Who are grounds dispatchers and are they employed by the company or independent contractors?
that's not their proper label, but it's fedex managers that are doing the dispatching...
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ok, fun Sat... i had to be a "manager" and juggle 10 drivers for the contractor on Sat.
i look at their routes and make sure to "flex" stops from one to the other so a driver won't be slammed & can get home at a decent time by at least 1800
then go through the settlements & make the drivers sign them & collect the signed status door tags
follow up on claims/disputes & make sure the drivers will attempt to recall the details of those stops
see if there are any vehicle problems during the pre-trip inspections & call for a rental if needed or the terminal mechanic for a quick fix (nothing today ~ whew!)
good thing my brother was finished from his warehouse job at a nearby ups location; i called him in to drop by and scan/load/sort my boxes to my own route while i was doing all this... got on the road by 0830!
long dead-head time to the service area 1.5 hours & almost 2 hours of return-to-base driving time (all unpaid! yay!)
7 hours on-road service time, so that wasn't bad. but coming in at 0430 to juggle all that crap before i had to go out and do my own route sucks for $165 gross
clocked out at 2000
should i have asked the contractor for more?
PS: my brother from UPS after he saw how easy it was on a HD terminal vs his UPS terminal
the package handlers were getting more $ at team purple & he saw how easy it was for them to just dump the boxes on a pallet vs ups / ground loading the vehicles