brownmonster
Man of Great Wisdom
I'm on call Thursday as are 15 of us. No pickups and only send agains from today. A million air pkgs is not 29 million ground.
Most problems UPS had this peak were weather related.
Companies that stay in business do not overbuild capacity for 4 -5 days excess need per year.
I have heard that UPS is not building extra buildings because they expect ground volume to shrink.
Once that trend of ground volume shrinking settles in, UPS may selectively add some buildings which equals driver positions. It is very expensive to add driver positions as this causes extra buildings with extra feeder runs and eventually extra hubs.
Most problems UPS had this peak were weather related.
Companies that stay in business do not overbuild capacity for 4 -5 days excess need per year.
I have heard that UPS is not building extra buildings because they expect ground volume to shrink.
Once that trend of ground volume shrinking settles in, UPS may selectively add some buildings which equals driver positions. It is very expensive to add driver positions as this causes extra buildings with extra feeder runs and eventually extra hubs.
Yup, that's what my center manager told us today. We got hammered. Had mid-day Air meets where almost every driver got 50 more stops. We were already blown-out to begin with. Worst Xmas Eve delivery day in our history. We also had one of our hubs get totally smoked. The Preload didn't start loading until 7 am because that's when they were able to use the belt! The drivers in those Centers went out at 11 am and were told to be back by 9:30 PM max. Craziest day I've ever seen. Oh, can't wait till Thursday. We're all working. Maybe 3 guys are off. lol
Gonna be tough skipping stuff and delivering NDA on time.
Actually rumor is blame FedEx not amazon. I heard FedEx express told amazon they wouldn't take anymore and that's why Louisville got hammered.
I'm on call Thursday as are 15 of us. No pickups and only send agains from today. A million air pkgs is not 29 million ground.
I dont like you......lolI am off Thursday and Friday.
How much do they pay you to be "on call"?I'm on call Thursday as are 15 of us. No pickups and only send agains from today. A million air pkgs is not 29 million ground.
UPS making any capital investments based on Amazon is fraught with risk.The Dallas hub is busting at the seams all year. Amazon built 3 distribution centers in the Dfw metro plex. The one in Coppell is 1 million sq ft. and will push us to the extreme year round. Mesquite is the biggest hub and they run 24/7 and are covered up. I did have a chance to talk to some of the upper management people from Atlanta when they where here and they said they where considering building a new Dallas hub to replace to one we have. We've went from pups to 53' and our hub wasn't designed for that. No parking. I think it is in the works to replace the Dallas hub. Might not happen in the rest of my career, but if we want to grow the business; it needs to happen. With that, I will retire in 2 years and let you guys have it.
My bad. I meant no pickups Tuesday equals not much volume to deliver Thursday.Thursday is a normal day with all daily pickups to be made.
I can work if I want to. I will call in to see if I can have the day off.How much do they pay you to be "on call"?
""I think it's funny that in a time of huge unemployment, hourly employees are complaining that they have work""
It's not that they have work, it's the amount of work in a short time..
Better idea..UPS alone..could probably stimulate the US economy..just by hiring more staff,and spreading 'that wealth' around a bit more..instead of working one driver 12 hours..why not 1 at 8 hrs,and another at 4?..or..split a 12 hour 'shift' into 2- 6 hour shifts..some people only want..or need to work those shortened hours..for whatever reason..but that would be progressive thinking on new employment strategties..
Here's the rub..'hiring more staff''..which they didn't do Peak 2013 ..they went with the same percentage of staff from 2012..and an unknown amount of volume, IE dropped the ball there..on-line shopping now accounts for 40% of the average X-Mass shopper's total..ask around to those you know who still do the gift giving ritual..get some idea what people are spending..
Do you think UPS 'planned' for such explosive growth?
Expect the unexpected..
Hmmm..
You really believe that?My bad. I meant no pickups Tuesday equals not much volume to deliver Thursday.
You really believe that?
Yes----all that will be delivered are the closed send agains from Tuesday and whatever air is in the system. We will have 20 drivers on road, mainly to cover the pickups.