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<blockquote data-quote="Catatonic" data-source="post: 1236078" data-attributes="member: 7966"><p>UPS is in the business to make money.</p><p>Building facilities and purchasing package cars to be used in a 2 to 3 week period annually may not be the optimal decision.</p><p>Yeah, peak comes every year and every year UPS makes a lot of money during peak season doing what they are doing and capacity investment costs money that is not making money 11 months out of 12.</p><p>It may be frustrating to you and most operations employees but UPS makes a higher percent of their revenue and profits in December than any other month.</p><p>I remember when we use to add drivers, run spurs outside and in sort aisles and every December, UPS would lose money or maybe break even. UPS then started using helpers a lot more and started making profits during peak.</p><p>At some point, when UPS starts to lose money in December or lose market share because of poor service during peak season, UPS will adapt.</p><p>Try reading the FedEx forum and see how screwed up FedEx is from the employee perspective.</p><p>Employees that leave FedEx and come to UPS say UPS is better but not the other way around.</p><p></p><p>Oh well, something to think about but also totally understandable if everyone bitches and complains.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Catatonic, post: 1236078, member: 7966"] UPS is in the business to make money. Building facilities and purchasing package cars to be used in a 2 to 3 week period annually may not be the optimal decision. Yeah, peak comes every year and every year UPS makes a lot of money during peak season doing what they are doing and capacity investment costs money that is not making money 11 months out of 12. It may be frustrating to you and most operations employees but UPS makes a higher percent of their revenue and profits in December than any other month. I remember when we use to add drivers, run spurs outside and in sort aisles and every December, UPS would lose money or maybe break even. UPS then started using helpers a lot more and started making profits during peak. At some point, when UPS starts to lose money in December or lose market share because of poor service during peak season, UPS will adapt. Try reading the FedEx forum and see how screwed up FedEx is from the employee perspective. Employees that leave FedEx and come to UPS say UPS is better but not the other way around. Oh well, something to think about but also totally understandable if everyone bitches and complains. [/QUOTE]
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