Bubblehead
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It's only a lifetime bid if you fail to bid another.
I've been on mine for twelve years.
I've been on mine for twelve years.
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BH, do you have any scheduled bid or only on retirement openings etc?
menotyou
bella amicizia
There are areas with lifetime bids. Yuck.
Bubblehead
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Win a bid here it's yours till you retire or bid something else.
What's not to like?
menotyou
bella amicizia
Lot's of things. Believe me.
dilligaf
IN VINO VERITAS
dilligaf
IN VINO VERITAS
Vacate, retire or terminate......................... I'm glad we don't have yearly bids.
menotyou
bella amicizia
Seniority here gains you the right to keep your bid for as long as you want, or you can switch up if you are bored. The junior guys are the ones stuck with the junk.It's all a matter of personal preference.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Yearly/annual bids don't make a lot of sense--no sooner do you get a driver trained on their new area it is time to bid and you may have to do it all over again. We bid every two years and have very few changes. We used to have more when we still had "retirement runs" but those are no longer.
I can see the value of lifetime bids but prefer bidding every two years.
kingOFchester
Well-Known Member
Yearly here. Would not want lifetime.
dilligaf
IN VINO VERITAS
LOL I actually didn't mean yearly specifically. I was being lazy and didn't feel like typing any more than I had to. Ya ya ya, I know
Maybe in larger centers it wouldn't make that much difference. I know around here, most of the drivers wouldn't give up their rtes for nothing. We have some drivers that have been on their rtes for years, 1 I know for sure has been on her rte for 13/14 years. Most of the drivers have known their customers for years. I think it makes a difference during Christmas. I would hate to have to bid every year or every other year. Maybe that's because I'm so low on the seniority list but also because I want to stay in one area and get to know my customers. I was in our bank the other day, and the UPS driver came in with me. He delivered and picked up and on his way out he made sure to acknowledge the tellers and say thank you and appreciate your business. I was ................ impressed. They called him by name and he called them by name. That's the kind of rapport I want with my customers and I don't see gaining that by rebidding rtes every year or two.
menotyou
bella amicizia
I don't see bids ruining that. Pas/EDD does. I pray you never get it, Dilli. It changes everything. Ruins everything. Customers here never know who they will see from day to day. It is annoying, to say the least. Those are the customers who are on the edge of a loop. Then, there are the customers who are moved to another truck because the first truck is one stop over the needed count. Then, the customers who are in an area of a route that regularly gets cut. I can go on and on. PAS/EDD is not making customers/drivers/managers happy.
dilligaf
IN VINO VERITAS
What? PAS/EDD? We have it. Have had it for 2 years now. I like the system itself but I couldn't agree more on the customer service side of it. And from a drivers stand point. I keep telling my OR if he'd leave things alone the drivers would be happier, the customers would be happier. It sucks not knowing day to day what add/cuts are going to be on my truck and it's different everyday.
menotyou
bella amicizia
It must just be my building. They call it the "Black Hole" for a reason, ya know!!!
dilligaf
IN VINO VERITAS
My OR originally came into my building to set up PAS. He did a really good job of it but it still takes input from the drivers to get it nailed.
old levi's
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Nobody nails it like a driver!
dilligaf
IN VINO VERITAS
old levi's
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We do it on the road.
I gave my imagination free rein with (We)!
