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Grandma and the inevitable cheese day.
soberups
Pees in the brown Koolaid
1. My entire route is rural residential. A Sunday dispatch wont change anything.
2. The last time I worked on a Sunday (in 2013) I brought 200 missed stops back at 8:00 that night. Not exactly " taking the edge off."
3. 12 hours is a light day for me in December. 13 or 14 is the norm. I'm OK with that, but I would prefer not to work 14 hours on Christmas Eve if I can avoid it. By working on Sunday, I can ensure that I wont have 14 DOT hours left on Christmas Eve.
Try to keep up.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
I'm sorry, as much as I respect what you have to offer here, I have to call BS on you bringing back 200 missed stops after having worked a 12 hour day.
Let's say you average 10 SPORH. 12 hours puts you at 120 stops. Are you seriously trying to tell us that they sent you out with 320 rural stops expecting you to deliver them all and stay within the HOS rules?
Let's say you average 10 SPORH. 12 hours puts you at 120 stops. Are you seriously trying to tell us that they sent you out with 320 rural stops expecting you to deliver them all and stay within the HOS rules?
brownmonster
Man of Great Wisdom
How bad is your Center? Jeez.
soberups
Pees in the brown Koolaid
This occured on Sunday, December 22 of 2013.
About15 of us were called into work. Our building had thousands of missed packages piling up. I delivered a full car of stops, came back to the center at 5:00, and took another full car out. I brought approximately 200 stops from that car back at 8 to avoid going over. My manager wanted to call the entire center in on Sunday to clear up the backlog but Corporate only allowed her to run 15 routes. Hence the 200 I brought back. You are operating under the mistaken impression that decisions are being made locally, according to common sense. They are not. Atlanta makes the plan, local management merely facilitates it.
soberups
Pees in the brown Koolaid
Not bad at all as far as I am concerned. I work 60 a week from Thansgiving thru New Years. Always have, always will. I dont complain about it. It is what it is.
watdaflock?
Well-Known Member
Where about's is expecting snow? It's darn near 70 here in the Midwest. Kinda wishing for a white Xmas.
Not as bad as ours
werenotthepostoffice
deep down inside I really do not care
And the UPS management will blame labor for every part of it.
PAS'd out
This ain't rocket science
onehandsolo
Well-Known Member
Operating profit from the fourth quarter a year ago was 1.1 billion. Which was relatively the same from a year earlier(2013). Volume was 8.1% percent and cyber Monday volume was up 12% from a year earlier. "Ups customers were delighted with the quality service we delivered during the holiday season," said David Abney chief executive officer on Jan.23rd 2015. He than went on to say. "However, financial results were below our expectations."
So it's not a decision to make a profit over service. It is a decision to increase profits over service in 2015.
So it's not a decision to make a profit over service. It is a decision to increase profits over service in 2015.
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brownmonster
Man of Great Wisdom
I fully intend to deliver every package on my truck this week. Management might have a different idea.
Jack4343
FT DR Specialist
My wife needed a gift this weekend for a party and paid extra for shipping. Amazon shipped via FedEx. It is now delayed 2 days. Amazon refunded the shipping costs automatically. I didn't even ask. All of us are having troubles handling the volume....not just us to be sure. Personally, in our area we seem to be on top of things. Warm, dry weather has really helped as well.
Orion inc.
I like turtles
That's true. I watched the post office deliver on a Sunday across the street from my house. 3 hours later they come back and drop a package off at our house. Different driver. I talked to him for minute. He said they have so many packages just sitting there just waiting to be processed. He said they are 7 days behind on package volume that they had sups working all weekend.
We aren't in the worst position but the media will focus on ups first because of 2013
In other news, UPS only makes right hand turns.
turbostixxx
Brown Santa
Oops, I just made a left 20 minutes ago..
El Correcto
god is dead
Pull up to her house, not found, return at 8pm...
Returntosender
Well-Known Member
UPS reports mail delivery delays in Hawaii
http://www.kitv.com/clip/12076915/holiday-shipping-delays
HONOLULU -
Christmas is right around the corner and if you still need to ship gifts, you might want to get it done soon. A major carrier has already reported delays for its deliveries.
Some Hawaii customers are finding out that their shipments from UPS have been delayed up to a week longer than expected. UPS has hired 170 temporary employees in Hawaii for the holidays. It's even renting other companies' trucks to try to keep up with all of the mail, but some of those packages have fallen behind. The company says it's because some retailers didn't stick to their shipments.
http://www.kitv.com/clip/12076915/holiday-shipping-delays
HONOLULU -
Christmas is right around the corner and if you still need to ship gifts, you might want to get it done soon. A major carrier has already reported delays for its deliveries.
Some Hawaii customers are finding out that their shipments from UPS have been delayed up to a week longer than expected. UPS has hired 170 temporary employees in Hawaii for the holidays. It's even renting other companies' trucks to try to keep up with all of the mail, but some of those packages have fallen behind. The company says it's because some retailers didn't stick to their shipments.
El Correcto
god is dead
Honestly this peak season hasn't been that bad compared to when I was seasonal years back. They were begging people to go get a dot and pull a truck off the line....
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