preload shift

Hey all, been working for UPS for a few years now as a loader and decided to write my first post questioning the logistic decisions being made by upper management. It's not even peak season yet, but for the last 2 months I have been having a hard time completing the load for my set of package...

So I just watched about an hour of extraordinarily dry humored videos for hazmat. I start chucking at 4 am this morning. What can I expect and do you have any tips to make my life easier. I'm told ill have three trucks to load. No idea how many pieces per truck. Or if they will be there all at...

a place for preload venting.. from the seasoned vet to the newbie without us, who else is gonna have the trucks set up to hit the streets?? yea I respect the drivers.. long hrs driving.. the stress and fatigue.. 200 stops in a day.. I couldn't do it. We preloaders go thru it too.. especially...

So I’m on my second week at UPS and everything has gone well except my misloads are kind of up and down. First day I had three and two days ago I had 5 (:censored:ty yes but the next day went a lot better. The rest of the days I’ve worked I’ve had 1-0 misloads. In reality I’ve only had one “bad day”...

I'm going to need Friday and Saturday off in a few weeks. I've only been with the company 6 months. I'm an unloader for the preload shift. I have no vacation time yet. I will be going on this vacation regardless of what they think about it. Can't decide if I'm going to call out or just tell them...

Hi everybody, I am a new-hire PT package handler working the Preload shift at a moderately large (imo) center in the Midwest(we have 5-6 different colored belts with my belt containing ~12 trucks...is that large? Sorry I am new :P ). I've been with UPS for little over a month+1/2 now and am...