it isn't for me; i get paid by the stop & not to load/sort my own parcels... as a swing, the travel time from the terminal to the service area varies with each route, some are under 1/2 hour while others take 1.5 to 2 hours before i start getting paid...
some drivers are paid by a salaried day $110-$125 so they usually don't want to come to the terminal until the sort is done ~ it usually was by 0730... nowadays it's done an hour later & it's not peak season anymore
if the temp agency keeps me as an hourly employee, i'll be getting paid for ALL the other things i'm doing, like an Express driver
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one contractor was nice enough to micro-sort my pile in sequence so i can scan and load it into the package car quickly... i got into the terminal, and did all my pre-trip, load/sort, supplies into the package car in under an hour, so that was appreciated
PS: is ground using VRP or stop-order loading yet?