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Do you have any respect for drivers who never worked on the inside?
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<blockquote data-quote="Southwestern" data-source="post: 911728" data-attributes="member: 33209"><p>The majority of drivers at my center were hired off the street, since most started in the 1980s/early 1990s when UPS was heavily growing in my area. But it doesn't really matter. The overwhelming majority of drivers at my building look down upon & talk down upon part-timers, persisting the jobs are easy (compared to when they did it, which may have been for just a few months or years): e.g. PAL vs. memorization for sorters/preloaders, Next Generation Small Sort vs. memorization, extendos vs. the old crappy rollers for unloaders/loaders, etc. What they fail to account for is productivity standards: for example, unloaders use to unload three 28' trailers in a 4-hour -- often receiving help -- whereas now they may be expected to unload two 53' trailers -- and then bag for their 3.5 guarantee. In all honesty, I think the large wage discrepancy is the reason for the attitude... but, IMO, driving for $70,000/year is a lot easier to preloading for $12,000/year <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-shortname=";)" />.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Southwestern, post: 911728, member: 33209"] The majority of drivers at my center were hired off the street, since most started in the 1980s/early 1990s when UPS was heavily growing in my area. But it doesn't really matter. The overwhelming majority of drivers at my building look down upon & talk down upon part-timers, persisting the jobs are easy (compared to when they did it, which may have been for just a few months or years): e.g. PAL vs. memorization for sorters/preloaders, Next Generation Small Sort vs. memorization, extendos vs. the old crappy rollers for unloaders/loaders, etc. What they fail to account for is productivity standards: for example, unloaders use to unload three 28' trailers in a 4-hour -- often receiving help -- whereas now they may be expected to unload two 53' trailers -- and then bag for their 3.5 guarantee. In all honesty, I think the large wage discrepancy is the reason for the attitude... but, IMO, driving for $70,000/year is a lot easier to preloading for $12,000/year ;). [/QUOTE]
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