Here come the layoffs

The Brown Santa · 03-21-2008, 12:40 PM

Starting Monday, the layoffs begin... Lucky for me I have enough seniority to go back inside. Any other buildings down in volume?

UpstateNYUPSer · 03-21-2008, 02:04 PM

We were down 4 areas today and will be the same on Monday. Can you say "recession"?

over9five · 03-21-2008, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by UpstateNYUPSer

We were down 4 areas today and will be the same on Monday. Can you say "recession"?

Exactly. I imagine layoffs will happen. The only reason we will have less is because of the huge turnover in p/t.

big_arrow_up · 03-21-2008, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by UpstateNYUPSer

We were down 4 areas today and will be the same on Monday. Can you say "recession"?

Despite what the media (especially the liberal media) wants you to think.......there is no recession. By definition anyway. Six consecutive months of negative gross domestic product. We are barely half way there.

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Originally Posted by The Brown Santa

Starting Monday, the layoffs begin... Lucky for me I have enough seniority to go back inside. Any other buildings down in volume?

I was told by management that I could not work inside during a layoff again. I was doing that on Mondays for a while. I worked preload/air or preload/local sort. Since I was told I could no longer do that there has always been enough higher seniority drivers willing to take mondays off so I've been able to drive. I'm the only person that has always wanted my 8 hours but others just take the day off. I'm not the lowest seniority full-timer but I'm pretty close. If I come in to work and none of them want off shouldn't I get paid for my 8 hours anyway? I'm in the southern region and can't find anything in the supplement for this situation.

looper804 · 03-21-2008, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by The Brown Santa

Starting Monday, the layoffs begin... Lucky for me I have enough seniority to go back inside. Any other buildings down in volume?

Come to Brooklyn.NY.We are plenty busy.

pkg-king · 03-21-2008, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by looper804

Come to Brooklyn.NY.We are plenty busy.

We are plenty busy in Central PA. Where are you located that they are laying off?

trplnkl · 03-21-2008, 05:12 PM

Areas were cut today because of business closing for Good Friday. Monday the prediction/plan is for even less areas than today but the volume is about the same. I'm thinking our preload sup didn't figure in the packages to be brought back today for CLO H. She may look pretty good in a tight pair of slacks, but lawdy that girl is dumb as a rock.

scratch · 03-21-2008, 05:15 PM

I don't know of any layoffs where I am at. Volume seems down just a little bit. I am one of the first back to the building and seldom see empty Package Cars sitting anywhere. In fact, I was seventeen stops over-dispatched today, residential routes get hit heavy right before Easter.

mattwtrs · 03-21-2008, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by trplnkl

Areas were cut today because of business closing for Good Friday. Monday the prediction/plan is for even less areas than today but the volume is about the same. I'm thinking our preload sup didn't figure in the packages to be brought back today for CLO H.

I don't miss the Good Friday/Easter cut back at all. All the places that were closed today did not ship so tonights low pick up volume means light delivery volume on Monday & Tuesday. Don't panic the work will be back faster than you wish. The end of March & the end of 1st quarter will bring a spike in volume.

bad company · 03-21-2008, 05:55 PM

My supervisor informed me today that our dispatch is "cutting a lot, and I mean a lot" of routes starting Monday. I don't know if this is just a post-easter plan, or if it's the start of something bigger.

Jlemansk · 03-21-2008, 06:47 PM

I trust what my business customers are telling me every day "Business is horrible". Rush and Hannity are a couple of right wing facist's, in denial. They both have Bush infatuation syndrome. We are in a recession.

dilligaf · 03-21-2008, 08:47 PM

Lay offs? Not here. Hell my steward had 4 9.5 days this week and I had 3. We need drivers so bad we are borrowing from other centers, and have been off and on for the last year. LOL

Ryan1984 · 03-21-2008, 09:18 PM

I (along with other 2 bottom seniority drivers) have been told we will be laid off next week. They said we can take the week, or work the preload. I don't really understand how they can know in advance this week that there will be layoffs, but every other week they don't know that they'll not need me until 10 minutes before start time. I guess, "it is what it is" as they love to say. I'm just wondering how long this little drop in volume lasts, as everyone here seems to think this is normal? I'm concluding that it happens at this time every year then. Hopefully some more senior people can clue me in to how long this lasts. I was seasonal last year, started in June, and did not work only two days from then until September, so I'm counting down the days until June so I can actually work a full week every week.

Anyway, they said we could work the preload, but that's really it. No other work for us. I said, what's the point. I can stay home, file unemployment and get just as much without lifting a finger. (I know, gen X,Y,Z, etc. thing from other post here...laziness) Sup said that's what he'd suggest.

So anyways, enough of my ramblings, it's the end of a Friday night (err...Saturday morning) and after a little bit to drink I'm off to bed.

wannabeups · 03-21-2008, 10:31 PM

Roughly 10% of the feeder drivers in Lenexa, KS are laid off.

rocket man · 03-22-2008, 06:29 AM

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cino321 · 03-22-2008, 06:44 AM

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Originally Posted by looper804

Come to Brooklyn.NY.We are plenty busy.

Helper loads all last week in Island City. Too much volume, not enough drivers. PAS is coming here by the end of May, should be interesting.

local804 · 03-22-2008, 07:16 AM

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Helper loads all last week in Island City. Too much volume, not enough drivers. PAS is coming here by the end of May, should be interesting.

I see them installing the new area near bay 32. The rest of the eli district had pas for well over 3-4 years now. Why they waited so long in IC is beyond me.

over9five · 03-22-2008, 07:19 AM

I read a story recently of how UPS volume has decreased significantly each week for the past 6 weeks. I looked briefly for it, but can't locate it. Has anyone else read it that can post a link?

I'm glad to hear some of your centers have not experienced the volume decrease, but company-wide we are down a lot.

looper804 · 03-22-2008, 07:25 AM

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Originally Posted by cino321

Helper loads all last week in Island City. Too much volume, not enough drivers. PAS is coming here by the end of May, should be interesting.

Yeah,helper loads have been here pretty much every day since peak.Had never seen that before except for ane time when we had a blizzard during peak that didn't want to melt,but that was 1996 I think.

The Brown Santa · 03-22-2008, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Jlemansk

I trust what my business customers are telling me every day "Business is horrible". Rush and Hannity are a couple of right wing facist's, in denial. They both have Bush infatuation syndrome. We are in a recession.

You forgot "racists" and "bigots"

helloitsme · 03-22-2008, 07:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Jlemansk

I trust what my business customers are telling me every day "Business is horrible". Rush and Hannity are a couple of right wing facist's, in denial. They both have Bush infatuation syndrome. We are in a recession.

I am a life long republican and I can honestly say that you are right,Hannity and Rush are just party hacks. The smear job they did to Rev. Right is horrible. The Audio you are hearing on his sermons is redacted audio ! Check out YOUTUBE for the Full Context of the sermons. I'm a white guy and I am saying this. The country needs better leadership than the Republicans are willing to give. The Bush Admininstartion is so Anti-Labor it's sickening. I am voting for Obama. If it comes cown to McCain vs. Clinton, I will be voting Republican. I don't think Hillary has a clue.