hurricanegunner
UPSPoop
We made it through another peak! I hope everyone, hourly and management, has a Merry Christmas and an even better New Year.
Peak is all year. If you dont have enough work they increase it by 3 hrs. That is why drivers have no morale. Yes the money is nice, but it would not be so hard to work 60, if we got a 40 here and there instead of 50 all year. Next come the furniture, and end of year spending. It never ever ends.Peak isnt done yet and those who think it it is are foolish to think that.
Not so fast. I'm sure areas are different but here we might get a slight break right around New Years then another few weeks of hell.We made it through another peak! I hope everyone, hourly and management, has a Merry Christmas and an even better New Year.
I'd love 50 all year at half a driver's rate.
Sadly, peak is pretty much over for us part timers loading feeders. I've gotten 50+ hours a week for a month now with the doubles and weekend shifts. Soon I'll be back to 25 or less. What can you do, I take it when I can get it.
School is for suckers in this economy. Unless you work in the university industry.Be careful what you wish for.
Stay in school.
Merry Christmas
School is for suckers in this economy. Unless you work in the university industry.
And next year will be the same as this year but just a Little more messed up
It gets worst ever year and nobody in a suit can see that
Then FedEx will drop the ball.Suppose UPS plans all year for a 10% increase over this year and on Dec. 1st Jeff Bezos decides to shift all of his volume over to FedEx. All of that time spent planning and resources put in place would be for naught.
+1000Then FedEx will drop the ball.
This trend toward internet shopping is not going to subside.
It is going to expand into every day life, year round, to most every home.
UPS needs to decide if they want to dominate the home shopping shipping market or just be happy with what they can handle through their aging infrastructure.
I've long contended that UPS needs to expand its fleet, facilities and staffing and endure lower margins in order to position themselves for the future that is home shopping.
Instead we bolster the Post Office with "less desirable" packages when we could be embracing them and watching them become exponentially more profitable when the delivery goes from one piece to several.
All businesses have an element of risk when prognosticating what the future will bring.
I fear this company is presently bleeding the system for every penny it can get to satisfy the NYSE, rather than positioning itself for the changing market place.
We are called United Parcel Service, but this peak we would be more apply named United Parcial Service and don't think people will forget it as they go through their holiday empty handed with a meaningless guarantee.