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<blockquote data-quote="Epoisode7" data-source="post: 1146987" data-attributes="member: 47942"><p>Also to add, the only thing keeping me here are my coworkers. I have two coworkers on neighboring routes who have become good friends. They are both family guys and plan on sticking around in this field for a bit. If I quit, it would add 33% to their workload. They are stressed to the max, but they don't cause trouble because their afraid of reprisal. If I leave, they would have to absorb my work load in part, adding atleast an hour or two to each day. It takes weeks or even months to get someone fully into the system and trained. It took me 2 months and everything went smooth. There's no one to absorb my route except them, and I'd hate to do that, but it seems I am being given no choice. Yes, it is ultimately up to me to make the best or worst of the situation. I'm not a spiteful guy and I would like to leave the job better than I found it, but I just don't see that as possible. Thanks for all the insight guys! </p><p></p><p>And yes, 18 hour days are not common, but they do happen, and it is nothing short of fraud what the contractors have us do. We are "strongly encouraged" to manipulate the times to fit within DOT windows, meaning shorting the scanner login times by not counting the drive, or sometimes even logging in remotely halfway through the day. I've seen guys do crazy things to save time, like driver releasing 20 packages in the van, then delivering them to save a couple seconds of scanning and walking... indirecting packages to their garage and delivering them the next day... driver releasing packages to apartment complex office doors without checking the actual apartment. I'm out! God speed to you other drivers, Express and Ground both.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Epoisode7, post: 1146987, member: 47942"] Also to add, the only thing keeping me here are my coworkers. I have two coworkers on neighboring routes who have become good friends. They are both family guys and plan on sticking around in this field for a bit. If I quit, it would add 33% to their workload. They are stressed to the max, but they don't cause trouble because their afraid of reprisal. If I leave, they would have to absorb my work load in part, adding atleast an hour or two to each day. It takes weeks or even months to get someone fully into the system and trained. It took me 2 months and everything went smooth. There's no one to absorb my route except them, and I'd hate to do that, but it seems I am being given no choice. Yes, it is ultimately up to me to make the best or worst of the situation. I'm not a spiteful guy and I would like to leave the job better than I found it, but I just don't see that as possible. Thanks for all the insight guys! And yes, 18 hour days are not common, but they do happen, and it is nothing short of fraud what the contractors have us do. We are "strongly encouraged" to manipulate the times to fit within DOT windows, meaning shorting the scanner login times by not counting the drive, or sometimes even logging in remotely halfway through the day. I've seen guys do crazy things to save time, like driver releasing 20 packages in the van, then delivering them to save a couple seconds of scanning and walking... indirecting packages to their garage and delivering them the next day... driver releasing packages to apartment complex office doors without checking the actual apartment. I'm out! God speed to you other drivers, Express and Ground both. [/QUOTE]
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