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<blockquote data-quote="Bagels" data-source="post: 1242399" data-attributes="member: 43436"><p>For the past several years, UPS has been fortunate that the weather has cooperated nationally. Not so this year, although outside of Texas, things could be much worse. In some areas (including mine), initial volume levels caught UPS off guard but UPS quickly recovered. Sans a few days (which shouldn't be unexpected), most drivers here aren't pulling any more work than they were last year. The biggest challenge has been finding driver helpers. The past two years, the weather here has been mild -- in the 40s most days with very little precipitation. This year there's been plenty of snow & cold rain, with most days below freezing. UPS has discovered that much like in years past, most people won't work for near-minimum wage in these type of conditions. </p><p></p><p>On the inside, we've been accumulating mega hours -- I worked 7 more hours in three weeks than I did in four last year -- but that's a derivative of the improving economy / people simply unwilling to get up at 12AM to perform intense manual labor for minimum wage... just like how things were the first 10 years of my career!! We had 50+ people quit within a few days this year... we didn't lose that many people in the past three years combined.</p><p></p><p>With few exceptions, only areas that work Sat./Sun. are doing so this peak. I doubt any UPSers will be delivering packages on Christmas Day... too expensive, too much of a possible PR nightmare -> at that point, UPS has already ****ed off the consumer, so why not wait another day?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bagels, post: 1242399, member: 43436"] For the past several years, UPS has been fortunate that the weather has cooperated nationally. Not so this year, although outside of Texas, things could be much worse. In some areas (including mine), initial volume levels caught UPS off guard but UPS quickly recovered. Sans a few days (which shouldn't be unexpected), most drivers here aren't pulling any more work than they were last year. The biggest challenge has been finding driver helpers. The past two years, the weather here has been mild -- in the 40s most days with very little precipitation. This year there's been plenty of snow & cold rain, with most days below freezing. UPS has discovered that much like in years past, most people won't work for near-minimum wage in these type of conditions. On the inside, we've been accumulating mega hours -- I worked 7 more hours in three weeks than I did in four last year -- but that's a derivative of the improving economy / people simply unwilling to get up at 12AM to perform intense manual labor for minimum wage... just like how things were the first 10 years of my career!! We had 50+ people quit within a few days this year... we didn't lose that many people in the past three years combined. With few exceptions, only areas that work Sat./Sun. are doing so this peak. I doubt any UPSers will be delivering packages on Christmas Day... too expensive, too much of a possible PR nightmare -> at that point, UPS has already ****ed off the consumer, so why not wait another day? [/QUOTE]
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