Monday being Monday

[cosmo1]

We put 49 routes on road this year------that is the most by far that we have ever had during Peak.

That's 10-15 less than we ran in the summer when I was working. And, I realized we were a small center.

 

[Brownslave688]

Yea dude you're totally right UPS handles peak awesome and we should all be happy to work a sixth day...get real

I'm
Not saying ups is perfect but you also have to realize how much things have changed. Say my center has 30 drivers. A normal peak 8-10 years ago we might hire 2-3 seasonals. Many places just having no one on vacation was enough.


Now we are talking about running 50 routes during peak in the next 5 years or so. That's a big difference. It makes peak much harder to plan for.

 

[dookie stain]

I'm
Not saying ups is perfect but you also have to realize how much things have changed. Say my center has 30 drivers. A normal peak 8-10 years ago we might hire 2-3 seasonals. Many places just having no one on vacation was enough.


Now we are talking about running 50 routes during peak in the next 5 years or so. That's a big difference. It makes peak much harder to plan for.

There's people who's job that is to do...imagine if you failed miserably at delivering packages so many years in a row...what would happen

 

[Brownslave688]

Or Heaven forbid out in a few extra routes and give all the drivers a break

For sure. Easier to do in bigger centers. One route in a small center can make a huge difference.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

For sure. Easier to do in bigger centers. One route in a small center can make a huge difference.

Make an air route?

 

[dookie stain]

Anyone else wanna throw their helper off a cliff or am I alone on that one?

 

[wayfair]

Anyone else wanna throw their helper off a cliff or am I alone on that one?

had 3, 1, yes....

 

[dookie stain]

had 3, 1, yes....

This sumbitch is getting worse every day...slower...and more cocky...talking about how lucky UPS would be to have him permanently

 

[UnconTROLLed]

This sumbitch is getting worse every day...slower...and more cocky...talking about how lucky UPS would be to have him permanently

Sounds like most of the FT drivers

 

[MethodsMan]

Saturday will soon be a normal full operations day. All of our competition delivers 6 in some cases 7 days a week. If you're ok with telling the customer to piss off and losing huge chunks of market share that's your choice.


Me I've got a few years left here and would like to see the company continue to thrive. Of course I don't want to work but I'm realistic and have seen that it'll be necessary for months now.

Our competition is fed and in bed while were still out delivering. How often do you see a Fed Ex guy past 8pm? We deal with much more volume than our competition.

The key to not working Saturday's is to run out of hours.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Anyone else wanna throw their helper off a cliff or am I alone on that one?

I do know that I would be the one looking for that cliff if I were forced to work with you all day.

 

[bottomups]

Put seasonals on the road and lay off the bottom guys?

Put seasonals on the road and give us older guys dead days. I will never turn down a call in the morning asking if I would like the day off.

 

[dookie stain]

I do know that I would be the one looking for that cliff if I were forced to work with you all day.

Hard to look for anything when you have two black eyes. Pipe down danno.