What happened to 12 hour days????

[barnyard]

I drop air. Talking about ground

It is about the pull times for feeders. 1 of the routes that I cover, if the pull is delayed, the preload goes down for the trailer destination. I have pulled in, broke down my set and put the loads on empty doors. The preload was waiting for volume.

There is a lot of pressure on feeder drivers to make pull times.

 

[dqs95124]

I think it's unsafe for anybody working 14 hrs punch to punch. When daylight savings starts. I'm driving home. I want to pull over cause I'm seeing double..

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Double vision?

 

[Brownslave688]

Feels like it. Since Labor Day. 60 hr weeks. Now going into peak really bad. We have to get our pick up volume in by 830pm, or off load it into a truck and keep on trucking.

Just a thought. 9.5 list?

 

[dqs95124]

On it. Filed every week since Labor Day. They don't care. Paying us out. Plus our 8 hr requests that aren't being honored. This is the last week to file then 2 months of hell.

 

[standtall]

Two reasons, they need to get the trailers out so the trucks can make it to hubs in time to sort and get the drivers out, the late nights travel through the system and effect the "internal customer". Second reason, much like the first, air has to make it the other side of the US, west coast guys have to be in earlier with their air to make commits on the East coast, East coast guys got more leeway since it's going the other way.

East coasters need more leeway...... Slackers!!

 

[olroadbeech]

What happened to 12 hr days?

i thought there were 24 hrs in a day.

 

[olroadbeech]

i always put safety first and did not care what the bosses said.

i took extra breaks sometimes or would pull over ( feeder ) and take a nap.

if i had a couple 14 hr days in a row i would call in sick the next day to catch up on rest.

most managers would understand why i did what i did because i wasnt lying and consistent. i wasnt trying to "get out" of work. sometimes i would have to threaten them with going to the DOT or OSHA and they knew i was serious and would back off. you cant bluff about that.

the trouble is there is so much turnover in the manager ranks it seems like you have to educate them every other month. but you have to stick to your guns.

whatever it took to stay safe. safety first. family first.

 

[mike1646]

Amen

 

[3 done 3 to go]

Yesterday was the first over 9 hr day I've had in 8 months. My dispatch is set at 8.6 daily

 

[dqs95124]

Must be nice. First Good week in a while. Only 11 hr days and did not get sent back out to help anybody.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Must be nice. First Good week in a while. Only 11 hr days and did not get sent back out to help anybody.

I would hope not!

 

[dqs95124]

Since Labor Day in our center. 25yr driver. 15 yr driver. Sent back out after doing yr rt. Blind in the dark till 10pm. So this week was a nice change. Not going to last.

 

[Coldworld]

9 pm? If I am out that late they send a search party to try and find me.

I really doubt that...probably go get the truck and leave you out there with the wolves

 

[dqs95124]

Next contract. Double time over 12 hrs. That's what I'm thinking, to make sure the 14 hr days go away.

 

[govols019]

There is a lot of pressure on feeder drivers to make pull times.

Not for me...Can't leave til they shut the door.

 

[barnyard]

Not for me...Can't leave til they shut the door.

Neither can we. Supes know it, but they still will send an Ivis message the next night if a pull time is missed.

 

[brownmonster]

Next contract. Double time over 12 hrs. That's what I'm thinking, to make sure the 14 hr days go away.

My next 14 hour day will be my first.

 

[Coldworld]

My next 14 hour day will be my first.

I would love to see a delivery contest between yourself and upstate...to settle for once and for all who is the top "operator " between you two. You both seem to be cut from a different material from the rest of us peons...ups really lucked out when they found you two guys!!

 

[brownmonster]

I would love to see a delivery contest between yourself and upstate...to settle for once and for all who is the top "operator " between you two. You both seem to be cut from a different material from the rest of us peons...ups really lucked out when they found you two guys!!

It has nothing to do with speed. ( Well maybe a little ) I just don't get dispatched that high.