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<blockquote data-quote="BigBrownSanta" data-source="post: 434879" data-attributes="member: 11097"><p>First, let me say, I don't expect ups to pay a commission on pickup pieces. But for the sake of this thread, I'll respond.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>What Fedex Ground does and what I mentioned is not similiar in any way. Fedex Ground pays a flat rate per piece and that's it. That's their complete paycheck. What I mentioned would be more like a bonus on top of your hourly pay. The union doesn't recognize the bonus program we have now. A bonus program based on pickup pieces would motivate some drivers to try to be entrepreneurial and increase volume on their area, basically like having the ability to give themselves a payraise. Not to mention it would be alot more honest than the current bonus program.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>This looks like an impediment to the sales lead program that maybe someone in an upper decision-making position may want to look at. Resolve this and maybe drivers will be more trusting of the process. </p><p> </p><p>I can tell you from personal experience that the system is manipulatable (is that a word?) by the BD people. I had a BD person approach me at a pickup one day and during our discussion he asked me why I don't turn in sales leads. I basically told him that I didn't believe the system worked and that I wouldn't get the credit for the pickup. He told me to turn in a sales lead for a nation wide business he was working on and he would get me paid. </p><p> </p><p>I thought about it for a week, but eventually turned in the sales lead. By then, the contract had already been signed. The first time, the lead was kicked back as already closed. The BD person went to bat and convinced someone to pay the sales lead by saying the company wouldn't have closed the contract if not for the high level of service I provided. His words, not mine. A couple of months later I get an American Express card with $300 on it. </p><p> </p><p>In his effort to show me that the system worked, he showed me it was arbitrary.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>I don't have a problem with getting a "big enough piece of the hand out" as you put it. It's the fact of do I trust that what you are telling me is the truth. Did someone in Wyoming really turn in a sales lead first or is that the excuse you are using to not pay for the sales lead I turned in?</p><p> </p><p>For me, it all boils down to trust. I know if I don't participate, I don't have to worry about being lied to.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BigBrownSanta, post: 434879, member: 11097"] First, let me say, I don't expect ups to pay a commission on pickup pieces. But for the sake of this thread, I'll respond. What Fedex Ground does and what I mentioned is not similiar in any way. Fedex Ground pays a flat rate per piece and that's it. That's their complete paycheck. What I mentioned would be more like a bonus on top of your hourly pay. The union doesn't recognize the bonus program we have now. A bonus program based on pickup pieces would motivate some drivers to try to be entrepreneurial and increase volume on their area, basically like having the ability to give themselves a payraise. Not to mention it would be alot more honest than the current bonus program. This looks like an impediment to the sales lead program that maybe someone in an upper decision-making position may want to look at. Resolve this and maybe drivers will be more trusting of the process. I can tell you from personal experience that the system is manipulatable (is that a word?) by the BD people. I had a BD person approach me at a pickup one day and during our discussion he asked me why I don't turn in sales leads. I basically told him that I didn't believe the system worked and that I wouldn't get the credit for the pickup. He told me to turn in a sales lead for a nation wide business he was working on and he would get me paid. I thought about it for a week, but eventually turned in the sales lead. By then, the contract had already been signed. The first time, the lead was kicked back as already closed. The BD person went to bat and convinced someone to pay the sales lead by saying the company wouldn't have closed the contract if not for the high level of service I provided. His words, not mine. A couple of months later I get an American Express card with $300 on it. In his effort to show me that the system worked, he showed me it was arbitrary. I don't have a problem with getting a "big enough piece of the hand out" as you put it. It's the fact of do I trust that what you are telling me is the truth. Did someone in Wyoming really turn in a sales lead first or is that the excuse you are using to not pay for the sales lead I turned in? For me, it all boils down to trust. I know if I don't participate, I don't have to worry about being lied to. [/QUOTE]
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