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$90.68 per hour...the only metric that matters to me
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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 768409" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>It is happening because some idiot in Atlanta with nothing better to do pulled a random number out of his ass and proclaimed that number to be the required average stop count per car for my center.</p><p> </p><p>That number has no basis in reality. The idiot who came up with that number has probably never been to my state, let alone my building. It would not surprise me to find out that he had never managed a center or even driven a package car. Anything is possible from behind a desk.</p><p> </p><p>My center "management" team is well aware of the fact that we need to dispatch more routes, but they do not have the authority to do so. They simply dispatch according to the instructions from Atlanta, and then spend all day trying to clean up the resulting mess. If you page in saying that you will be over 9.5 (as required by the contract) they respond by asking if you will be over 12 hours. Unless you will be over 12, you <em>wont</em> get any help.</p><p> </p><p>We have drivers who get back to the building at 7:00, only to be sent right back out. The majority of our "dispatching" is done after 5:00 or 6:00 at night, according to who will be running out of DOT hours or bringing back the most missed stops. Truthfully, in the 23 years I have been a UPS employee, it is by far the most chaotic and dysfunctional operation I have ever been a part of.</p><p> </p><p>I was recently transferred to this center as part of a building realignment/center consolidation. Having to work in an ongoing train wreck really bothered me at first, but now I am at peace with it. Summer is almost over, we are done with the hot weather, and I am choosing to view it as an opportunity to cash in and make a ton of money. For instance, I will make an additional <strong>$139</strong> for my last weeks work simply by documenting my hours on a 9.5 grievance form and faxing it to the local. And that is on a <em>4 day workweek!!</em></p><p> </p><p>I'm guessing that the free money train will grind to a halt once we get to October and the company can start hiring peak season drivers for cheap. And the 9.5 language does not apply in December. But until then, the meter will be running for $90.68 an hour and I am loving every minute of it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 768409, member: 14668"] It is happening because some idiot in Atlanta with nothing better to do pulled a random number out of his ass and proclaimed that number to be the required average stop count per car for my center. That number has no basis in reality. The idiot who came up with that number has probably never been to my state, let alone my building. It would not surprise me to find out that he had never managed a center or even driven a package car. Anything is possible from behind a desk. My center "management" team is well aware of the fact that we need to dispatch more routes, but they do not have the authority to do so. They simply dispatch according to the instructions from Atlanta, and then spend all day trying to clean up the resulting mess. If you page in saying that you will be over 9.5 (as required by the contract) they respond by asking if you will be over 12 hours. Unless you will be over 12, you [I]wont[/I] get any help. We have drivers who get back to the building at 7:00, only to be sent right back out. The majority of our "dispatching" is done after 5:00 or 6:00 at night, according to who will be running out of DOT hours or bringing back the most missed stops. Truthfully, in the 23 years I have been a UPS employee, it is by far the most chaotic and dysfunctional operation I have ever been a part of. I was recently transferred to this center as part of a building realignment/center consolidation. Having to work in an ongoing train wreck really bothered me at first, but now I am at peace with it. Summer is almost over, we are done with the hot weather, and I am choosing to view it as an opportunity to cash in and make a ton of money. For instance, I will make an additional [B]$139[/B] for my last weeks work simply by documenting my hours on a 9.5 grievance form and faxing it to the local. And that is on a [I]4 day workweek!![/I] I'm guessing that the free money train will grind to a halt once we get to October and the company can start hiring peak season drivers for cheap. And the 9.5 language does not apply in December. But until then, the meter will be running for $90.68 an hour and I am loving every minute of it. [/QUOTE]
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