Those are the guys that have a route AND take their lunch and when approached about why they are an hour over because the cover guy did it in so or so time...
Drivers in my center mad because they are forced to take lunch.
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Those are the guys that have a route AND take their lunch and when approached about why they are an hour over because the cover guy did it in so or so time...
PT Car Washer
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UPS could learn a lot from the US Army about how to treat your most valuable asset. Your people.
DriveInDriveOut
Inordinately Right
Sounds like they need to stop worrying about management's numbers and leave the cover driver out of it.
What's that a Jim Casey quote??? "Our biggest investment is our people"???? Something close to that anyway
Why not? I do 4 to 6 trips a day and on cold winter days the center is a very convenient warm location with a table to sit at.
4-6 trips a day?
I could guess at maybe the third trip, maybe the fourth trip would be an ideal time to take your lunch/meal.
that statement is subjective....
Holydriver
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If they don't want a cover driver covering their route then they should work daily. Don't want to work daily? Then deal with the results of the cover driver. It's not really that hard to reply to management like this "oh, johny cover driver did it an hour faster? Well my name is Jimmy bid route driver, not johny cover driver...."
BakerMayfield2018
Fight the power.
Well said sir, well said.
I take a day off when I damn well please, if a cover driver does it an " hour faster" than me.., well he probably friend'd up about 25 things, got 5 concerns, and pissed off 10 major accounts , needless to say he did not gas up my truck, and I have pkgs that are shipper release that say NI 1 on them.....but management will never hear a word about this....because I'm not a rat. I'm old school. It's all good......
rod
Retired 22 years
Combo job.Feeder/package car.I do dump stops in the morning and Amazon trailers in the afternoon.They are forcing me to take 30 consecutive minutes a day.So after my morning dump stops I combine my 10 minute break and 20 minutes worth of lunch(sometimes more).The most important part of what I do is stop for coffee at different places a few times a day.I have always found coffee to be a warm pacifier in such a cold harsh environment........
Wally
BrownCafe Innovator & King of Puns
Those days are over. The Runner-Gunners can't make up the time...ha ha ha!
Maybe they will stop being big pussa's afraid of a little OJS.
Holydriver
Well-Known Member
It sounds like you management needs to teach cover drivers how to actually do the jobWell said sir, well said.
I take a day off when I damn well please, if a cover driver does it an " hour faster" than me.., well he probably friend'd up about 25 things, got 5 concerns, andoff 10 major accounts , needless to say he did not gas up my truck, and I have pkgs that are shipper release that say NI 1 on them.....but management will never hear a word about this....because I'm not a rat. I'm old school. It's all good......
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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The problem with bid drivers skipping their lunches is that cover drivers may be expected to do the same.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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My post should have included the words "at the end of the day".
BakerMayfield2018
Fight the power.
All management cares about is the "over/unders".....
Scottyhawk
What is it? A brown box. Duh
Not anymore they don't, they care about Orion first stop, trace and miles
yea, but according to his time card, while he was on lunch he (cover driver)delivered 24 stops. But on the OR it shows he clocked out at 7pm, but I met him at chili's at 6pm... falsified timecards
