Wally
BrownCafe Innovator & King of Puns
Wheel of Management.
UPS finally says something and means it
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Jackburton
Gone Fish'n
Not sure why everyone is surprised, one of the main reasons UPS has always left people out was the H&W expense they had by having extra drivers on the books. Ever since Saturday ground has been implemented, they’ve had to eat these costs and forced to put more drivers on.
So in closing, adding more routes during the week isn’t as expensive as it was pre Saturday ground.
So in closing, adding more routes during the week isn’t as expensive as it was pre Saturday ground.
Analbumcover
ControlPkgs
That topic desperately needed a period or paragraph indentation somewhere.
Brown287
Im not the Mail Man!
Word was they’ve started a hour reduction in the feeder department here too. Makes sense though, all those loads coming off the rails need to be transported by someone. In true UPS fashion they’ll have more feeder drivers on the books then needed just like in package.
Brown287
Im not the Mail Man!
In its current form it doesn’t, i think his point was more along the lines of UPS needing more drivers, so we might as well have routes for them to do.
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They've got their work cut out for them, I knew some slugs in package but no one can drop anchor like a feeder driver. These guys live for 60 hours weeks.
They raise you guys to 70 for Peak yet? Can't wait!
Jackburton
Gone Fish'n
I can actually answer that, UPS is cherry picking what goes out and what doesn’t. It’s an effort to get shippers to pay more for Saturday delivery who have discounts that don’t make it profitable. Amazon has been upgrading a lot of their packages to 2 day Saturday ever since UPS has restricted flow on Saturday
This isn’t speculative.
It's like an early Christmas present!
Wally
BrownCafe Innovator & King of Puns
Oh yea, like I'm going to fly coach. Lol
WorknLateHuh
Well-Known Member
It is very strange seeing this take shape, no doubt. This job could almost be cosidered a normal 9 to 5 job now lol. i love it
I was one of them saying, “the overtime will never stop, like a never-ending avalanche of work”
Here we have drivers begging to go to other centers to scrape up overtime
I was one of them saying, “the overtime will never stop, like a never-ending avalanche of work”
Here we have drivers begging to go to other centers to scrape up overtime
Wally
BrownCafe Innovator & King of Puns
My center is making the delivery choice for Saturday based on Monday. They hold back based on what routes they need for pickups.
brostalss
Well-Known Member
That's because some Feeder drivers don't want to go home.
Brown287
Im not the Mail Man!
So what part of the country do you live in....after calculating an accurate cost of living adjustment to your area it would be interesting to see if it truly is as easy as you say. If $37 in the Bay Area truly is the appropriate wage what do you think it would be in your area. Let’s say $20 an hour, perhaps then you’d feel differently.
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JustDeliverIt
Well-Known Member
They rolled this out here about 6 to 8 weeks ago and it's still going. Have to say I love it.
I'm also wondering if this is in an effort to retain employees as much as it's a cost per package thing. We are hiring off the street for any position. It seems like we hire 10 and 11 quit. Wondering if a more manageable work day will enable them to keep more employees that constantly training new hires. Just a thought.
I'm also wondering if this is in an effort to retain employees as much as it's a cost per package thing. We are hiring off the street for any position. It seems like we hire 10 and 11 quit. Wondering if a more manageable work day will enable them to keep more employees that constantly training new hires. Just a thought.
ManInBrown
Well-Known Member
What do you mean by “national pay scale”
