Saturday Ground Update

[TearsInRain]

And you didn't read my post carefully. You are an IE person, so the numbers you have in mind are based upon a fantasy and not real-world experience. Anyone who has any actual driving experience knows that you cannot combine two full pickup routes into one. It doesn't work.

yeah, that's not what i said at all would happen

re-read the post, thanks

 

[Wally]

Where can I get socks for Saturday ground?

 

[Brownslave688]

I never worked 70 during Christmas... Some of us used our 16 hour exception once a week but they never used the 70 hour rule with us...

I'd rather work the 70 then work 16 hours one day a week lol

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

I'd rather work the 70 then work 16 hours one day a week lol

You are lucky if you work 16 hours a week.

 

[Wally]

I'd rather work the 70 then work 16 hours one day a week lol

Yea, if you work the 70 including a Saturday, you still wont have enough time for the reset to work Monday? Will you?

How many hours can you work in one day with the 70?

 

[Coldworld]

Yea, if you work the 70 including a Saturday, you still wont have enough time for the reset to work Monday? Will you?

How many hours can you work in one day with the 70?

16 hours..one day a week for "emergency conditions ", but the company and drivers abuse that exception all the time

 

[Coldworld]

I'd rather work the 70 then work 16 hours one day a week lol

16 hours in feeder is hell of a lot different than 16 hours in package...

 

[Wally]

16 hours in feeder is hell of a lot different than 16 hours in package...

Both is nothing short of a accident in the making for sure.

 

[Coldworld]

Both is nothing short of a accident in the making for sure.

In my experience the times I've gone over 14 in feeder is when they try to put an extra turn on me and I'm waiting an hour or so for loads to be ready...and that's after I've taken a meal and my breaks..or if the weather has been crazy and I've had to put chains on and off a couple times.. That totally eats up couple hours...

 

[Jones]

Yea, if you work the 70 including a Saturday, you still wont have enough time for the reset to work Monday? Will you?

How many hours can you work in one day with the 70?

Sure you will. You need 34 hours for a reset, so if your start time Monday is 0830 you just need to be punched out by 2030 on Saturday.
It's still 14 hours punch to punch under 70/8, the big difference is that now you can work 14 hours for 5 days straight whereas under the 60/7 rule you can only do that for 4 days straight then on the 5th you only have 8 hours available.

 

[soberups]

yeah, that's not what i said at all would happen

re-read the post, thanks

That what I said would happen.

I know this, because it already has happened, on Mondays during light volume periods in the summer, or particularly on the day after the 4th of July, when local management is forced to generate an impossible stops per car metric and cut out cars to the point where the total number of dispatched routes is less than the number of daily pickup routes for the center.

When this occurs, management has no choice but to combine two entire pickup routes onto one car. The fact that it is physically impossible to service or contain two full pickup routes into one car is irrelevant; they are compelled by the geniuses from IE to dispatch it anyway and intentionally set the driver up to fail. It is nothing but an exercise in forced stupidity in order to generate a metric.

Spreading light volume over 6 delivery days vs. 5 will only make this problem worse.

 

[MyTripisCut]

Spreading light volume over 6 delivery days vs. 5 will only make this problem worse.

It's happening either way...

 

[Future]

It's happening either way...

I can only imagine what tomorrow will bring ....we started this past Saturday

 

[hellfire]

Times may change, but the laws of geometry and the physical impossibility of being in 2 places at once do not. You cant get 10 gallons of smilet into a 5 gallon bucket no matter how many "directives" you throw at it.

Agreed, but who are we on the food chain..Is the company making money ?

 

[Jones]

Agreed, but who are we on the food chain..Is the company making money ?

Bottom line right there. This company has been pretty good at making money over the years, I'm comfortable leaving the business decisions to them.

 

[MyTripisCut]

I can only imagine what tomorrow will bring ....we started this past Saturday

First couple weeks wasn't so bad on Mondays. Then the screws started turning....

 

[hellfire]

On a side note, glad to see you here sober

 

[tourists24]

That what I said would happen.

I know this, because it already has happened, on Mondays during light volume periods in the summer, or particularly on the day after the 4th of July, when local management is forced to generate an impossible stops per car metric and cut out cars to the point where the total number of dispatched routes is less than the number of daily pickup routes for the center.

When this occurs, management has no choice but to combine two entire pickup routes onto one car. The fact that it is physically impossible to service or contain two full pickup routes into one car is irrelevant; they are compelled by the geniuses from IE to dispatch it anyway and intentionally set the driver up to fail. It is nothing but an exercise in forced stupidity in order to generate a metric.

Spreading light volume over 6 delivery days vs. 5 will only make this problem worse.

Tears will blame this on poor management,,, not on IE plans

 

[PT Car Washer]

Tears will blame this on poor management,,, not on IE plans

And a lot of times the blame is on poor management and for a good reason. The only question is how far up the management chain to assign blame.

 

[TearsInRain]

That what I said would happen.

I know this, because it already has happened, on Mondays during light volume periods in the summer, or particularly on the day after the 4th of July, when local management is forced to generate an impossible stops per car metric and cut out cars to the point where the total number of dispatched routes is less than the number of daily pickup routes for the center.

When this occurs, management has no choice but to combine two entire pickup routes onto one car. The fact that it is physically impossible to service or contain two full pickup routes into one car is irrelevant; they are compelled by the geniuses from IE to dispatch it anyway and intentionally set the driver up to fail. It is nothing but an exercise in forced stupidity in order to generate a metric.

Spreading light volume over 6 delivery days vs. 5 will only make this problem worse.

holiday planning =/= saturday planning

region does holiday crap, your local district does the saturday