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<blockquote data-quote="browniehound" data-source="post: 437191" data-attributes="member: 4653"><p>In the land that I work drivers get paid 8 hours for the holiday. UPS runs an operation the day after thanksgiving in which they deliver NDA, 2-DA, Express and Expedited international packages. </p><p> </p><p>UPS uses air-drivers at straight time because its "their work" according to the contract. Then the company asks for volunteers that will be paid at time and one-half per our supplement. When there are not enough volunteers they force from the bottom and the drivers are paid time and one-half.</p><p> </p><p>Except for letter boxes we don't make pick-ups unless the customer calls the center and pre-arranges it.</p><p> </p><p>My question becomes why does UPS perform this operation? They can't be making money because they are paying the entire workforce to stay home and then double time and one-half for the employees who do work.</p><p> </p><p>Why not just shut it down? Our trucks go out looking like DHL and Fed-Ex trucks on these days and our people are making $60/hour!</p><p> </p><p>Do UPS do it to stay in line with the competition? This has to be a HUGE loss for UPS.</p><p> </p><p>Here is my brilliant theory, lol. It looks like the company has to run the operation to compete with Fed-Ex even though we are losing money. UPS staffs its operations to make service by noon on all its NDA. We always do well on our service. Maybe we should cut the drivers by 50% and sacrifice service. I would only suggest this on holidays.</p><p> </p><p>I suggest this because many of our customers ship premium packages without understanding the service involve. An example would be NDA Early AM's to businesses that don't open until the afternoon?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="browniehound, post: 437191, member: 4653"] In the land that I work drivers get paid 8 hours for the holiday. UPS runs an operation the day after thanksgiving in which they deliver NDA, 2-DA, Express and Expedited international packages. UPS uses air-drivers at straight time because its "their work" according to the contract. Then the company asks for volunteers that will be paid at time and one-half per our supplement. When there are not enough volunteers they force from the bottom and the drivers are paid time and one-half. Except for letter boxes we don't make pick-ups unless the customer calls the center and pre-arranges it. My question becomes why does UPS perform this operation? They can't be making money because they are paying the entire workforce to stay home and then double time and one-half for the employees who do work. Why not just shut it down? Our trucks go out looking like DHL and Fed-Ex trucks on these days and our people are making $60/hour! Do UPS do it to stay in line with the competition? This has to be a HUGE loss for UPS. Here is my brilliant theory, lol. It looks like the company has to run the operation to compete with Fed-Ex even though we are losing money. UPS staffs its operations to make service by noon on all its NDA. We always do well on our service. Maybe we should cut the drivers by 50% and sacrifice service. I would only suggest this on holidays. I suggest this because many of our customers ship premium packages without understanding the service involve. An example would be NDA Early AM's to businesses that don't open until the afternoon? [/QUOTE]
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