saturday you get paid for it. sunday you get monday off.
Blizzard has it right. Last year it was on a Saturday and we worked and got paid the extra day on Saturday. Why we worked is beyond my comprehesion, because all businesses were closed. I actually was directed to run an air route after the 2 routes I did with light volume. I picked up letter boxes until 8pm. I got 1 package out of about 17 letter boxes. Mind you, I didn't mind the $44 per hour for 3 hours to get 1 package, but I have to question management's incentive for staying open so late. Everyone of the Fed-ex boxes noted that all pick-ups would be made by 5 pm on July 3 (why didn't UPS do this and save a ton of money?).
This would be the sensible thing to do, no? I would even go so far as to close them at noon. Here I am on July 3, 2009 sitting at a letter box that can't be scanned or picked up until 20:00 making $44/hour. There is not a soul around. There hasn't been for the last 4 hours. Everyone is at cook-outs or whatever. Nobody is doing business for the day, never mind at 8PM, yet UPS wants me there to pick up the letter box. It would be the equal of running this operation on July 4th or Labor day.
Its great to know we go above and beyond, but when there is nobody to go above and beyond for, we need to give it a rest. No?
As an hourlie I made out like a bandit this day, but as a stock holder I don't feel as well.
Thankfully by law UPS will have to shut down July 5, 2010 because the 4th is on a Sunday, because if not I'm sure UPS would choose to operate as it did on July 3rd 2009.
