Just to show you how this overtime situation gets out of hand 'specially in winter.
Big snow/ice/rain storm takes over the state Wednsday. They cut routes and extend areas knowing we were in for a difficult day. Ups's take is that they are going to save money by looking at their reports in the morning. Obviously during the day, we drivers run into problems that all our managers know is going to happen. Unpassable roads, slicked driveways, time to bag packages, extra caution walking, slower driving, iced windshields, unpassable driveways, frozen driver parts
. All drivers get called back to building for 8pm. Tons of missed packages because we didn't get into those areas, not because we couldn't deliver them. We had to have lost money on the deal. Excess overtime and little production.
Now comes Thursday. Leftover stops + light volume due to storm. Knowing everything is covered in ice and missed areas, they still send out the same plan with cut routes. So instead of 1 day of adverse conditions, they give us 2 days in a row. I call in over 11, 2 hours into my day, knowing this route full well that there plan just went down like the Titanic. No message back. Finally at 6pm, message comes "Are you still over 11". Yes, request acknowleged and accepted, I reply.
5 minutes later, "Are you going to be OVER 12". I REPLIED, WHO CARES !!! If im going to be over 11, why care if I'm going to be over 12.
They give us a cutoff of 840pm last night. 1/3 of the driver pulling in after 8pm with missed packages, most from the same areas missed the day before.
Moral of the story - We all don't mind a little overtime. But when they abuse the system, we have a right to be pissed.