DumbTruckDriver
Allergic to cardboard.
Commercial stops can be marked as closed on certain days, so they won't make it on the package car.
This will be a dispatcher issue and likely a ton of work for said person. Tagging said addresses for hold and having them diverted to a retain trailer as opposed to running it into cars. Likely a logistical nightmare for centers sent down from some IE geek in a cubicle 1000 miles away.I can see where simply getting to packages which can be successfully delivered on Sat in a mixed pile can be a real challenge in some instances. If a route has a certain business that receives a large shipment daily but is only open M-friend, what do you do on Sat morning with that large pile of boxes that would normally go down the aisle bricking out the package car if it can't be unloaded early or even at all, giving the driver room to move around the truck and sort and line up deliveries.
Commercial stops can be marked as closed on certain days, so they won't make it on the package car.
When he's closed?And that can bite them in the ass when the proprietor calls and says : "I want my stuff, today."
When he's closed?
Considering UPS' primary competitors for Sat. ground (FedEx Ground & USPS) do not charge extra for Sat. delivery, how will UPS be able to command a premium price? UPS NDA for Sat. delivery already has a surcharge as does FedEx Express, so nothing to change there. Consumers are demanding Sat. delivery for ground shipments and UPS is the outlier by not offering it. FedEx Home Delivery constantly touts that offering Sat. delivery for ground as a major service advantage over UPS.
Times change and companies that don't change to accommodate consumers needs lose market share and revenue. It's about time UPS offers this option. Since UPS typically rolls out new services at the start of the year, it's likely Sat. delivery for ground will become a standard service offering in Jan. 2017.
I wonder how UPS hopes to find enough qualified hard workers for a PT job that pays $10.15/hr for 4 hours a day. Promise to pay new workers 15/hr just to get them in the door? More smoke and mirrors from HR.I don't disagree. I do think this is a test run for peak. Which is when I think it will come out for a full test. The only issue is how they get around the contract for the hours and day stuff.
Will they make us work 6 days? Or create a tues-sat bid? 6 day work weeks equals goodbye family time, weekend getaways, we work enough hours Monday -Friday as is.
There are always enough OT whores to staff a limited Saturday operation.Will they make us work 6 days? Or create a tues-sat bid? 6 day work weeks equals goodbye family time, weekend getaways, we work enough hours Monday -Friday as is.
No I haven't, I can't read; can you read them all to me please?Did you even bother to read any of this thread before posting?
Sounds like we all will have to wait until next month to hear how much UPS failed to prepare.There has to be someone here who is working the trial run area, tell us how it works.
Two years from August 1.Contract up next year? That's news to me.
And the pie is growing by the day.Being competitive went out the window long ago, if it didn't then service wouldn't have gone down the tubes with all the carriers. Every carrier knows that there is more than enough volume to go around and no one company could ever handle it all and they all know that.
Old fart !! LolIt was only a matter of time. When I started here , we didn't even have Saturday air.