Today's new holiday (MLK), cost UPS an est. $100-125 million in just holiday pay.

[JL 0513]

For perspective on what kind of a win this was this contract, adding a paid holiday is no small thing. When you have 530,000+ employees, it tends to add up. Some quick basic math and I ballpark the amount in the title. Estimating a mix of full and part time and averaging pay scale. This doesn't even count associated benefits.

Makes things like A/C really insignificant to the bottom line.

 

[MECH-II]

How much money did we waste on ORION ?

 

[JL 0513]

How much money did we waste on ORION ?

True, but UPS considers that an investment and claims it saves them money.

Holiday pay is paying full wages to half a million people to stay home. The type of cost companies hate the most.

 

[Thebrownblob]

True, but UPS considers that an investment and claims it saves them money.

Holiday pay is paying full wages to half a million people to stay home. The type of cost companies hate the most.

Good good

 

[Thebrownblob]

True, but UPS considers that an investment and claims it saves them money.

Holiday pay is paying full wages to half a million people to stay home. The type of cost companies hate the most.

They will spend the next four days extracting that from everyone’s behind, by crushing five days of work into four.

 

[Commercial Inside Release]

"I have a dream..." will turn into "You're gonna get reamed..."


So, show them you're a boss, and call in sick!

 

[Wally]

How much money did we waste on ORION ?

Add up all the reduced miles.

 

[Pullman Brown]

They will spend the next four days extracting that from everyone’s behind, by crushing five days of work into four.

9.5 starts back!!!!!

 

[JL 0513]

They will spend the next four days extracting that from everyone’s behind, by crushing five days of work into four.

Work at same pace, make the OT.

 

[Thebrownblob]

Work at same pace, make the OT.

Well, I’ll be sitting at home, but you guys get it done!

 

[DumbTruckDriver]

I hope Sean can negotiate for a Cinco de Mayo paid day off next contract.

 

[Brown Down]

I hope Sean can negotiate for a Cinco de Mayo paid day off next contract.

screw that. i want beer 30 off dammit.

 

[BigUnionGuy]

 

[Bubblehead]

How much money did we waste on ORION ?

We have likely only seen the tip of the iceberg as it what ORION was ultimately conceived for.

Lot's of future technology that I can see integrating with ORION going forward.

 

[JL 0513]

I hope Sean can negotiate for a Cinco de Mayo paid day off next contract.

If anything, we should get Veterans Day. That should have been before MLK.

 

[Up In Smoke]

We had 50 plus TDP and feeder drivers work today at double time. I'm guessing a few thousand nation wide.

For perspective on what kind of a win this was this contract, adding a paid holiday is no small thing. When you have 530,000+ employees, it tends to add up. Some quick basic math and I ballpark the amount in the title. Estimating a mix of full and part time and averaging pay scale. This doesn't even count associated benefits.

Makes things like A/C really insignificant to the bottom line.

 

[JL 0513]

We have likely only seen the tip of the iceberg as it what ORION was ultimately conceived for.

Lot's of future technology that I can see integrating with ORION going forward.

The future of Orion is full A.I. Right now, it's rudimentary AI where an algorithm can update solutions on the fly. In the future, it'll be designed to make the human decisions we argue to make today. That's why drivers hate Orion because in the real world we see nonsensical solutions. Real AI will hopefully know much of what drivers on the ground know.

 

[Brown Down]

The future of Orion is full A.I. Right now, it's rudimentary AI where an algorithm can update solutions on the fly. In the future, it'll be designed to make the human decisions we argue to make today. That's why drivers hate Orion because in the real world we see nonsensical solutions. Real AI will hopefully know much of what drivers on the ground know.

scary but probably true.

 

[BigUnionGuy]

 

[BrownSnowFlake]

The future of Orion is full A.I. Right now, it's rudimentary AI where an algorithm can update solutions on the fly. In the future, it'll be designed to make the human decisions we argue to make today. That's why drivers hate Orion because in the real world we see nonsensical solutions. Real AI will hopefully know much of what drivers on the ground know.

This is highly optimistic and if it happens in my lifetime I will be surprised.