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I just want to make friends!
Aren't we all?
Yes, but your post read as though it contained a rare bit of surprise and frustration.
Aren't we all?
Are little disgust. If the means to an end is through the use of Independent Contractors, then it should be incumbent upon them to remain well within that framework.Yes, but your post read as though it contained a rare bit of surprise and frustration.
You sir are absolutely correct. It will come down to the customer experience, compete for customers on service. That is where the current model and settlement structure falls far short.That's a nice dream. I don't see it happening until there are widespread failures across the network. I don't think the brass quite understand the full impact of the ISP model and the difference in quality of a driver for a contractor and a single van operator. They will keep squeezing until it breaks or until the organic growth of the overall market slows and we actually have to compete for customers on service.
Improving job market? We'll see. Around here, there are jobs but driving at Ground isn't the worst someone could settle for.Yo
You sir are absolutely correct. It will come down to the customer experience, compete for customers on service. That is where the current model and settlement structure falls far short.
X will not meet forcast in the future because of its fragmented system of contractors and gaps of control, however small those gaps are. Contractors will continue to lose their ability to compete in an improving job market.
I find it difficult to keep qualified , competent individuals even with the not so distant recession we went through. If you look at all economic indicators I believe those facts and realities reflect we are somewhat better off than even a few years ago. The market dictates the cost of labor, and competition. Amazon and the likes will increase your cost of doing business. Even you can't avoid these realities. The only thing that will prolong the inevitable for some is if they only run dense areas, and other competitors have not entered their markets YET. However, a contractor that runs mostly dense areas,,,,,,CAN EASILY BE REPLACED OR UNDERBID.Improving job market? We'll see. Around here, there are jobs but driving at Ground isn't the worst someone could settle for.
One of my drivers left for UPS 6 months ago. Comparing what he does there to what he did at Ground is a joke.I find it difficult to keep qualified , competent individuals even with the not so distant recession we went through. If you look at all economic indicators I believe those facts and realities reflect we are somewhat better off than even a few years ago. The market dictates the cost of labor, and competition. Amazon and the likes will increase your cost of doing business. Even you can't avoid these realities. The only thing that will prolong the inevitable for some is if they only run dense areas, and other competitors have not entered their markets YET. However, a contractor that runs mostly dense areas,,,,,,CAN EASILY BE REPLACED OR UNDERBID.
"Driving at Ground isn't the worst they can do", ? Maby so, but X wants you to be UPS for a dime not a dollar. In turn your workforce will be made up of dimes, and X will keep the pressure on us to do more for less.
One of my drivers left for UPS 6 months ago. Comparing what he does there to what he did at Ground is a joke.
Texted me at about 4 pm a couple weeks ago with 130 stops left. He rarely did 130 in a day at Ground.
Yes but he was spread all over the place in a 10 foot Uhaul box truck.Stop density is way different too. There are 3/4 UPS trucks covering my express rte.
Stop density is way different too. There are 3/4 UPS trucks covering my express rte.
Yes. He did well though. The guy is Marine to the core.FNG on his 1st UPS peak, no surprise there
Most dense routes can do 130+. Even the few that exist at X. A good wage, benefits, and pension can do wonders to motivate.One of my drivers left for UPS 6 months ago. Comparing what he does there to what he did at Ground is a joke.
Texted me at about 4 pm a couple weeks ago with 130 stops left. He rarely did 130 in a day at Ground.
Same here, unless you think it looks like a gift leave all T-W....
I don't know when making DoubleTime they all seem to look like gifts... I mean I know someone got a box of printer paper for christmas, I gotta get it to them!
Why would you be paid double for Saturday?Funny how I had 70+ stops on Saturday when paid double and other routes only took out 30ish. Ha!
Why would you be paid double for Saturday?
Nice!4-day employee. Worked 2 of my days off.
Someone must've won a lawsuit. Years ago when I was 4X10 they would convert us over to 5X8 every year the week before Christmas when we worked 6 days. Used to tell us that it wasn't fair to 5X8's if we got double time. They never had a problem giving us only 8 hrs holiday pay when we normally got 10 hrs.4-day employee. Worked 2 of my days off.
That used to royally piss me off.They never had a problem giving us only 8 hrs holiday pay when we normally got 10 hrs.
Someone must've won a lawsuit. Years ago when I was 4X10 they would convert us over to 5X8 every year the week before Christmas when we worked 6 days. Used to tell us that it wasn't fair to 5X8's if we got double time. They never had a problem giving us only 8 hrs holiday pay when we normally got 10 hrs.