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What have you heard about the future of Surepost?
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<blockquote data-quote="rje" data-source="post: 958724" data-attributes="member: 40978"><p>I'm not affiliated with any carrier or shipper, and have no ax to grind. But I can see the handwriting on the wall. The Postal Service is banking on its "destination entry" parcel business to make up for the loss of first class mail. Some big shippers are dealing directly with the Postal Service on this, delivering to regional DNDCs, or even to large local post offices. Obviously they're cutting out UPS and FedEx entirely. Other shippers are using FedEx SmartPost, and now UPS SurePost. Either way, it's a lost package for UPS Ground or FedEx Ground/Home drivers. Their only "delivery" is to the local post office, and they usually deliver a lot of packages at one time in that one stop. For example, if there are 10 packages in a sack that a UPS driver deposits at a post office, that's 10 deliveries reduced to one delivery. I don't know how that affects a driver's compensation, but my hunch is it doesn't help.</p><p></p><p>I'm not saying I condone this, or like it or dislike it. I'm just saying that UPS drivers had better understand that that's what's happening, and I don't see the trend doing anything but accelerating in the future.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rje, post: 958724, member: 40978"] I'm not affiliated with any carrier or shipper, and have no ax to grind. But I can see the handwriting on the wall. The Postal Service is banking on its "destination entry" parcel business to make up for the loss of first class mail. Some big shippers are dealing directly with the Postal Service on this, delivering to regional DNDCs, or even to large local post offices. Obviously they're cutting out UPS and FedEx entirely. Other shippers are using FedEx SmartPost, and now UPS SurePost. Either way, it's a lost package for UPS Ground or FedEx Ground/Home drivers. Their only "delivery" is to the local post office, and they usually deliver a lot of packages at one time in that one stop. For example, if there are 10 packages in a sack that a UPS driver deposits at a post office, that's 10 deliveries reduced to one delivery. I don't know how that affects a driver's compensation, but my hunch is it doesn't help. I'm not saying I condone this, or like it or dislike it. I'm just saying that UPS drivers had better understand that that's what's happening, and I don't see the trend doing anything but accelerating in the future. [/QUOTE]
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