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  1. cheryl

    Amazon to add use of smaller delivery competitors to UPS, FedEx, Post Office

    Amazon to add use of smaller delivery competitors to UPS, FedEx, Post Office - Marketwatch Company wants entrepreneurs to form small delivery companies employing up to 100 drivers and leasing 20-40 Amazon-emblazoned vans Amazon.com Inc. is pushing further onto the turf of its shipping partners...
  2. cheryl

    Bernstein: Amazon Flex Is No Threat To FedEx, UPS

    Bernstein: Amazon Flex Is No Threat To FedEx, UPS - Benzinga Amazon.com, Inc. investors are always on the lookout for the company’s next disruptive business, and some believe it could be parcel delivery. Amazon Flex is not a major threat to United Parcel Service, Inc. and FedEx Corporation...
  3. R

    Buffalo hub desperate for employees

    Hiring loaders and drivers ups cant seem to keep people. I see a new group of faces evey couple weeks then theyre gone. Why are people so damn lazy.
  4. B

    The Trumpster has the answer...

    Business Trump reportedly pushed USPS to double Amazon’s shipping rates According to new reporting from The Washington Post, President Trump According to new reporting from The Washington Post, President Trump personally pushed United States Postal Service head Megan Brennan to jack up...
  5. oldupsman

    Amazon on Sunday free, anybody else?

    So Thursday morning wifey says we need some mosquito tablets to put in her garden rain barrels. Kills the larva before they can grow. Go on Amazon, $21. But free shipping on orders over $25. So I buy some mousetraps, hey never have too many mousetraps when you live in the woods, to bump it up to...
  6. cheryl

    The typical Amazon worker made less than $30,000 in 2017

    The typical Amazon worker made less than $30,000 in 2017- Marketwatch The typical Amazon.com Inc. employee was paid less than $30,000 in 2017, the company disclosed Wednesday afternoon. In an annual filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Amazon said its median employee brought...
  7. cheryl

    Amazon and UPS have been quietly fighting over the post office’s cost structure — long before Trump

    Amazon and UPS have been quietly fighting over the post office’s cost structure — long before Trump - CNBC Amazon and UPS have been arguing over the post office's cost structure through public filings with the Postal Regulatory Commission, the federal arm in charge of setting prices for the...
  8. cheryl

    Deutsche Post's DHL expands U.S. delivery service to take on FedEx, UPS

    Deutsche Post's DHL expands U.S. delivery service to take on FedEx, UPS - Reuters Deutsche Post AG’s DHL is launching a U.S. urban delivery service for online retailers that it has been testing in some cities, according to company officials and marketing materials seen by Reuters. The rollout...
  9. cheryl

    Amazon fires delivery man for allegedly dropping box on puppy

    Amazon fires delivery man for allegedly dropping box on puppy - CNET As Amazon begins to even step inside people's homes to make deliveries, the behavior of its delivery drivers is paramount. Which is why a disturbing surveillance video from Homestead, Florida, makes Amazon's response so...
  10. rod

    Unwanted Amazon packages

    There was an article in yesterdays paper about a Mn. couple who is getting all kinds of stuff (including sex toys) they never ordered. They have done everything up to and including going to the police to get it to stop but the packages keep coming.
  11. cheryl

    Amazon is planning its own delivery service, going head-to-head with FedEx and UPS

    Amazon is planning its own delivery service, going head-to-head with FedEx and UPS - Chicago Tribune Amazon's next move may be to shake up the shipping industry. The online retailer is reportedly planning a new service called "Shipping With Amazon" that will allow it to pick up packages from...
  12. T

    Layoffs hitting hard

    We have had crazy amount of layoffs most inside work are full timers now, Amazon to return? Big rumor going around
  13. HEFFERNAN

    Uber-ish Autonomous Delivery Vehicle

    I think Abney just straightened out his pleats !!!! Self-driving delivery truck from Udelv begins public beta - Video
  14. cheryl

    Amazon Expands Delivery Trial That Could Hurt FedEx, UPS

    Amazon Expands Delivery Trial That Could Hurt FedEx, UPS - Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc. is expanding a service launched to make more groceries, cleaning supplies and other products available for quick delivery directly from merchants without overwhelming the e-commerce giant’s warehouses with...
  15. 542thruNthru

    Call tags RS1

    Since peak all call tags in my building that have always been RS3 are now always RS1. Anyone know what's going on? It's a little annoying because I used to be able to say I'll be back tomorrow. Now I have to deal with a screaming customer every time they want me to wait.
  16. T

    Losing/Gaining Accounts??

    Well.. what's the word on the street?? Anybody heard anything?? To early???
  17. Cyclops

    Automated Sorting/Layoffs On Topic

    For those of you in hubs that have switched from manual sorting done by humans to high-speed, automated sorting, how did this job effect the employment of the workers that the automation replaced? Were there layoffs?
  18. ThaBlakesta

    Pilots quit?

    Our Boss who usually doesn’t know what he’s talking about said 200 UPS pilots quit has anyone else heard this?
  19. tourists24

    I feel so dirty..... I made an Amazon order..... and now it's on its way for my center

    Ewwwww..... One more stop now because of me..... I'm sorry.....
  20. F

    The ship is sinking.... how many missed?

    Today was the worst day I seen in my career. Had to have been 1000 at the minimum missed in my center before the drivers even hit 14hr curfew just from lib. Tons of drivers all pulling in right at 14hr with more missed. I'm curious of our centers grand total today. I hit 14... brought back...
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