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<blockquote data-quote="Trucker Clock" data-source="post: 5330082" data-attributes="member: 70932">Delivering a package early does not cancel out a package delivered late. The only reason to deliver a Monday package on Saturday for &quot;on-time&quot; delivery percentage is if they could not deliver all of Monday&#039;s packages on Monday. That is, if they did not deliver on Saturday, some of the Monday packages would not be delivered and would be &quot;late.&quot; This was not necessarily the case over the years.They are delivering packages on Saturday because that is what the customer wants. That is what the competition does. That is what we have to do to keep up with the competition.Monday&#039;s were never the issue for &quot;on-time&quot; percentage. Most of the loads were already at the buildings on Saturday morning. Monday&#039;s used to be the best day for &quot;on-time&quot; departures for package drivers.The solution? Hire more drivers?Nobody wants to work. I just read a few different posts where drivers are quitting in their centers. Half the preloaders are not coming in. There are no package drivers remaining wanting to go to feeders. They have exhausted part timers wanting to go to feeders. So they hire from the street. Nobody wants the job. They all know UPS. They will not be working steady and it could take years before they become full time drivers.There are no simple solutions. The best solution may be a compromise and not what everyone wants.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Trucker Clock, post: 5330082, member: 70932"] Delivering a package early does not cancel out a package delivered late. The only reason to deliver a Monday package on Saturday for "on-time" delivery percentage is if they could not deliver all of Monday's packages on Monday. That is, if they did not deliver on Saturday, some of the Monday packages would not be delivered and would be "late." This was not necessarily the case over the years. They are delivering packages on Saturday because that is what the customer wants. That is what the competition does. That is what we have to do to keep up with the competition. Monday's were never the issue for "on-time" percentage. Most of the loads were already at the buildings on Saturday morning. Monday's used to be the best day for "on-time" departures for package drivers. The solution? Hire more drivers? Nobody wants to work. I just read a few different posts where drivers are quitting in their centers. Half the preloaders are not coming in. There are no package drivers remaining wanting to go to feeders. They have exhausted part timers wanting to go to feeders. So they hire from the street. Nobody wants the job. They all know UPS. They will not be working steady and it could take years before they become full time drivers. There are no simple solutions. The best solution may be a compromise and not what everyone wants. [/QUOTE]

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