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<blockquote data-quote="UPSRETIRED" data-source="post: 77043" data-attributes="member: 4669"><p>Before retiring I had an 8:30am start time, as did most of the other centers in my building. My drivers could never get out before 9am and my division mgr. continually kicked my butt because my inside AM time was so high. So I changed my start time to 8:45am and reduced my AM time but the drivers still couldn't get on the road when they wanted to. It wasn't the fault of the preload, it was due to not getting all of our trailers in a timely manner so the preload could do its job. I stood many times outside the door and watched trailers come in at 8:30 or later. Our preload was good but they had no control. We eventually got a new district mgr. who recognized this problem and started putting pressure on the surrounding DM's to get the trailers on the road in time. No one can control traffic conditions or weather but things did start to improve. The preload started going down on time, less driver sort and load. I was able to move my start time back and the drivers and customers were happy. Our DM eventually went on to bigger and "better" things and the old problem reappeared. What can you do when you're on the low end of the ladder? Some things never change. Glad I'm retired. Hang in there. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group2/wheelchair.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":wheelchai" title="Wheelchair :wheelchai" data-shortname=":wheelchai" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UPSRETIRED, post: 77043, member: 4669"] Before retiring I had an 8:30am start time, as did most of the other centers in my building. My drivers could never get out before 9am and my division mgr. continually kicked my butt because my inside AM time was so high. So I changed my start time to 8:45am and reduced my AM time but the drivers still couldn't get on the road when they wanted to. It wasn't the fault of the preload, it was due to not getting all of our trailers in a timely manner so the preload could do its job. I stood many times outside the door and watched trailers come in at 8:30 or later. Our preload was good but they had no control. We eventually got a new district mgr. who recognized this problem and started putting pressure on the surrounding DM's to get the trailers on the road in time. No one can control traffic conditions or weather but things did start to improve. The preload started going down on time, less driver sort and load. I was able to move my start time back and the drivers and customers were happy. Our DM eventually went on to bigger and "better" things and the old problem reappeared. What can you do when you're on the low end of the ladder? Some things never change. Glad I'm retired. Hang in there. :wheelchai [/QUOTE]
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