All those fat, old, and slow express drivers make us look bad
I knew of an Express courier who put up incredibly good numbers, who called regulars, including drop off centers, to see if they had anything going out, who took outbound during morning deliveries and didn't come back at afternoon ready time for pups. He had very high stops per hour, had to have been working on lunch. Got done with an extended area fulltime route soon enough to get back to town and do a part-time pup rt and then get back and be haz specialist. Made $76k in 2012 on the lowest payscale. He pleased management so they let him hang around to do haz and all the OT really added up. What he got for his running was being broadsided by a tractor trailer on the job and killed. And when I took over his route pressure was put on me to do the same. Manager told me the senior mgr asked him if he thought I was milking. Lots of write-ups, lots of comments until I pointed out what customers were telling me the previous courier had been doing. The fact is, no matter the division, you guys want and want and want and give back very little. You will put our lives on the line to squeeze out an extra nickel while preaching safety. Thing is if I had done everything he had done, running all day and putting in long hours and working every Saturday to make that good money, I wouldn't have come close to what he made as he was topped out and I, after almost 15 years, wasn't even at the midpoint of the pay range. I'm not going to get myself killed for the likes of you, whether it's an accident or heart attack. If I had his pay I may look at it different, but you guys who think we should bleed purple and orange, or purple and green, for $15hr and limited or no benefits are out of your minds.