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<blockquote data-quote="beentheredonethat" data-source="post: 1017882" data-attributes="member: 4886"><p>I can't and won't speak for other companies, but I will speak regarding UPS. Yes, UPS has had lots of gains in overall productivity. Let's look at Delivery Information. When I started we had a whole department of folks working in the district (Back when there were approx 70 districts). UPS invested money in the DIAD so that information could be captured electronically vs on paper. UPS was able to virtually eliminate this entire department and all the costs associated with it. At the same time they improved the response time to the customer on questions such as where is my package?. Now UPS invested a lot of money in the DIAD, as well as ups.com and the UPS tracking API's. That investment in technology improved our costs. So because "productivity" improved, should we have given everyone raises based on that? When I started we had a whole department for data processing that took the "Pick up book detail" receipts the drivers took each day and keyentered them into the local computers and uploaded to the mainframe. That department went away in the districts due to UPS investing millions upon millions of dollars in computers for our customers (TDP program) and investing money by creating Worldship, Iship, Campusship, Connectship. The PLD that these systems (and other third parties) upload to UPS eliminated the need for this department. So because UPS invested money into these systems which resulted in cost savings and therefore more profit. Does that mean we should have increased the pay for our people? When UPS invested heavily in PFT, this resulted in the vast reduction in training hours spent to get a new preloader up to speed. UPS invested money in upgrading our Air fleet with more fuel efficient engines, planes that need only 2 people in cockpit vs 3. UPS I can go on and on where productivity gains have come about due to UPS investing in itself. </p><p></p><p>Now to be clear, do drivers work hard? Yes, they do. They work very hard. Are UPS drivers the highest paid delivery drivers in the U.S.? Yes they are. Do they have the best benefit pkg in the industry? Yes they do. Why is the definition of a fair days pay have a relation to the profit a company makes? </p><p></p><p>If I feel I am underpaid, I can leave UPS and go work for another company that will pay me more. That's called the free market. But.. what driver will leave UPS and make more in a similar job? Not many if at all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="beentheredonethat, post: 1017882, member: 4886"] I can't and won't speak for other companies, but I will speak regarding UPS. Yes, UPS has had lots of gains in overall productivity. Let's look at Delivery Information. When I started we had a whole department of folks working in the district (Back when there were approx 70 districts). UPS invested money in the DIAD so that information could be captured electronically vs on paper. UPS was able to virtually eliminate this entire department and all the costs associated with it. At the same time they improved the response time to the customer on questions such as where is my package?. Now UPS invested a lot of money in the DIAD, as well as ups.com and the UPS tracking API's. That investment in technology improved our costs. So because "productivity" improved, should we have given everyone raises based on that? When I started we had a whole department for data processing that took the "Pick up book detail" receipts the drivers took each day and keyentered them into the local computers and uploaded to the mainframe. That department went away in the districts due to UPS investing millions upon millions of dollars in computers for our customers (TDP program) and investing money by creating Worldship, Iship, Campusship, Connectship. The PLD that these systems (and other third parties) upload to UPS eliminated the need for this department. So because UPS invested money into these systems which resulted in cost savings and therefore more profit. Does that mean we should have increased the pay for our people? When UPS invested heavily in PFT, this resulted in the vast reduction in training hours spent to get a new preloader up to speed. UPS invested money in upgrading our Air fleet with more fuel efficient engines, planes that need only 2 people in cockpit vs 3. UPS I can go on and on where productivity gains have come about due to UPS investing in itself. Now to be clear, do drivers work hard? Yes, they do. They work very hard. Are UPS drivers the highest paid delivery drivers in the U.S.? Yes they are. Do they have the best benefit pkg in the industry? Yes they do. Why is the definition of a fair days pay have a relation to the profit a company makes? If I feel I am underpaid, I can leave UPS and go work for another company that will pay me more. That's called the free market. But.. what driver will leave UPS and make more in a similar job? Not many if at all. [/QUOTE]
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