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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 321679" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p><span style="color: #a0522d">Actually they also save an extra driver to eliminate some, not all but some overtime.</span></p><p><span style="color: black"><em>Its the same number of drivers, and same number of routes. The only change is where they park.</em></span></p><p><span style="color: #a0522d">The cost of a hitch and a T500 traile are much less than that of the previously mentioned package car. The feed driver only gets paid the extra for what time he is actually pulling the trailer, in most cases an two hours per day if that long.</span></p><p> <em>The number of package cars doesnt change. By implementing a satellite where none existed before, you require a hitch car and a trailer. Actually, you need <u>two</u> hitch cars, since one might be undergoing repair or PMI. And the driver pulling the trailer get pup pay for his <u>entire</u> day, not just the time spent pulling. See your contract.</em></p><p><span style="color: #a0522d">Most Sat drivers can get their car loaded within 30 minutes</span></p><p><span style="color: black"><em>True, but that doesnt change the fact that you have already paid the preload to handle those packges, now you are paying a driver to do the same work twice. How is that efficient?</em></span></p><p><span style="color: #a0522d">Most feed drivers for Sat centers do not run committed air anyway, the extended routes don't usually have 10:30 commit times</span></p><p><span style="color: black"><em>Every feed driver in my building has 10:30 committed air that he has to dump off on others in his loop. Two of our satellite routes have 10:30 commits also. The guy who decided to satellite the routes and the guy who decided on the NDA commit times arent in the same department. None of these decisions were made by <u>local</u> management, they were mandated from "on high" by an IE genius with a map and a crayon.</em></span></p><p><span style="color: #a0522d">I would say that in this case they may need to re-evaluate the trace on those routes</span></p><p><span style="color: black"><em>W</em></span><span style="color: black"><em>hat needs to be re-evaluated....is whether there is any realistic basis for satelliting the routes out in the first place. Again, these decisions were made by absent asnd unaccountable IE managers, not local sups who actually have a clue about the areas they dispatch.</em></span></p><p><span style="color: #a0522d">This is also true, however the cover driver usually gets a head start in the fact that he doesn't have to load his truck. That means that for 44-46 weeks they get whatever savings they perceive they are gaining</span></p><p><em><span style="color: black">When the bid driver is gone...whoever replaces him does so at his normal start time, not the delayed start time. This employee is paid time plus mileage to drive his personal vehicle from the center to the satellite location and back. Some employees refuse to use their personal vehicles for this purpose; in this case they drive an <u>empty</u> package car out to the satellite location, park it, load the vehicle that is already there, then when they are through they unload, park, and then drive the empty car back to the center. 7 weeks a year of this eats into whatever small savings might theoreically be gained.</span></em></p><p><em> Im not saying that there arent areas where satellite centers are feasable. What I am saying....is that IE shouldnt be involved in the decision making process at all. They need to be locked in a room with their maps and their crayons so that operational decsions can be left to the local management that actually dispatches the work in the real world.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 321679, member: 14668"] [COLOR=#a0522d]Actually they also save an extra driver to eliminate some, not all but some overtime.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black][I]Its the same number of drivers, and same number of routes. The only change is where they park.[/I][/COLOR] [COLOR=#a0522d]The cost of a hitch and a T500 traile are much less than that of the previously mentioned package car. The feed driver only gets paid the extra for what time he is actually pulling the trailer, in most cases an two hours per day if that long.[/COLOR] [I]The number of package cars doesnt change. By implementing a satellite where none existed before, you require a hitch car and a trailer. Actually, you need [U]two[/U] hitch cars, since one might be undergoing repair or PMI. And the driver pulling the trailer get pup pay for his [U]entire[/U] day, not just the time spent pulling. See your contract.[/I] [COLOR=#a0522d]Most Sat drivers can get their car loaded within 30 minutes[/COLOR] [COLOR=black][I]True, but that doesnt change the fact that you have already paid the preload to handle those packges, now you are paying a driver to do the same work twice. How is that efficient?[/I][/COLOR] [COLOR=#a0522d]Most feed drivers for Sat centers do not run committed air anyway, the extended routes don't usually have 10:30 commit times[/COLOR] [COLOR=black][I]Every feed driver in my building has 10:30 committed air that he has to dump off on others in his loop. Two of our satellite routes have 10:30 commits also. The guy who decided to satellite the routes and the guy who decided on the NDA commit times arent in the same department. None of these decisions were made by [U]local[/U] management, they were mandated from "on high" by an IE genius with a map and a crayon.[/I][/COLOR] [COLOR=#a0522d]I would say that in this case they may need to re-evaluate the trace on those routes[/COLOR] [COLOR=black][I]W[/I][/COLOR][COLOR=black][I]hat needs to be re-evaluated....is whether there is any realistic basis for satelliting the routes out in the first place. Again, these decisions were made by absent asnd unaccountable IE managers, not local sups who actually have a clue about the areas they dispatch.[/I][/COLOR] [COLOR=#a0522d]This is also true, however the cover driver usually gets a head start in the fact that he doesn't have to load his truck. That means that for 44-46 weeks they get whatever savings they perceive they are gaining[/COLOR] [I][COLOR=black]When the bid driver is gone...whoever replaces him does so at his normal start time, not the delayed start time. This employee is paid time plus mileage to drive his personal vehicle from the center to the satellite location and back. Some employees refuse to use their personal vehicles for this purpose; in this case they drive an [U]empty[/U] package car out to the satellite location, park it, load the vehicle that is already there, then when they are through they unload, park, and then drive the empty car back to the center. 7 weeks a year of this eats into whatever small savings might theoreically be gained.[/COLOR][/I] [I] Im not saying that there arent areas where satellite centers are feasable. What I am saying....is that IE shouldnt be involved in the decision making process at all. They need to be locked in a room with their maps and their crayons so that operational decsions can be left to the local management that actually dispatches the work in the real world.[/I] [/QUOTE]
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