Maybe because the holiday isn't until Saturday? I don't get why people think they should get extra days off because a holiday falls on a weekend. We don't get Christmas eve off, why should we get July 3rd off?
On Christmas Eve, just like the day after Thanksgiving, the majority of the businesses were open. Short staffed, but still open.
The nation does not celebrate a holiday on Christmas Eve or the day after Thanksgiving. But the nation and most businesses will celebrate the 4th of July holiday by giving their employees Friday off in honor of the holiday that falls on Saturday.
Not UPS though.
Oh, and by the way, there will be no feeder runs or night sorts on Friday because, guess what, there will be no businesses open for pickups.
If UPS wants to deliver on the day that the nation will recognize the day off for the holiday, fine. But UPS will only be delivering residential. All the other employees of businesses will be home with their families.
Except for the retail stores, that are open on the holidays anyway. I would venture to say, though, that most of these stores will not be accepting deliveries on the 3rd anyway.
If every employee requested their 8 hour guarantee, UPS could chalk up another $100M loss. Add this to the $150M loss the day after Thanksgiving and UPS just pissed away a quarter of a billion dollars.
Almost as bad as ORION.
