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Management is taking issue with my being overallowed.
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<blockquote data-quote="V and H" data-source="post: 1973286" data-attributes="member: 61424"><p>This is a new bid route for me. My most recent route I averaged 1.00 hours over on an average 11.5 hour paid day.</p><p></p><p>When I <em>started</em> driving, I would bonus 1.50+ hours every day. After about 5 years and about 5 accidents, I started driving safely and taking a lot less shortcuts. At that point, I ran scratch because that route had a good time study.</p><p></p><p>This new rural route that I have has a poor time study, and the fill in drivers run the route off:</p><p>(1) come in early and tighten up the load on their own time,</p><p>(2) drive as fast as humanly possible,</p><p>(3) leave packages in mailboxes and behind gates at the road, and</p><p>(4) probably sign for the customers, don't ring doorbells or leave out notices, etc.</p><p>(5) leave their garbage in the car.</p><p>These runner gunners still run a little over when they run the route off as much as humanly possible. They are also half my age and weight.</p><p></p><p>Doing the EAMs probably doesn't help my numbers because I am driving across town in rush hour traffic in order to deliver 1-3 stops in an hour.</p><p></p><p>The way I work now is:</p><p>(1) I don't start working until start time,</p><p>(2) I take <strong>zero </strong>shortcuts and drive like a driving instructor,</p><p>(3) I work through my paid 15 and 10 minute breaks (to give them the benefit of a doubt),</p><p>(4) I take no lunch or a lunch at the very end (after bringing in my pickups). <em>After</em> I punch out, I empty my garbage can and do all the little things to get ready for the next day.</p><p></p><p>I feel like the bottom line is that I am driving and working exactly as they trained me, and I am being made to look slow because of some runner gunner cover drivers and the fact that the time study is off, particularly when you factor in the hour spent doing EAM work.</p><p></p><p>All this is occurring in order to discourage me from doing EAMs. They want lower paid drivers (or at least drivers who work near the center) to do the EAMs. There is clearly identifiable pressure to get me to speed up somehow. The only way I could do this is drive faster, run and/or take shortcuts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="V and H, post: 1973286, member: 61424"] This is a new bid route for me. My most recent route I averaged 1.00 hours over on an average 11.5 hour paid day. When I [I]started[/I] driving, I would bonus 1.50+ hours every day. After about 5 years and about 5 accidents, I started driving safely and taking a lot less shortcuts. At that point, I ran scratch because that route had a good time study. This new rural route that I have has a poor time study, and the fill in drivers run the route off: (1) come in early and tighten up the load on their own time, (2) drive as fast as humanly possible, (3) leave packages in mailboxes and behind gates at the road, and (4) probably sign for the customers, don't ring doorbells or leave out notices, etc. (5) leave their garbage in the car. These runner gunners still run a little over when they run the route off as much as humanly possible. They are also half my age and weight. Doing the EAMs probably doesn't help my numbers because I am driving across town in rush hour traffic in order to deliver 1-3 stops in an hour. The way I work now is: (1) I don't start working until start time, (2) I take [B]zero [/B]shortcuts and drive like a driving instructor, (3) I work through my paid 15 and 10 minute breaks (to give them the benefit of a doubt), (4) I take no lunch or a lunch at the very end (after bringing in my pickups). [I]After[/I] I punch out, I empty my garbage can and do all the little things to get ready for the next day. I feel like the bottom line is that I am driving and working exactly as they trained me, and I am being made to look slow because of some runner gunner cover drivers and the fact that the time study is off, particularly when you factor in the hour spent doing EAM work. All this is occurring in order to discourage me from doing EAMs. They want lower paid drivers (or at least drivers who work near the center) to do the EAMs. There is clearly identifiable pressure to get me to speed up somehow. The only way I could do this is drive faster, run and/or take shortcuts. [/QUOTE]
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