8 hour day?????

[UnconTROLLed]

The pay was great but I was never home home... The wife made me change jobs..

Sounds like FT UPS

 

[gostillerz]

We start at 800 and I usually punch out at 1900. Last 2 years, my route was 120 stops in a P500 for a 9hr day. Now, it's 150 (mostly businesses added), plus 5 more pickups in a P700 and somehow it's a 9.5hr day.

 

[Coldworld]

We start at 800 and I usually punch out at 1900. Last 2 years, my route was 120 stops in a P500 for a 9hr day. Now, it's 150 (mostly businesses added), plus 5 more pickups in a P700 and somehow it's a 9.5hr day.

Yep...real fair isnt it.

 

[toonertoo]

Funny, a few of us were punching out at 6:45, and saying "they wont let this happen again" We are so conditioned to the hours, that we now think punching out at almost 7 is good, LOL. Coz it is, been peak for 5 yrs now.

 

[Indecisi0n]

Funny, a few of us were punching out at 6:45, and saying "they wont let this happen again" We are so conditioned to the hours, that we now think punching out at almost 7 is good, LOL. Coz it is, been peak for 5 yrs now.

I agree and i haven't even been with UPS very long. Other day i punched out at 645 and i was happy as a pig in @#$$. The entire drive back to the shop i was waiting for my DIAD to go off and ask me to help others.

 

[UnconTROLLed]

I agree and i haven't even been with UPS very long. Other day i punched out at 645 and i was happy as a pig in @#$$. The entire drive back to the shop i was waiting for my DIAD to go off and ask me to help others.

You should perhaps be driving, not looking at the DIAD?

 

[BMWMC]

I work on average 14 hours OT and my (cough) production doesn't fall a second. I wonder if this thread could be called "making more money for doing less work. Thank you UPS."

You see, that will get your 8 hour riff more attention from UPS. Expect 8 hours a day for everyone soon.

 

[TearsInRain]

The article states that after 8 hours productivity goes down. Goes way down if a person is working more than 50 hours a week.

I wish UPS would accept the fact that they can either have a great safety picture or lots of drivers over 50 hours.

Not both.

actually the Naval Research Institute found decades ago in a study that productivity tanks after 5 hours, no matter what the job or breaks-entailed

why do you think we have so many PTers?

expect to see more FT positions converted to PT, it's pretty much the future in business

 

[HULKAMANIA]

That is a good theory but I would suspect that the numbers don't back it up..

Actually the majority of the accidents do come later in the day. By accidents I mean vehicle accidents, at least thats what we were told at a pcm meeting.

 

[Indecisi0n]

You should perhaps be driving, not looking at the DIAD?

Even when it lights up i still keep driving, shhhhhhhhhh