OMG Has peak started?

[scratch]

beentheredonethat, I agree with your post. I think it is too early to start Helpers, this is the second year in a row I have got one in October. My Area hasn't shrunk and the stop density isn't there yet. We are driving too many miles. We actually did 16 stops the first hour Friday because of how far apart the stops were. I worked her 4.5 hours and we finally got the SPOHR up to 26-27. I still went over 9.5, I was originally told to work her only three hours. We have plenty of TCDers being sent home instead of putting in Split Cars like the months before. I am taking my last vacation next week. I think next year, I will take at least two weeks late October and November so I can get some real rest before Peak.

[sdf6hr]

peak @ louisville air started last month... taking 2x shifters for sunday sort. i did it today , loaded el paso & houston not used to work coming from night ramp.

[UPS Lifer]

After 36 peak seasons doing everything under the sun (and moon), I will be sitting on the sidelines. i honestly can't imagine what this is going to feel like. I had a LOT of good peaks while I was working and there was always a sense of satisfaction on Xmas morning (except for the one time I was delivering NxDA on Xmas!).

Believe it or not...I actually have mixed feelings about this!!! Good Luck to all during peak and I hope you have fond memories (as I do), of a job well done when it is over!

[RockyRogue]

Originally Posted by UPS Lifer

Good Luck to all during peak and I hope you have fond memories (as I do), of a job well done when it is over!

I know I do from my two inside peaks. I certainly won't forget the looks on people's faces the day before Christmas Eve last year when I would give them a package. The memory of a young mother wife and mother almost crying when I gave her a package the day of our first blizzard certainly won't leave me anytime soon. Godspeed during Peak, UPS'ers. -Rocky

[brownrecluse]

Originally Posted by beentheredonethat

Scratch, the stupid thing is that UPS doesn't consider what you did a 25 Sporh during those four hours it considers it a 12.5 Sporh, 100 stops /(4 driver hrs + 4 helper hrs). I for one thing this is ridiculous, since with this method it looks worse to have a helper. They don't take into consideration that a helper makes about $10/hr and a driver at OT makes more then 3 x that amount. Starting helpers this early only makes sense in a high density area or in an area like a mall. What we should do is to have more vacations allowed in Oct and beginning of Nov to give the veteran drivers some time off and then put on peak drivers. This will give the drivers time to learn the methods and when peak really hits you have a full complement of drivers.

I just finished up service provider training (peak driver) and I expected to start center training on Monday 11/05 (so that I could get a feel for my route and to get some real world experience while the theory is fresh and before the volume goes through the roof). However, I was told to begin calling in Monday morning @ 7:45... and we'd go from there. I was told that package volume was not where it needed to be to put peak drivers on the road. Finally, I was told that some peak drivers may start as helpers. This last bit may or may not make sense - only the veteran drivers can say. I'd just like to get to work and get ramped up so that I can be productive when it really counts...