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<blockquote data-quote="canon" data-source="post: 156957" data-attributes="member: 8423"><p>I've been trying to get my current mgmt team to fix the PAS problems for the last year. It's costing me easily 40 minutes a day to travel to another area already being covered by another driver for 1-3 stops. That driver gets 3-4 stops in an area being covered by me. This isn't restricted to just my loop, it's center wide. </p><p></p><p>When they re-looped everything, essentially what they did was toss out decades of IE department data, onroad supervisor adjustments, and driver input in favor of someone sitting behind a desk looking at a map. They promised the inital re-loop was going to be followed up by "fine tuning" which would include driver input. Hasn't happened. I even told them I could easily take an additional 10-15 stops with the adjustments that they also agree are necessary. The fix would require them to actually work tho, (they would have to reloop it) so nothing has been done for just under a year. Why? Because the driver sups look good on paper when their drivers dispatch because of the higher miles. It's about the numbers. That's fine... I don't own stock so I don't mind their dividends ending up in my fuel tank or as overtime on my paycheck. </p><p></p><p>So, for the majority of my center, everyone is over lapping each other unnecessarily and has been since PAS went live (think of this in terms of additional miles, hours, vehicle maintenance, drivers etc) with the additional insults of being told we're doing a lousy job and need to work faster despite the known deficiencies in load quality and PAS labeling mistakes. And what is the latest concern from our mgmt team? They recently announced the 10 minute paid break is to be used to cover our bathroom visits.</p><p></p><p>One day someone with a brain at ups will stumble on the notion that maybe the fastest way to reduce the union presence is to eliminate the perception that a strong union is still currently a necessity. Wow, what a concept.</p><p></p><p>My favorite tho was when I was parttime and the driver sup who ran the Saturday Air sort told me I wouldn't be able to continue working on saturdays because my National Guard drills were disruptive to UPS business. LOL... I didn't argue... just went straight to my JAG office. Apparently, the threat of UPS being sued by the US Govt was the more disruptive of the two choices. I'll bet he was only thinking of his career tho.</p><p></p><p>Yeah, UPS is a great place to work. You just have to develop a good sense of humor concerning the constant threat of discipline for factors beyond your control, and be indifferent to constantly being told you're not doing a good enough job by people who will most likely be the next to be fired themselves. Nobody is safe from the idiots on the next rung up. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Having said that... thank you Dave Ramsey... i'm only a few months away from no longer being in a position of <em>needing</em> UPS.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="canon, post: 156957, member: 8423"] I've been trying to get my current mgmt team to fix the PAS problems for the last year. It's costing me easily 40 minutes a day to travel to another area already being covered by another driver for 1-3 stops. That driver gets 3-4 stops in an area being covered by me. This isn't restricted to just my loop, it's center wide. When they re-looped everything, essentially what they did was toss out decades of IE department data, onroad supervisor adjustments, and driver input in favor of someone sitting behind a desk looking at a map. They promised the inital re-loop was going to be followed up by "fine tuning" which would include driver input. Hasn't happened. I even told them I could easily take an additional 10-15 stops with the adjustments that they also agree are necessary. The fix would require them to actually work tho, (they would have to reloop it) so nothing has been done for just under a year. Why? Because the driver sups look good on paper when their drivers dispatch because of the higher miles. It's about the numbers. That's fine... I don't own stock so I don't mind their dividends ending up in my fuel tank or as overtime on my paycheck. So, for the majority of my center, everyone is over lapping each other unnecessarily and has been since PAS went live (think of this in terms of additional miles, hours, vehicle maintenance, drivers etc) with the additional insults of being told we're doing a lousy job and need to work faster despite the known deficiencies in load quality and PAS labeling mistakes. And what is the latest concern from our mgmt team? They recently announced the 10 minute paid break is to be used to cover our bathroom visits. One day someone with a brain at ups will stumble on the notion that maybe the fastest way to reduce the union presence is to eliminate the perception that a strong union is still currently a necessity. Wow, what a concept. My favorite tho was when I was parttime and the driver sup who ran the Saturday Air sort told me I wouldn't be able to continue working on saturdays because my National Guard drills were disruptive to UPS business. LOL... I didn't argue... just went straight to my JAG office. Apparently, the threat of UPS being sued by the US Govt was the more disruptive of the two choices. I'll bet he was only thinking of his career tho. Yeah, UPS is a great place to work. You just have to develop a good sense of humor concerning the constant threat of discipline for factors beyond your control, and be indifferent to constantly being told you're not doing a good enough job by people who will most likely be the next to be fired themselves. Nobody is safe from the idiots on the next rung up. Having said that... thank you Dave Ramsey... i'm only a few months away from no longer being in a position of [I]needing[/I] UPS. [/QUOTE]
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