Would like opinions on something I've noticed recently

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

A guy in my center got hit with 2 "not taking whole hour lunch" and 1 "working helper longer than directed", WL's

loaded up route with 250 stops and a helper all day... PC is bricked out with single pkg deliveries...

What a pile of crap! (Not you)

 

[728ups]

ah yes, when we can file grievances again...

quick question, why can they issue warning letters and we can't file grievances during PEAK

you can file on any waring letter at any time. you CANT file 9.5 grievances during peak

 

[728ups]

A guy in my center got hit with 2 "not taking whole hour lunch" and 1 "working helper longer than directed", WL's

loaded up route with 250 stops and a helper all day... PC is bricked out with single pkg deliveries...

I would have cut the helper loose as directed and worked 13 hours with as many missed as possible. That action puts an end to nonsense warning letters

 

[Anonymous 11]

Preferably I like 1 hour of OT per day. A little more is fine. Less is not so fine. That 1 hour has not been there for the last few months. I'm a cover driver. Work every single day. Dispatches have been super light. Now I know one reason for that is casuals are working and they want to get them ready for peak. So the work has been more spread around for the most part.

But what I am wondering is, if this is the new trend? Lighter dispatches? With the new contract being pushed to 4 years to top pay is the company finally caving and is now willing to go on a little hiring spree? Lighten guys up. Cut down on the OT. Are the days of making 90K+ a year gone?

Now I know what's going on here, isn't going on everywhere. I'm sure plenty of centers have driving lubing up every morning. But it's just something I have been wondering. Does the new contract of 4 years to top pay have them rethinking things in terms of cutting down OT and putting more drivers on? It's slightly worrisome for me. 41.5 hours per week doesn't cut it for me.

I make as much money as I want to. I decide how much I feel like working on Monday and by Friday it right where I want it to be.

 

[Big Arrow Down...D]

And why is that? ?? What did I say that was so outrageous to your brain???

Maybe it was the 80 and out...

 

[Packmule]

As a senior driver with the kids raised and the mortgage down, I'd love to let you have the OT. I don't need it anymore!

 

[wayfair]

I would have cut the helper loose as directed and worked 13 hours with as many missed as possible. That action puts an end to nonsense warning letters

I'll share the advice!
He's got young one's but I ASSURE you, he's no runner gunner!!

 

[Coldworld]

Maybe it was the 80 and out...

West Coast pension..80 and out

 

[brownmonster]

Without reading the whole thread, bank the O/T, don't use it to pay the bills.

 

[Thebrownstreak]

I always enjoyed peak. Yeah the hours are much worse, but i felt the work was easier. Granted i had a good helper each year, but at least speaking for myself, my area got condensed down to basically a highway with businesses that i delivered till around 2pm….then from 2-9 it was all easy residential. Our center has always sent out our seasonal drivers in rentals with about 100 stops, then they would sweep UPS stores, and meet drivers around 6pm to take pick up pieces in. Granted i always had great helpers, so that may have been part of my thinking towards peak. Whats it like for the rest of you

 

[PackageDonkey]

Not Oregon. It's actually Washington. Squim, Washington

Wow, no kidding. My route is in Sequim, WA. Just curious as to this girls initials?

 

[joeboodog]

In some of those really small towns... the UPS driver is also the Sheriff

And where Soberups is he is the dog catcher.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

As was mentioned above, budget based on 40 and the rest is gravy.

 

[PASinterference]

Bingo. Family friend is a driver in a small rural town in Oregon. She is literally the richest person in the whole town. And it's not even close

No offense to any drivers in Mississippi or Alabama. But if you are a driver in that part of the country, you are more well off then 95% of the people in your area.

Well off? Most of my family and neighbors said they would never do what I do for a living. Never home and the physical beating takes a toll after a while.