Just curious what are the shipping rates like

[BiggieBrown]

I'm trying to figure out how much money UPS makes off my labor every night when I'm loading these trailers by myself and how badly I'm getting screwed breaking my body for them.

We usually do around 1500 packages, a lot of heavy industrial stuff. I'll go conservative and say the average weight to be around 20 lbs (it's more). I'll even subtract 300 from the total packages for smalls.

1200 packages at an average weight of 20 lbs says I'm loading 24,000 lbs or 12 tons of freight by myself every night, all within an hour and a half. At the end of the day I'm taking home about $36 to do this.

I'm assuming that the big industrial accounts we have get some kind of discount rate for being daily customers. But does anyone have a rough estimate on how much money UPS is paid in shipping fees for 24,000 lbs of packages? I want to see how much it dwarfs my $36.

 

[BlackCat]

I'm trying to figure out how much money UPS makes off my labor every night when I'm loading these trailers by myself and how badly I'm getting screwed breaking my body for them.

We usually do around 1500 packages, a lot of heavy industrial stuff. I'll go conservative and say the average weight to be around 20 lbs (it's more). I'll even subtract 300 from the total packages for smalls.

1200 packages at an average weight of 20 lbs says I'm loading 24,000 lbs or 12 tons of freight by myself every night, all within an hour and a half. At the end of the day I'm taking home about $36 to do this.

I'm assuming that the big industrial accounts we have get some kind of discount rate for being daily customers. But does anyone have a rough estimate on how much money UPS is paid in shipping fees for 24,000 lbs of packages? I want to see how much it dwarfs my $36.

Dont you get enough daily torture as it is?

 

[Turdferguson]

I'm trying to figure out how much money UPS makes off my labor every night when I'm loading these trailers by myself and how badly I'm getting screwed breaking my body for them.

We usually do around 1500 packages, a lot of heavy industrial stuff. I'll go conservative and say the average weight to be around 20 lbs (it's more). I'll even subtract 300 from the total packages for smalls.

1200 packages at an average weight of 20 lbs says I'm loading 24,000 lbs or 12 tons of freight by myself every night, all within an hour and a half. At the end of the day I'm taking home about $36 to do this.

I'm assuming that the big industrial accounts we have get some kind of discount rate for being daily customers. But does anyone have a rough estimate on how much money UPS is paid in shipping fees for 24,000 lbs of packages? I want to see how much it dwarfs my $36.

You'll be taking home more the longer you are there. So you feel that you should be getting more of the pie after working there a couple of months?
GTFO

 

[BiggieBrown]

Dont you get enough daily torture as it is?

I must have something to think about while I'm in the trailer it breaks up the monotony. Otherwise I'm just a piece of the machinery. Plus I like building resentment.

 

[FromOffTheStreets]

You also have to add in all the other people who touch each package.
They guy that picked it up, the guy that unloaded it from the package truck, the guy that's loading it in the morning on the destination truck, the guy delivering it.
The fuel, the insurance, the wages, etc.

 

[scratch]

One of my supervisors once told me a trailer full of packages was worth about $96K of revenue. Trailer full of air a lot more than that.

 

[rod]

You don't want to know how much UPS makes off you. It will only make you feel worse.

 

[MyTripisCut]

You also have to add in all the other people who touch each package.
They guy that picked it up, the guy that unloaded it from the package truck, the guy that's loading it in the morning on the destination truck, the guy delivering it.
The fuel, the insurance, the wages, etc.

Don’t forget the useless supervisors. The useless ORION system. Stock dividends. Loss prevention, clerks, mechanics.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Don’t forget the useless supervisors. The useless ORION system. Stock dividends. Loss prevention, clerks, mechanics.

Don't forget about out top notch security guards.....

 

[Box Ox]

I'm trying to figure out how much money UPS makes off my labor every night when I'm loading these trailers by myself and how badly I'm getting screwed breaking my body for them.

You should ask management to unchain you from your work area and let you leave if the Company is making too much money off of you.

 

[rod]

$36 seems like an awful lot for only 12 tons.

 

[BiggieBrown]

You should ask management to unchain you from your work area and let you leave if the Company is making too much money off of you.

Oh don't worry "brother", I'm just about there.

 

[Box Ox]

Oh don't worry "brother", I'm just about there.

Everybody has those thoughts. Spent a whole lotta time in trailers myself wondering what the hell I was doing there. Whether one sticks around or not just depends on their long term plans and commitment to get there.

 

[BiggieBrown]

One of my supervisors once told me a trailer full of packages was worth about $96K of revenue. Trailer full of air a lot more than that.

There's the answer I was looking for.
So I'm getting less than one one-thousandth of one percent of the value of the trailer and a broken back to boot.
Thanks now I have something to brood on tonight in the trailer.

 

[cosmo1]

There's the answer I was looking for.
So I'm getting less than one one-thousandth of one percent of the value of the trailer and a broken back to boot.
Thanks now I have something to brood on tonight in the trailer.

Tell your supe you'll split with the company. 48k per trailer.



Then, let us know how that works out.

 

[MECH-lift]

There's the answer I was looking for.
So I'm getting less than one one-thousandth of one percent of the value of the trailer and a broken back to boot.
Thanks now I have something to brood on tonight in the trailer

I’m pretty sure it says somewhere in the contract “ a fair days work for a fair days pay” , if your the one breaking your back it sounds like you are screwing yourself. SLOW DOWN CHAMP

 

[Yolo]

UPS has to buy turkeys

 

[FromOffTheStreets]

Don’t forget the useless supervisors. The useless ORION system. Stock dividends. Loss prevention, clerks, mechanics.

Yep. Also forgot the actual vehicle, trailers, semis. Buildings, electric/ gas/ water bill, uniforms, dolly's. I'm sure there's much more...
Also a 20 lb.. package is around $30 x 1200ish = $36000.

 

[burrheadd]

I'm trying to figure out how much money UPS makes off my labor every night when I'm loading these trailers by myself and how badly I'm getting screwed breaking my body for them.

We usually do around 1500 packages, a lot of heavy industrial stuff. I'll go conservative and say the average weight to be around 20 lbs (it's more). I'll even subtract 300 from the total packages for smalls.

1200 packages at an average weight of 20 lbs says I'm loading 24,000 lbs or 12 tons of freight by myself every night, all within an hour and a half. At the end of the day I'm taking home about $36 to do this.

I'm assuming that the big industrial accounts we have get some kind of discount rate for being daily customers. But does anyone have a rough estimate on how much money UPS is paid in shipping fees for 24,000 lbs of packages? I want to see how much it dwarfs my $36.

You need a hobby

 

[Rack em]

You need a hobby

He should load trailers or something to keep his mind focused.