Are Mondays Insane at Your Station, Too?

[Fergus Mahoney]

Plan on missing my 1st peak after 26 years. I have a list of things to get looked at. friend'em. All the good coworkers have left soooooo I could give a rats .

 

[Cactus]

It’s definitely not as enjoyable as it once was. All kidding aside, can you anticipate anything good about peak this year? For me, late freight, lack of vehicles, staff shortage and the overwhelming volume of a.m. freight in the mid day flight makes me a bit pessimistic.

I think everybody should slow down at peak to maybe lets say 50%. Really take care of the customers who are lucky enough to actually receive their Xmas joys. Then let the corporate clout figure out the mountain of mess that they always make the couriers and CSA’s do. Then maybe, just maybe they might get a clue of what really goes on in the real world.

Then again, I doubt it.

 

[59 Dano]

Then maybe, just maybe they might get a clue of what really goes on in the real world.

The people most likely to say these kinds of things are the ones least likely to understand the real world.

 

[whenIgetthere]

Mondays are good on my route because that’s the only day I can finish in under 9 hours lately. Used to be a 7 hour day pretty regularly.

My Mondays are 11 hour days, rest of week are 9 hours.

 

[!Retired!]

I help with pm doc sort on Mondays or whatever the first workday is. Typically heavy for understandable reasons. But the last couple of months have been often off the wall.

A major problem is lack of staff. My manager said we’re interviewing like crazy. But when applicants learn they must take a drug test they walk out. It’s a miracle everything gets where it’s intended. Usually.

Mondays used to be the lightest day of the week, with Wednesday being the busiest. Now, Mondays are the heaviest, and it gets lighter as the week goes on.

That can't be. According to everyone on here, hiring problems ONLY happen at FDX because they are a crappy place to work and don't pay enough. According to those same people, everyone wants to work at UPS because everyone there loves their job and they pay great. How can UPS have problems hiring people?

Now that's funny.

 

[Red Devil]

Ups should have no issues hiring people according to everyone on here. People like me? You don't like working with white people?

They don’t have trouble hiring people so much as keeping people.

 

[falcon back]

They don’t have trouble hiring people so much as keeping people.

Not according to many on here. FDX can't hire or retain due to pay. UPS pays more, their employees are happy and stay there a long time. Or so many on here say.

 

[Red Devil]

Not according to many on here. FDX can't hire or retain due to pay. UPS pays more, their employees are happy and stay there a long time. Or so many on here say.

Well the full time employees do tend to stay from what I’ve seen. Part timers come and go, but they always get more fresh meat somehow. The pay and benefits definitely have something to do with the full timers sticking around.

 

[Cactus]

The people most likely to say these kinds of things are the ones least likely to understand the real world.

Oh, I see you’re sticking up for the corporate elite. You know the one’s that are entitled and sheltered away from the real work. There they are Dano, now go kiss their ass.

 

[59 Dano]

Oh, I see you’re sticking up for the corporate elite. You know the one’s that are entitled and sheltered away from the real work. There they are Dano, now go kiss their ass.

Come on, give us more mindless cliches!

 

[Cactus]

Come on, give us more mindless cliches!

I see you still have a real problem handling the truth.

 

[yadig]

I can only speak to the ups truck drivers, they aren’t leaving like they do at FedEx! That’s a fact.

 

[59 Dano]

Come on, give us more mindless cliches!

I see you still have a real problem handling the truth.

I ask for a cliche, you respond with a very uncreative twist on "You can't handle the truth." AWESOME.

 

[Cactus]

I ask for a cliche, you respond with a very uncreative twist on "You can't handle the truth." AWESOME.

Since when do I care what you ask for?

 

[59 Dano]

Since when do I care what you ask for?

You gave me exactly what I asked for, LOL!

 

[Cactus]

You gave me exactly what I asked for, LOL!

Hey, @59 Dano if you’re nothing but a worthless shill, read this.

 

[BadLarry238]

Well the full time employees do tend to stay from what I’ve seen. Part timers come and go, but they always get more fresh meat somehow. The pay and benefits definitely have something to do with the full timers sticking around.

Like getting people off the street from Jackson, MS and bussing them to MEMH to work the sort at $20hr? How long has FedEx been doing that?

 

[falcon back]

Like getting people off the street from Jackson, MS and bussing them to MEMH to work the sort at $20hr? How long has FedEx been doing that?

I don't believe they are coming from Jackson Ms.

 

[BadLarry238]

I don't believe they are coming from Jackson Ms.

They were as of about 2 months ago...don't know if they still are or not.

 

[Fred's Myth]

Like getting people off the street from Jackson, MS and bussing them to MEMH to work the sort at $20hr? How long has FedEx been doing that?

That's over 3 hours one way by car, more by bus! That's not realistic!