Cracks in DHL's operation?

Are you management, peacock? Why don't you send the picture to his boss while your at it.
Loser

"Are you management, peacock? Why don't you send the picture to his boss while your at it.
Loser"

Ya just gonna be angry at everyone there 95?

As has been posted, DHL does not have to make a profit here. They can use the mulitple billions they have from other areas to support this operation until they get the market segment that they are after. Currently the service problems they have are holding them back from coming on strong. Look for those to be focused on this next year while the whole system is streamlined.

As Dawg posted, this competitor is very different than those of the past. And while I dont see us losing driver jobs to them, I do see the wait to go to full time getting longer and longer as the growth stalls for Ups.

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Cheryl, Any chance of you removing the part of peacocks post where he identifies the driver with his location?

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THe driver is taking a break between deliveries and pickups. They do it all the time here. Go shopping, play games at the video arcade etc. Beats going home for two hours only to come back to work for four or five more. Kinda like a split shift.

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"Ya just gonna be angry at everyone there 95?"

Not everyone.... I love you, Danny...!

Danny, I agree! But to take a picture like that, post it on a web site WITH the time, location etc. is sick.

We both know we'd get flack if a picture of us like that got to our CM. (Even if we didn't get flack, you know the CM would be going thru our records to see if the picture time matched up with our break time). Hell, they'd probably hide in the woods to time the break the next day!

Posting the picture is one thing. But have some class. Make sure theres no vehicle number showing, and don't give times and location.

While I agree to posting specifics, Dhl has not become what UPS is. They dont have the management structure in place to follow drivers. Havent seen the actual numbers nation wide, but our area only has one full time manager and two part time. That is with 40-45 drivers. So as you can see, he is busy with really important things. And they know where he is and he knows when it is time to roll because they call him on the radio. Until then he has all the time in the world. Unlike UPS.

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DHL is closing their Air Hub in Cincy. Just found out today.

Danny,
In our area they are trying to become us. I can name at least 4 UPS management washouts who have become DHL supervisors or managers. Some of these guys I drove with. The other big haven in our area for UPS supervisor refugees is STAPLES (office supplies).

I think that was announced last year. http://www.enquirer.com/editions/200..._biz1adhl.html

Bos

One of the first places was FEDEX. Then RPS got a bunch of ex UPSers, and I am sure DHL is a magnet for ex UPSers.

As long as they impliment PAS.........

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DHL has certainly lost ground in my neck of the woods. We have gained back two large accounts, T-Mobile and Bellsouth DSL Service. One of my consignees told me that Bellsouth shipped his DSL modem six times to his house and the driver couldn't find his house although I've seen him in this new subdivision several times. I've also seen packages that were DR'ed on the top of mailboxes during thunderstorms with no protection.(I use DR bags religiously) The Fredex Ground driver misdelivers all over town and all of my shippers tell them to go to hell whenever their Account Execs come after our business. I can remember Dell Used them only a couple of months before switching back to us because they did such a lousy job. And of course, both these drivers have asked me, "Is UPS hiring?".

Looks like I offended folks with how I posted the picture. I agree I should have left off some of the details, so, Cheryl...please feel free to remove it...no offense to anyone was intended....bad atttempt at humor...

Go UPS!
P71

dawg, you seem to be a can't do guy.

The union keeps you from being able to do anything even for our own workers and we stand no chance against fred and soon against dhl according to you.

Doesn't sound like you are a constructive force for UPS, how much longer before you retire so we can improve the position you hold to a can do guy?

Where are all the happy upsers??

"Where are all the happy UPSers?"

I am right here in my favorite easy chair, having a glass of wine and watching some good football.

Don't mean to hijack this thread, but what is PAS? For that matter, what is EDD and ERI? I'm new around here

Also watching good football, go JETS!

has anyone heard that in a few years, dhl parent company is going to loose the rights to deliver mail in germany??

OK2B---dawg, you seem to be a can't do guy.
The union keeps you from being able to do anything even for our own workers and we stand no chance against fred and soon against dhl according to you

Your trying to spin what I said----and not doing a very good job of it!! I am just giving you the facts about Fed Ex and DHL--we stand every chance if we stop the blame game and focus on keeping the competition out of our accounts.As I mentioned---DHL will continue to come. There will always be customers who want the cheapest deal---and that is what they will offer ( nothing different from the old Airborne approach)

Regarding as to when I am leaving, thank you for your concern------I will be retiring next July and would hope that the next generation of UPSers is going to take care of the business and continue to maintain our volume/revenue/customer satifaction. "WE" can do it....."I" can't...."YOU" can't...but together, I have no doubt that we can do anything that we set our mind's eye to.........as in Jim Casey's philosophy about the future of UPS.

Words like spin and dance seem to flow out of you easily, perhaps you should have gone into politics.

Actually, it's not too late unless UPS retirement has restrictions against it, regardless I wish you a happy retirement.

"Our horizon is as distant as our minds eye wishes it to be" Jim Casey

"Determined men, working together, can accomplish anything". Jim Casey (perhaps not exact)

"PAS, EDD, and SPOHR are my Gods" - Mike Eskew

About a mile down the road from our center is what used to be an Airborn terminal. Very small. There were always a few vans (wrecked) sitting outside. Now I don't know all the details about how things were run but apparently these terminals were franchised out and run by private brokers, similar to RPS/FedEx ground private contractors. Well the locals went Union and the guy closed the franchise. There are now about 30 DHL vans parked in the lot. I guess DHL had to rent unmarked vans to keep the packages moving. The guy with the franchise, according to the driver who works the area, was barely making a buck before it went union. Now he's losing money. Is this good or bad. We gain volume but lose members. Your basic catch 22.

OK2B---thanks for your kind words, but at this time I am not in a position to hold public office. It is comforting to know that I have your support, and vote, if needed in the future!

If nominated I will not run, if elected I will not serve!!

upsdawg:just agree with him, for we all know that ok2b knows all.