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<blockquote data-quote="Bagels" data-source="post: 1082629" data-attributes="member: 43436"><p>I hired in as a high school co-op student in 1999. I should clarify: maximizing space has always been the goal, but not in the same manner as it is now, where employees are instructed to load the bags on the bottom of the trailer (boxes touching the top of the ceiling take up the most space) and literally wedge packages in. During peak, we had a (very) late arriving trailer in which somebody's TV was wedged in so badly our Preload manager & district manager bashed it in with a crowbar so we could save that 2-3 minutes (when you have several hundred drivers, it's cheaper to pay out the claim, that I agree with, but it shouldn't have happened to begin with).</p><p></p><p>I've worked with a couple hundred PT sups (at least) and a whopping three -- yes, three -- have been promoted to FT (one was just an office person). The company's more intent on hiring every female & minority it can off the street/right out of college -- and telling the incument PT sups "...any day now." We've lost some good talent. One of my closest friends departed for FedEx and is now running one of their largest Preloads.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bagels, post: 1082629, member: 43436"] I hired in as a high school co-op student in 1999. I should clarify: maximizing space has always been the goal, but not in the same manner as it is now, where employees are instructed to load the bags on the bottom of the trailer (boxes touching the top of the ceiling take up the most space) and literally wedge packages in. During peak, we had a (very) late arriving trailer in which somebody's TV was wedged in so badly our Preload manager & district manager bashed it in with a crowbar so we could save that 2-3 minutes (when you have several hundred drivers, it's cheaper to pay out the claim, that I agree with, but it shouldn't have happened to begin with). I've worked with a couple hundred PT sups (at least) and a whopping three -- yes, three -- have been promoted to FT (one was just an office person). The company's more intent on hiring every female & minority it can off the street/right out of college -- and telling the incument PT sups "...any day now." We've lost some good talent. One of my closest friends departed for FedEx and is now running one of their largest Preloads. [/QUOTE]
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