DumbTruckDriver
Allergic to cardboard.
Do you not verify your air before leaving the building?
Call tag attempts without the call tags?
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
Yes. We have two computers set up for our Orion traces. I compare the air on the screen to what I have on the car.
With a five minute drive to my area and a tight window (9:45 start, 9:50 leave bldg, 10:30 commit) I can’t sit and wait for my EDD to upload.
I find that funny. It's their laziness that causes the problem, but they expect the driver to just cover for them. Then when the package ends up "missing" they want to blame the driver for doing it wrong.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Johney
Well-Known Member
That's a sad excuse, how do you think we all did it before EDD?
TearsInRain
IE boogeyman
Johney
Well-Known Member
Actually it was much easier back then, center managers actually ran their own centers and didn't have to listen to some bean counter 1000 miles away. And they still made millions imagine that.i dunno but i'll bet it was sure tougher than us kids have it these days
TearsInRain
IE boogeyman
its easy to make millions when you have zero competition and volume is crazy-easy to predict because online shopping isn't a thing
the micromanagement started because small package stopped making money first, not the other way around
Johney
Well-Known Member
Really?,huh. I can't recall ever hearing they lost money.
TearsInRain
IE boogeyman
i think online shopping has basically killed small package
every resi we deliver is a loss or barely breaking even, unless it's a 2DA or better
most of our profits are in air and international volume now
Johney
Well-Known Member
If this is true then why do it? I'm not buying it.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
Wages need to be address in the next contract in order for us to remain competitive.
TearsInRain
IE boogeyman
what's the alternative, tell the US population to
off until we feel like we can make a buck? that if they aren't a business we aren't interested? yeah that would be great for the business...as a whole, the small package centers might make money, but the air and commercial carry it
yes, hopefully driver wages stay where they are, but steps are taken to reduce OT
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
Current FT drivers should be grandfathered in but new FT hires should start at a lower rate, have a longer progression with a lower top out.
TearsInRain
IE boogeyman
that is most likely what will happen, though i don't think lower wages is fair considering what we currently ask of drivers
if we dumbed it down a lot more, maybe, but not yet; maybe in the next contract
Johney
Well-Known Member
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't UPS in business to make money? I seriously doubt the shareholders would tolerate doing anything that doesn't make at least some profit. Their making something doing residential and not just for the U.S. population. Come on man seriously?what's the alternative, tell the US population to
as a whole, the small package centers might make money, but the air and commercial carry it
yes, hopefully driver wages stay where they are, but steps are taken to reduce OT
Sure so all those new hires can piss on us retirees down the road voting on new contracts seeing as we piss on them now. SMH.
E
el blanco
Guest
that's just poor organization skills by the driver
put those tags at the front of the 2000 shelf so you see them every time you open the bulkhead door
Johney
Well-Known Member
So all the tracking capabilities of yesterday were better than today? Because I've been in the dispatch office at 1 a.m. watching the dispatch sup setting up cars for the day already with a pretty good idea about spc. I guess those little clickers to count stops by the preloader were top notch in the day.
TearsInRain
IE boogeyman
yup that's where they stay all day long right until i drive back to the building
