First quarter profit down over 17% — Now what?

[The Driver]

Expecting the return of route cutting? Grumpier Center Manager? Even less toilet paper and paper towels? Nothing changed at all?

UPS profit falls 17.4 percent hurt by severe winter - Reuters

 

[Overpaid Union Thug]

Maybe they'll finally start getting rid of center managers.

 

[rickyb]

Maybe they'll finally start getting rid of center managers.

you and @Operational needs gotta work harder

 

[upschuck]

I guess that spending freeze in December caught up to them. Imagine that.

 

[thecamel]

Damn, only $1 billion, $100 million net in the first quarter. WTF? Youse guys really need to work harder.

 

[thecamel]

Remember back in the good old days when everyone was striving for that $1 billion quarter. It will never be enough.

 

[soberups]

Our automotive department cannot order any parts or tires so we are literally running out of room to park the red-tagged cars.
I fully expect to show up to work one day and be told that I have to walk my entire route off with a hand cart due to not having any operable vehicles left.

 

[soberups]

Looks like they finally ran out of stupid number tricks.

 

[Returntosender]

Maybe they'll finally start getting rid of center managers.

then who will carry out the IE plan?

 

[Indecisi0n]

Stop washing all package cars !!!

 

[Wally]

Good news! The Orion team is going to OJS Mother Nature!

 

[Overpaid Union Thug]

Good news! The Orion team is going to OJS Mother Nature!

If they are anything like my current OC they’ll think that reciting (verbatim) the five seeing habits, 10 point commentary, and all the other new (and perpetually evolving) acronyms to mother nature will change her laws.

Stop washing all package cars !!!

Our center hasn’t washed cars in over a year. But the local sort still enters their allotted car wash times in their reports. We sure do work for some honest Abes right?

then who will carry out the IE plan?

On Cars by instructing their drivers to methodically and robotically follow ORION and all of the acronyms.

 

[Netsua 3:16]

Right now, it's just a tough quarter, brought on largely by cruddy weather. It was basically peak into March at my center because of the snow. We were behind 3 full days at one point in late Feb.
NOW, we really get to see where we're at here in Q2. Another big loss could bring on drastic changes and pandemonium

 

[1989]

I took a vacation week in March so production went down for the quarter.

 

[Brownslave688]

That’s ok we just didn’t cut long enough. Better start the q2 cuts next week.

 

[Future]

That’s ok we just didn’t cut long enough. Better start the q2 cuts next week.

O boy

 

[Staydryitsraining]

This wont get better with time. Our profit since 2013 I would say was due to the explosion of online sales. Well Amazon is cornering that and ups nationally is loosing that ground. Next quarter will include the massive amount of back pay. That period of 2007-2013 with little hiring will probably come back.

 

[Redtag]

Our automotive department cannot order any parts or tires so we are literally running out of room to park the red-tagged cars.
I fully expect to show up to work one day and be told that I have to walk my entire route off with a hand cart due to not having any operable vehicles left.

I am going to start a Gofundme so I can order pink tag items.

 

[MECH-lift]

Don’t let UPS blame this on weather , it’s been snowing for billions of years. The HORRIBLE customer service is why the ship is sinking!

 

[Indecisi0n]

If they are anything like my current OC they’ll think that reciting (verbatim) the five seeing habits, 10 point commentary, and all the other new (and perpetually evolving) acronyms to mother nature will change her laws.


Our center hasn’t washed cars in over a year. But the local sort still enters their allotted car wash times in their reports. We sure do work for some honest Abes right?



On Cars by instructing their drivers to methodically and robotically follow ORION and all of the acronyms.

It's never bothered me driving a dirty package car but I always cleaned my windows every morning before I left . If they don't care about our appearance than neither do I .