume drops in January.

 

[Brownwind]

Whatever you do don't listen to the old timers. The veterans. They are bitter.

Hey. I’m old. How’d you know I was bitter???

 

[Pullman Brown]

I just started driving and the sups asking me to help other drivers... I've been helping out other drivers...last week one driver I helped gave me 70 packages when it was already 5pm when I meet up with him. I don't mind helping out at all but damnnn...today I just got done with 180 stop and its 6:30 pm. the sup called me and wanted to me help out a driver. Its dark out and I'm tired. What advice can you guys give me?

 

[nWo]

It's also very normal during peak.

 

[HavenoEDD]

Thoughts and prayers to you during this horrible time.

This so something you shouldn’t be complaining about especially as your a seasonal. You don’t have the job permanently and they are going to use and abuse you. If you have any want or hope of becoming a full time driver…embrace the suck, learn the game and work as instructed.

 

[Sissy Brown Short Shorts]

64 stops

What a DBAG!

 

[Sissy Brown Short Shorts]

You’re not going to be rewarded here with an early day if you finish early. The only prize for a job well done is more work. Either you’ll help or you’ll get more stops. If you’re qualified and hired as a cover, slow down. Don’t let a driver no matter the seniority give you 64 stops at 5pm. Put your foot down on that crap ASAP or you’ll be taken advantage of every time. You get the easiest area they have left, no more than 25 stops unless it makes sense to take more, like if it’s a housing development.

 

[burrheadd]

Whatever you do don't listen to the old timers. The veterans. They are bitter.

How can you tell who the old timers are

 

[Sissy Brown Short Shorts]

How can you tell who the old timers are

What is the cutoff when you’re considered an old timer anyways? Working here is like dog years.

 

[burrheadd]

no more than 25 stops unless it makes sense to take more, like if it’s a housing development.

That’s not your call my dog
Your boss gets to decide how many and where the stops are I’am giving you so don’t try and play tough guy

 

[HyperBrn]

I just started driving and the sups asking me to help other drivers... I've been helping out other drivers...last week one driver I helped gave me 70 packages when it was already 5pm when I meet up with him. I don't mind helping out at all but damnnn...today I just got done with 180 stop and its 6:30 pm. the sup called me and wanted to me help out a driver. Its dark out and I'm tired. What advice can you guys give me?

I was extremely lucky to be retained as an RPCD after being hired as an outside seasonal driver. But my Center is very small and didn't have droves of internal candidates vying to become a driver. That said, I spent the entire seasonal period doing EXACTLY what I was directed to do. I NEVER said no to an request, even if I was ALLOWED to. And I kept my head down and JUST DID MY JOB.

I believe that the combination of my performance and attitude helped me get a permanent position as a driver. If you want to do the same, I believe my best advice to you is like what others are saying. "Embrace the Suck" and do EVERYTHING within your control to show that you are a better asset to the company as a driver than you are as an inside employee.

Good luck!

 

[Bluefootedoobie]

take a break?