retiredTxfeeder
cap'n crunch
I don't think that will ever change. Never enough warm bodies, never enough equipment to run the operation. It was true back in '76 when I started and it's the same old song now.
9.5 doesn’t work
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BlackCat
Well-Known Member
That is also when 80 resi stops was a 9.5 day.Whippersnappers! Back in the day, there wasn't such thing as 9.5. You went out with whatever you had in your PC and ran it. When you came back in, you told the center manager "thank you for the work, sir. Can I have my regular workday plus a split off another driver tomorrow?"
It's much worse now. It's a
ing disaster. I've seen more drivers quit the last couple of years than I've seen my entire career.
Indecisi0n
Well-Known Member
Hi gum drop.
retiredTxfeeder
cap'n crunch
There was never any turnover when I first started. Ever once in a while, someone wouldIt's much worse now. It's a
up bad and the company would fire them. I was in a small center, and the opening that allowed me to bid on a driving job was because the driver dipped his wick on area and got caught after the woman (or her husband) had second thoughts and called in on him.Good morning Inde. Are you on the 9.5. list?
When we worked 9 hours.Whippersnappers! Back in the day, there wasn't such thing as 9.5. You went out with whatever you had in your PC and ran it. When you came back in, you told the center manager "thank you for the work, sir. Can I have my regular workday plus a split off another driver tomorrow?"
It was rare back then to see someone get fired or quit.There was never any turnover when I first started. Ever once in a while, someone would
It’s not a millennial job.It's much worse now. It's a
In the early 90's they didn't want us going over 45 hours a week.
Of you ate are young single guy, you have no life during the week.
Exactly! I remember a day I was going over 10. If you go over 10 in ENE, you get a 20 min paid break added to your pay. So I call in over 10. They sent 4 drivers to help me. I never saw that again.
Indecisi0n
Well-Known Member
I am and it works. They bang me twice a week then I am good.
The reasoning they gave us for not going over 45 hours was that they didn't want the drivers making more than the supervisors.
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Frankie's Friend
Guest
Evidently they didnt drug test back when they drove horse and brown buggies.Whippersnappers! Back in the day, there wasn't such thing as 9.5. You went out with whatever you had in your PC and ran it. When you came back in, you told the center manager "thank you for the work, sir. Can I have my regular workday plus a split off another driver tomorrow?"
retiredTxfeeder
cap'n crunch
9 hours a day was PT when I drove. 11-12 hour days were the norm, though it did get better later on. Maybe the bean counters figured out how much it cost the bottom line in OT.
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Frankie's Friend
Guest
The fact that we have 9.5 language with penalty pay attached should tell you that it is not better. Theyd work us 12 hrs a day if they could. There arent any good ol days. The corruption is worse today than 20+ yrs ago when theyd fire management for dishonesty. Today, its a prerequisite for management.
ups1990
Well-Known Member
Some years back, I recall sups getting bent out of shape because one driver in the So Cal region made 80 grand in a year. Oh! That can never happen, that's way too much for a driver to make!, they would yell and moan and complain.
Peanuts compared to what drivers make now. Hell! I know combo guys that make over 100k.
I believe at the time , the lowest paid supervisor was supposed to make more than the highest paid driver.
brownproof
Active Member
We got guys here making over 100k on the 9.5 list
Grievance money?
