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[clerkin]

Give it Time... if UPS doesn’t make a change... 10 years from now somebody else will be leading the industry... right now Ups is the only one that can “handle” the volume...these other companies are playing smart and letting UPS screw themselves

They need to invest in the future. We don't have enough capacity now.

You are exactly right

 

[rod]

My wife is reading 50 shades of gray... I’m getting plenty of tail thank you very much....and yes I still stand by my original post... Christmas problems in the city where corporate is based out of...??? Have you NOT been reading @scratch posts about what’s been going on... put the pipe down ....

Did you get handcuffs for Christmas?

 

[Coldworld]

I’m not hung up on it at all.
Don’t work there ... don’t own UPS stock.

You don’t have even one share for old time sake??? Did you have to sell it when you left ???

 

[Coldworld]

They were bringing in people from all over the country. Airline tickets, motel rooms, car rentals, 70 extra rental vans, $50 a day for meals. Anywhere from two to three hundred extra people on any given day. The hub was a mess with garbage all over the place for weeks. There were about four times as many security guards too. They took our Helper DIAD 4s from us, a lot of them were delivering with a phone app. Info Notices, paper towels, and toilet paper shortages were things I noticed too.

Like the Wild West @scratch???

 

[Coldworld]

Did you get handcuffs for Christmas?

I’m seriously thinking that I’m going to wake up one day and have a ball gag in my mouth and see my wife standing over me in a tight black leather catsuit and a damn whip.....

 

[Coldworld]

Some are, although I can't say that I know them. We have had such a turnover with package drivers I don't know most of them. A lot of drivers we have been getting the last couple of years should never have made seniority in the first place. I was hearing stories of drivers bringing back full package cars. We were told by Division not to record missed packages for a while. Now everybody is getting checkin audits.

How many years do the guys/gals who are jumping into feeder have??

 

[Coldworld]

Not enough of them.

They want larger buildings ... not many many smaller ones...they should start by bulldozing your shack down...

 

[scratch]

How many years do the guys/gals who are jumping into feeder have??

I mentored one driver last year that worked six months on the Preload, drove Package for a year and a half, and is now in Feeder for the last four months. We have a lot of part-timers with bad driving records or can't pass the driving test. Maybe they just don't have the desire for full-time work. A lot of them don't even own a car, that amazes me.

 

[el blanco]

I mentored one driver last year that worked six months on the Preload, drove Package for a year and a half, and is now in Feeder for the last four months. We have a lot of part-timers with bad driving records or can't pass the driving test. Maybe they just don't have the desire for full-time work. A lot of them don't even own a car, that amazes me.

a two year journey to feeders, unbelievable

 

[Coldworld]

a two year journey to feeders, unbelievable

It’s the new ups.....30 year old division managers.... drivers with 6 month pt.....

 

[worldwide]

Been reading up on the fallout of how UPS ruined Christmas not only for their workers but also their customers. I’ll start!
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

There certainly were problems right after Thanksgiving and in isolated spots around the country (Atlanta, Denver, Virginia) but overall, things got better as the weeks wore on. UPS time-in-transit, as measured by an independent company, was 99.1% the week before Christmas - better than FedEx at 98.7%.

There are always going to be some pockets of issues and the press loves to tell a sad story of little Timmy not getting his toy and parents screaming that "UPS ruined our Christmas!" but overall, UPS did recover from the mess after Thanksgiving and Black Friday.

The wildcard will be what the cost was for all the extra help that was brought in. Although there is no extra cost for salary by bringing in corporate and district people, there are costs for travel, hotel, meals and miles driven. The answer will come in late January on the earnings call but all those costs may be covered by the residential surcharges that UPS put in place this year.

UPS and FedEx Handle Record Holiday Surge With Minimal Delays

 

[rod]

I’m seriously thinking that I’m going to wake up one day and have a ball gag in my mouth and see my wife standing over me in a tight black leather catsuit and a damn whip.....

Beat her to the draw----tie her up first

 

[burrheadd]

I’m seriously thinking that I’m going to wake up one day and have a ball gag in my mouth and see my wife standing over me in a tight black leather catsuit and a damn whip.....

One can only hope!!

 

[scratch]

It turned out the drivers fired are mostly new and they were charged with not sheeting missed packages. I have screenshots off my DIAD and phone of Division ordering us not to sheet missed. Integrity is everything with this company....

 

[Catatonic]

You don’t have even one share for old time sake???
Did you have to sell it when you left ???

Nope, not a sentimental person. UPS was a means to make money ... especially the last 20 years.

Nope.

Diversification and risk management.

 

[opie]

Our drivers were instructed as well. Message through DIAD to not sheet anything missed. Just don't sheet them, rip off PAL labels, and throw them back on the belt.

It turned out the drivers fired are mostly new and they were charged with not sheeting missed packages. I have screenshots off my DIAD and phone of Division ordering us not to sheet missed. Integrity is everything with this company....

 

[opie]

UPS delivery woes are a symptom of growth in America | HeraldNet.com

 

[Coldworld]

Nope, not a sentimental person. UPS was a means to make money ... especially the last 20 years.

Nope.

Diversification and risk management.

Don’t tell me you don’t get a little sad when you leave one of your edm shows....

 

[Coldworld]

Our drivers were instructed as well. Message through DIAD to not sheet anything missed. Just don't sheet them, rip off PAL labels, and throw them back on the belt.

If you were to do that on your own they would try to fire you....bs double standards... nothing but shady crooks... seriously!!

 

[Coldworld]

Nope, not a sentimental person. UPS was a means to make money ... especially the last 20 years.

Nope.

Diversification and risk management.

How does your wife fall into the boxes of diversification and risk management???