What was driving like back when...

[UT Vols]

management couldn't track you by GPS, see how many stops you've done or have left and send you messages to do this or that?

 

[Jones]

It was quieter.

 

[Catatonic]

management couldn't track you by GPS, see how many stops you've done or have left and send you messages to do this or that?

They still left you messages to call in at your pickup stops.
Other than that, once you left the building until you got back, it was you and your customers.
Meet you on area for a couple of hours for Safety ride once or twice a year.

 

[ZQXC]

It was a great job, then.

 

[calcio56]

I heard they provided drivers with beepers

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Driving before all of this technology BS had both its pros and cons, much like today. The pros were pretty much what Photog said----once you left the building you were pretty much on your own. The cons were their inability to get in touch with you in the event of an emergency. My son fell and broke his wrist while playing on the monkey bars----my ex was working on the other side of the lake so her father had to take our son to the ER. I didn't find out about it until I was off road.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

It was a great job, then.

It is still a great job now----you just have to deal with a lot more BS.

 

[Jackburton]

management couldn't track you by GPS, see how many stops you've done or have left and send you messages to do this or that?

Yet somehow we managed to service customers and still had a reputation of "speed and service". All these new reports do is prove what we were already doing and try to push you beyond reasonable expectations.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Yet somehow we managed to service customers and still had a reputation of "speed and service". All these new reports do is prove what we were already doing and try to push you beyond reasonable expectations.

These reports also serve to weed out those who are unable to meet those expectations, whether reasonable or otherwise.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

A lot less warning letters.

 

[Notretiredyet]

It was a different world, give me back my clipboard and toss away my smartphone and diad. No air commits, 815 start time and nothing over 50 lbs.

 

[Brownslave688]

Unicorns and rainbows. Nothing but unicorns and rainbows.

 

[burco8080]

Always had to feed your horses at noon let them rest a hour.

 

[upschuck]

I heard they provided drivers with beepers

Only a few drivers got the beepers.

 

[burrheadd]

They still left you messages to call in at your pickup stops.
Other than that, once you left the building until you got back, it was you and your customers.
Meet you on area for a couple of hours for Safety ride once or twice a year.

Standard reply was
What message don't know anything about it

 

[rod]

The hourly employees back then all stuck together and did things as a group both on and off the clock. You could always find someone to take a few stops off you if you really needed to get off early. From what I see now its every man for themselves.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

The hourly employees back then all stuck together and did things as a group both on and off the clock. You could always find someone to take a few stops off you if you really needed to get off early. From what I see now its every man for themselves.

They don't even vote on the contract anymore.

 

[rod]

They don't even vote on the contract anymore.

but they sure complain alot

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

but they sure complain alot

Especially when they need a Stewart.

 

[BigUnionGuy]

They still left you messages to call in at your pickup stops.

Wow.

Talk about the "wayback" machine.

I heard they provided drivers with beepers

Only a few drivers got the beepers.

And, they were for the "new" on-call air pickups. (right ?)

The cons were their inability to get in touch with you in the event of an emergency.

Yep.

Had a similar situation, while running a country route.

The hourly employees back then all stuck together and did things as a group both on and off the clock.

Those were good times.

And, do I have some stories....



-Bug-