UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
I said I wouldn't respond to you in that particular thread, which I didn't.
Rather than mock me why don't you address what I said?
Rather than mock me why don't you address what I said?
I said I wouldn't respond to you in that particular thread, which I didn't.
Rather than mock me why don't you address what I said?
I just got home from CACH Illinois where we had to run to grab a ton of trailers that were already failed by the giant hub. UPS is currently flying out managers, supervisors and any other management personnel with a Class A license to move trailers around Chicago.
TOS.
TOS why are they running sleeper teams when they could run extra trains to the west coast?
One of the best parts of my trip was seeing my instructor driving a tractor like a WAD driver in CACH..! Several of our on road sups are still in CACH driving WAD feeder. I am sure nobody in CACH knows these are supervisors and not hourly drivers.
Plenty of WLA so cal supervisors are working up in cach this week...
TOS
So you've gone to feeders?
I'm calling bs on TOS but to answer your question "they" cannot run extra trains because "they" don't control the trains. BNSF doesn't run out and buy more equipment for our peak. What trains are there is all they have. They'll be loaded to capacity and the excess will wait or go by road.
i understand we dont own the trains. BNSF is a pretty significant player in the rail industry.I would have thought they could dedicate more assets to the clean up.
I've also been told by a sup. that at the rail yard, UPS is treated the same as every other customer. We don't get preference in our trailers getting pulled off the FC before anyone else. It's possible that this delay, which could take several hours, may be a reason to avoid using the TOFC option.
Of course, i'm also in the northeast, so the big rail carrier here is NS, not BNSF.
i understand we dont own the trains. BNSF is a pretty significant player in the rail industry.I would have thought they could dedicate more assets to the clean up.
I've also been told by a sup. that at the rail yard, UPS is treated the same as every other customer. We don't get preference in our trailers getting pulled off the FC before anyone else. It's possible that this delay, which could take several hours, may be a reason to avoid using the TOFC option.
Of course, i'm also in the northeast, so the big rail carrier here is NS, not BNSF.
So TOS is being "trained" in Feeders? I see the mention of instructors, which means they sent rookie drivers with low experience sups? Great combination going into lousy weather. I think I know where the fail is.
Ups lost money for one day. Where as if you shut down they'll lose money for a week or more.So packages snowball for a day. Big deal. The accident and injury will end up costing the center near $100,000 according to the center manager.
This center spends approximately $19,000 per day on payroll, so even if the center profits at a rate of twice the daily payroll (which we all know is not the case, but I use the number as an illustration), the center lost $62,000, a vehicle, and a driver for an unknown length of time. They could have just as easily played their little games with "weather delays", told us to stay home and made their money the next day when conditions improved. But they didn't. They instead chose to roll the dice and hope for no accidents, no injuries, and profits. They lost.
That's terrible news about our guys on that feeder team, I hope that they'll be OK. This is just another example of profits before people. Last week with temps here in the single digits and ice and snow everywhere, they still went on with the operation and then scratched their heads when my center alone had 1 accident and 1 injury.
Scotty boy is trying his damnedest to go down as the worst CEO in the history of the company. Sure he's maximizing profits, but it's at the expense of safety and service.
I'm calling EPIC BS on TOS's fairytale.