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<blockquote data-quote="Overpaid Union Thug" data-source="post: 1228226" data-attributes="member: 198"><p>We have to put 40 stops in the board and some helpers are great. Some not so much. The point is that in November many centers don't always need helpers but UPS cuts routes so they can use them. And they generally don't save much time (if any) unless drivers are primarily in dense neighborhoods and multiple stops can be completed while parked. But that time can easily be wiped out by breaking off to pick the helpers up and then dropping them back off. It is possible to occasionally make the pu and drop off on trace without breaking off but that is impossible when dispatches are scattered all over the map. </p><p></p><p>The ease at which a helper board can be used isn't the issue. The fact that using the helper board doesn't result in any improved efficiency AND is a hassle at times is the issue. And then we seem to get allot of helpers that have shady work histories that slowly come to light during idle conversation. And they are the ones that are always late for their pickup times and/or tell you that they need to get dropped off earlier than planned because they have something else to do. And that's after they bitched and whined about only getting two or three hours that they were late for.</p><p></p><p> Then the issues with the TCDs only adds to the frustration. And that's what this is really about. Frustration that doesn't even need to happen. And its all the direct result of greed (cutting routes to use helpers) and metrics that serve no true purpose other than to exist.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Overpaid Union Thug, post: 1228226, member: 198"] We have to put 40 stops in the board and some helpers are great. Some not so much. The point is that in November many centers don't always need helpers but UPS cuts routes so they can use them. And they generally don't save much time (if any) unless drivers are primarily in dense neighborhoods and multiple stops can be completed while parked. But that time can easily be wiped out by breaking off to pick the helpers up and then dropping them back off. It is possible to occasionally make the pu and drop off on trace without breaking off but that is impossible when dispatches are scattered all over the map. The ease at which a helper board can be used isn't the issue. The fact that using the helper board doesn't result in any improved efficiency AND is a hassle at times is the issue. And then we seem to get allot of helpers that have shady work histories that slowly come to light during idle conversation. And they are the ones that are always late for their pickup times and/or tell you that they need to get dropped off earlier than planned because they have something else to do. And that's after they bitched and whined about only getting two or three hours that they were late for. Then the issues with the TCDs only adds to the frustration. And that's what this is really about. Frustration that doesn't even need to happen. And its all the direct result of greed (cutting routes to use helpers) and metrics that serve no true purpose other than to exist. [/QUOTE]
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