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Seasonal helpers '07: The nightmare before Christmas.
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<blockquote data-quote="Harley Rider" data-source="post: 268249" data-attributes="member: 10872"><p>The first several peaks I worked for UPS I remember them hiring several peak drivers and having 5 or 6 rental trucks. This was in a small center of maybe 30 drivers. As far as I know there haven't been any peak drivers hired in our area for years. Upper management seems to think that helpers are the way to go nowadays. They never even had enough DIADS to give us two of them so we went out with one. There is only so much sorting a person can do in the back of your car waiting for a helper to return.</p><p></p><p>They give you 4 or 5 hours of extra work and then tell you to use the helper for no more than 2 hours. Getting in at a decent time isn't even a consideration anymore. Personally I don't want a helper on my car and don't take one if there is any way I can talk them out of it. I have very few stops that a helper can really make a difference on my day. I have so many rural deliveries that they are useless. Once management sees that I don't get in any earlier than normal they usually have not forced one on me.</p><p></p><p>I'll take a 10 hour day w/o a helper anytime over a 10 hr day with one. Once you show on your time card that a helper has been on your car, your time allowance is shot. Doesn't make any difference if you had one for 2 hours or 8 hours.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Harley Rider, post: 268249, member: 10872"] The first several peaks I worked for UPS I remember them hiring several peak drivers and having 5 or 6 rental trucks. This was in a small center of maybe 30 drivers. As far as I know there haven't been any peak drivers hired in our area for years. Upper management seems to think that helpers are the way to go nowadays. They never even had enough DIADS to give us two of them so we went out with one. There is only so much sorting a person can do in the back of your car waiting for a helper to return. They give you 4 or 5 hours of extra work and then tell you to use the helper for no more than 2 hours. Getting in at a decent time isn't even a consideration anymore. Personally I don't want a helper on my car and don't take one if there is any way I can talk them out of it. I have very few stops that a helper can really make a difference on my day. I have so many rural deliveries that they are useless. Once management sees that I don't get in any earlier than normal they usually have not forced one on me. I'll take a 10 hour day w/o a helper anytime over a 10 hr day with one. Once you show on your time card that a helper has been on your car, your time allowance is shot. Doesn't make any difference if you had one for 2 hours or 8 hours. [/QUOTE]
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