10:30 resi
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Gross. Is UPS complicit in this? How long has it been going on?
So instead of call tags the customer prints and affixes the label on their own and pays doordash to send an errand boy to take the package to a designated UPS access/drop off point. I am sure that UPS gets a small cut of the fee.View attachment 410912
Gross. Is UPS complicit in this? How long has it been going on?
They are offering this service for USPS and FedEx as wellLooks like FedEx labels in the top two pictures and USPS in the bottom. I can already see how well this is gonna go. Lol!
I can see how they would be able to take a prepaid to the UPS store for you without UPS involvement. That was my first thought.I don't think this is a UPS approved service. I personally don't have enough faith in doordash to trust them with this. Using a 3rd party for services always complicates things.
I saw this and UPS absolutely partnered with door dash. Running laps around our current contract. Getting UPS prepared for a work stoppage.View attachment 410912
Gross. Is UPS complicit in this? How long has it been going on?
I don't like this at all...I can see how they would be able to take a prepaid to the UPS store for you without UPS involvement. That was my first thought.
I don't like what doordash is doing here. If Carol is involved I don't like it that much more. And if Carol is I would think a subcontracting grievance can be filed. So I am wondering if anyone knows for sure one way or the other or how I would find out.
The elected leaders will not allow subcontracting. Lol.I saw this and UPS absolutely partnered with door dash. Running laps around our current contract. Getting UPS prepared for a work stoppage.
Could this really be considered subcontracting? For this service, the consumer, not UPS, is choosing to use the DoorDash service as opposed to taking the package to a drop off spot themselves. It's not like a PVD making a delivery that a UPS driver could have made. In this return package case, there was never an opportunity for a UPS driver to pick up the package unless either the shipper issued a return label or the consumer specifically requested a UPS pickup.I don't like this at all...
Sounds like a creative subcontracting scam from Carol to me. This is the first I'm hearing about this, so I can't help with any knowledge, but I'm looking forward to hearing if anyone else knows anything too.
Thanks for the share.
If UPS is in any way involved in having packages picked up and transported by non UPS employees, they are absolutely using it as a back door to subcontracting.Could this really be considered subcontracting? For this service, the consumer, not UPS, is choosing to use the DoorDash service as opposed to taking the package to a drop off spot themselves. It's not like a PVD making a delivery that a UPS driver could have made. In this return package case, there was never an opportunity for a UPS driver to pick up the package unless either the shipper issued a return label or the consumer specifically requested a UPS pickup.
DoorDash isn’t the only delivery company that has worked to offer such a service. Back in 2015, Uber offered a “limited-time” option for customers to send return packages to post offices. The feature was called “Returns” and was powered by UberRush, which shut down in 2018. Similarly, a former on-demand shipping startup called Shyp offered a service that picked up packages and delivered them to their destination. The company ended operations in 2018 after struggling to find a scalable model beyond its launching point in San Francisco. Time will tell if DoorDash has success with this.
With the number of drop off locations available for a consumer to return a package, it seems like this has a limited audience. It's very easy to find a drop-off location for a UPS package. Then again, people want convenience so I'm sure there will be some that find this new option appealing.
The company is willing to lose money to eliminate jobsIf UPS is in any way involved in having packages picked up and transported by non UPS employees, they are absolutely using it as a back door to subcontracting.
If people wish to drop their packages off at UPS or the UPS Store, that's fine. If a package is being shipped, and a courier that is not UPS is involved in moving it, it's blatantly subcontracting. That pickup should have belonged to a union UPS driver.