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Which is the hardest of the 3? Loader, Unloader, or Sorter.
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<blockquote data-quote="IDoLessWorkThanMost" data-source="post: 386187" data-attributes="member: 12912"><p>The hardest job? It depends on your management and supervisor team.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Usually the hardest job should be loading trailers. But it depends on the amount in your load. Any average to above load, you are at the mercy of the system - be it 50 boxes in a minute or 10 minutes, breaking jams, blowing out trailers before their pull time, having a pull time too early then backing the belt up only having another pull on and facing 150 packages right at the start......it goes on and on...</p><p></p><p>But if your supervisor sucks on the sort aisle, then you're in trouble. You could be sorting 2 guys unloading and having to shut down the belts every 10 minutes because of unsafe flow and packages falling. </p><p>Or, IT could be that one of the primary direct belts is blown out and you have to start stacking. </p><p>the worst is when you have a super fast ( I call idiot) unloader that goes 2500 an hour wasting his back, and you are buried in minutes and having to tell him to shut down....</p><p></p><p>Unload is probably the easiest as far as snafus. yes, you will unload bulk (sometimes 20-100 peices, which sucks). yes, you will dig into dirty, nasty trailers. yes, you will have to unload drop frames and struggle to get all the packages underneath. But you can set your own pace, don't kill yourself, and there's no skill. Put your labels up or out and fire away. </p><p></p><p>Basically it depends on how the ball bounces. Usually the easiest is the unload, IMO. But if you have a good sup, the sort aisle can be OK. The load, stay away, unless you can wiggle into an easy load and walk off bulk or missort packages while the flow is light. Most of the people doing that have seniority and experience, it takes time to get into a good load.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IDoLessWorkThanMost, post: 386187, member: 12912"] The hardest job? It depends on your management and supervisor team. Usually the hardest job should be loading trailers. But it depends on the amount in your load. Any average to above load, you are at the mercy of the system - be it 50 boxes in a minute or 10 minutes, breaking jams, blowing out trailers before their pull time, having a pull time too early then backing the belt up only having another pull on and facing 150 packages right at the start......it goes on and on... But if your supervisor sucks on the sort aisle, then you're in trouble. You could be sorting 2 guys unloading and having to shut down the belts every 10 minutes because of unsafe flow and packages falling. Or, IT could be that one of the primary direct belts is blown out and you have to start stacking. the worst is when you have a super fast ( I call idiot) unloader that goes 2500 an hour wasting his back, and you are buried in minutes and having to tell him to shut down.... Unload is probably the easiest as far as snafus. yes, you will unload bulk (sometimes 20-100 peices, which sucks). yes, you will dig into dirty, nasty trailers. yes, you will have to unload drop frames and struggle to get all the packages underneath. But you can set your own pace, don't kill yourself, and there's no skill. Put your labels up or out and fire away. Basically it depends on how the ball bounces. Usually the easiest is the unload, IMO. But if you have a good sup, the sort aisle can be OK. The load, stay away, unless you can wiggle into an easy load and walk off bulk or missort packages while the flow is light. Most of the people doing that have seniority and experience, it takes time to get into a good load. [/QUOTE]
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