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How should company fix peak problems?
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<blockquote data-quote="&#039;Lord Brown&#039;s bidding&#039;" data-source="post: 1244230" data-attributes="member: 32753"><p>A few people here keep bringing up hiring extra staff to be adequately prepared. We all have seen articles mentioning how hard UPS had it hiring seasonal extras this year, especially in places like Louisville, where companies who depend on UPS have built distribution centers that pay better than UPS for those positions. And not everyone wants to make the jump to driver on the inside.</p><p></p><p>Then there is what is to be done with the new hire drivers once peak does settle down, and it will. At least in my center/hub, ouside of peak and vacation season they really aren't needed. They may get to work two or three days a week, but it is highly frustrating for them and many would rather not, which ends up wasting money. Even still, we have a fair amount of guys who have made seniority just since June who are going to have a tough go of it real soon. It is not easy to insure against overwhelming peaks, because the most valuable commodity-people-can't just be stored out of sight the other 7 months or so they aren't really needed (counting peak and the summer rush).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="'Lord Brown's bidding', post: 1244230, member: 32753"] A few people here keep bringing up hiring extra staff to be adequately prepared. We all have seen articles mentioning how hard UPS had it hiring seasonal extras this year, especially in places like Louisville, where companies who depend on UPS have built distribution centers that pay better than UPS for those positions. And not everyone wants to make the jump to driver on the inside. Then there is what is to be done with the new hire drivers once peak does settle down, and it will. At least in my center/hub, ouside of peak and vacation season they really aren't needed. They may get to work two or three days a week, but it is highly frustrating for them and many would rather not, which ends up wasting money. Even still, we have a fair amount of guys who have made seniority just since June who are going to have a tough go of it real soon. It is not easy to insure against overwhelming peaks, because the most valuable commodity-people-can't just be stored out of sight the other 7 months or so they aren't really needed (counting peak and the summer rush). [/QUOTE]
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