Overpaid Union Thug
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We are running the same routes from last year. Volume typically goes up every year.
WE'RE NOT READY!!
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UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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We added 4-5 routes.
Catatonic
Nine Lives
Matter?
Johney
Pineapple King
Wow! You all are really stretching your centers limits!
Wally
BrownCafe Innovator & King of Puns
Oh yea!
werenotthepostoffice
deep down inside I really do not care
Until Atlanta has people that have actually been a package car driver,nothing will change. Looking at numbers on a monitor means nothing until you have dug through the back of a "cubed out" package car to find the last two pieces of a shipment or looking for an address at 20:30 on a back road 25 miles from the center because numbers on a mailbox are nowhere to be found.
The only answer for the UPS problem is more,newer and better equipment and more bodies.
The only answer for the UPS problem is more,newer and better equipment and more bodies.
jumpman23
Oh Yeah
We have a better chance of winning the lotto than that happening lol.
Or just get us out of the building earlier. Quit worrying about stupid numbers. Stops per hour and worry about the cost per package to deliver.
BTW our CEO was a package cat driver in a small center.
Billy Ray
God, help us all.....
werenotthepostoffice
deep down inside I really do not care
I did not see that in his bio. I know he worked for UPS as a package handler originally,but I guess I missed the time he was a driver.
He was a driver,not sure for how long. Then they made him the lead driver...aka supervisor ,nobody else wanted the job..lol
Honestly I'm not sure how long. At least he had some delivery experience.
First one we had in awhile. Not saying that it's helping us. Sometimes people forget where they come from.
JL 0513
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UPS is having a very hard time getting driver helpers. People just don't want to come on for $11/hr for a month. If UPS wants to be prepared for peak, they gotta pay more for the temp help. Also can find temp drivers in needed quantities. Of course, this is just one facet of this debacle.
Sucks running a business one way for 11 months an another for one.
Sucks running a business one way for 11 months an another for one.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Our center manager told us that we beat our 2014 Peak Day on this past Tuesday.
ikushiikushi
Member
Maybe they will hire more people and put people on the road that already passed class
AllOnTheHorses
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How many years have they been doing this? and did they really not see internet sales as a major impact?
I loaded for a long time before going to drive. The entire time I have been amazed at the lack of organizational memory. it's almost like every week they say, "okay, how do we do this?".. and then surprise them with peak.
underworked1
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Most drivers lack a good work ethic. At least the ones I've been around that have only worked at ups. They'd rather brag how they are sticking it to the man, instead of having enough integrity to do what they are paid to. It's just not in my blood to lay down on the job, I always put in an honest days work.
underworked1
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