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<blockquote data-quote="Benben" data-source="post: 964624" data-attributes="member: 25133"><p>Carzy overtime is an extra $16'ish an hour. Fuel would cost a fraction of that. the same pavement must be chewed to deliver the packages, the only difference is the to-and-from building those added routes would encure. Most routes in my center get to their areas inside of 15 miles. 4 miles per gallon at $4 a gallon is 1 hour's of OT for<strong> 1</strong> of the drivers that an added route would help. Truck wear and tear....I don't know what the expense per hour a truck is driven factors out to be. </p><p></p><p>I honestly think the lion's share of the expenses in adding a driver is in the bennies that added employee costs the company. BUT, laying off the lowest senority driver every day for the sake of running 1 less route makes little sense to me because you are already paying bennies for that driver. But that 1 extra driver working 9 hours means 9 other drivers have 1 hour shaved off their 10 hour plan. Thats 8 hours of OT saved. This all assumes a good dispatcher.</p><p></p><p>I don't mind working overtime. I just wish it could be held down to 1 or 1.5 hours a day. Start at 8:30am and punch out about 6pm. I'd have plenty of family time then even with 2 small kids. The company would also find my production rate would be rock-solid steady throughout the day. I think most drivers really start dragging after 9.5 hours. </p><p></p><p>Thats just my 2 cents (worth about a penny I know).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Benben, post: 964624, member: 25133"] Carzy overtime is an extra $16'ish an hour. Fuel would cost a fraction of that. the same pavement must be chewed to deliver the packages, the only difference is the to-and-from building those added routes would encure. Most routes in my center get to their areas inside of 15 miles. 4 miles per gallon at $4 a gallon is 1 hour's of OT for[B] 1[/B] of the drivers that an added route would help. Truck wear and tear....I don't know what the expense per hour a truck is driven factors out to be. I honestly think the lion's share of the expenses in adding a driver is in the bennies that added employee costs the company. BUT, laying off the lowest senority driver every day for the sake of running 1 less route makes little sense to me because you are already paying bennies for that driver. But that 1 extra driver working 9 hours means 9 other drivers have 1 hour shaved off their 10 hour plan. Thats 8 hours of OT saved. This all assumes a good dispatcher. I don't mind working overtime. I just wish it could be held down to 1 or 1.5 hours a day. Start at 8:30am and punch out about 6pm. I'd have plenty of family time then even with 2 small kids. The company would also find my production rate would be rock-solid steady throughout the day. I think most drivers really start dragging after 9.5 hours. Thats just my 2 cents (worth about a penny I know). [/QUOTE]
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