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<blockquote data-quote="pretender" data-source="post: 57535"><p>ups gal: </p><p> </p><p>I don't know where you are from; but we have the same situation. There is a handful of drivers who are done around 4:30pm every day. What gets me is that most of them are in heavy commercial areas, where everyone around them is working late. The reason given when pressed, is that these people have full trucks. However, since I am a CPU driver, I know for a fact that one of these guys fills his truck up at an account that is later picked up with a tractor-trailer--what a waste! </p><p> </p><p>Regarding getting the packages back to the center early--That is just a crock. The only thing UPS hates worse than having too many package cars on the road, is to have any CPU tractor trailers. It is common practice for us to pick up trailers from an account at 7:00pm or later, that are ready at 5:00pm or earlier. We can't be a 3 places at once. Also, is it really cheaper to have 4-5 package cars go to one stop that could be serviced with one trailer? </p><p> </p><p>However, it is all a moot point--No matter if all of the packages were back to the sort early and if the Feeders left and returned on time, the morning sort would still run late. Why is it that Mondays are sometimes the worse day of the week as far as getting out on time in the morning??? There are no late Feeder drivers to blame it on... </p><p> </p><p>With the exception of the present situation, I have always thought that the UPS standards were fair--In 32 years, I have never had a problem meeting or beating them. The problem is, it is never good enough--The company always wants more, and more, and more. You do them a favor one day, and the next day it is in your Diad...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pretender, post: 57535"] ups gal: I don't know where you are from; but we have the same situation. There is a handful of drivers who are done around 4:30pm every day. What gets me is that most of them are in heavy commercial areas, where everyone around them is working late. The reason given when pressed, is that these people have full trucks. However, since I am a CPU driver, I know for a fact that one of these guys fills his truck up at an account that is later picked up with a tractor-trailer--what a waste! Regarding getting the packages back to the center early--That is just a crock. The only thing UPS hates worse than having too many package cars on the road, is to have any CPU tractor trailers. It is common practice for us to pick up trailers from an account at 7:00pm or later, that are ready at 5:00pm or earlier. We can't be a 3 places at once. Also, is it really cheaper to have 4-5 package cars go to one stop that could be serviced with one trailer? However, it is all a moot point--No matter if all of the packages were back to the sort early and if the Feeders left and returned on time, the morning sort would still run late. Why is it that Mondays are sometimes the worse day of the week as far as getting out on time in the morning??? There are no late Feeder drivers to blame it on... With the exception of the present situation, I have always thought that the UPS standards were fair--In 32 years, I have never had a problem meeting or beating them. The problem is, it is never good enough--The company always wants more, and more, and more. You do them a favor one day, and the next day it is in your Diad... [/QUOTE]
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