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<blockquote data-quote="Harry Manback" data-source="post: 1132379" data-attributes="member: 8872">I deliver to a wonderful lady whose son was a former pharmaceutical rep.&nbsp; He got laid off, (probably because he isn&#039;t a smokin hot blonde with a set legs that would give a dog a bone.). He is now a contractor implementing ORION in a center about 70 miles from me.&nbsp; Never touched a package with the exception of the&nbsp; ones left in his storage unit by his driver.This the reality of ORION. P-man, I got loads of respect for you but, you&#039;re toeing the company line when you spew verbal diarrhea about the mileage savings.&nbsp; It is simply not true.&nbsp; I could shave 20 miles per day off my miles solution however, I&#039;m not allowed.&nbsp; As could the vast majority of my center.&nbsp; The 85% compliance metric is far more important than individual performance.&nbsp; Sometimes I wonder, &quot;How many miles could we save if you let me work as lethally efficient as I can?&quot;The answer is &quot;Bollocks&quot;&nbsp; it doesn&#039;t matter.&nbsp; Some numb nut in Atlanta has made this his saving grace/cash cow.&nbsp; Now, I have to run my route the way some contractor sees fit.&nbsp; The nuances that I know and avoid are now irrelevant.&nbsp; What hour will I be able to find a parking space?&nbsp; When will the school buses be running through this area?&nbsp; Shouldn&#039;t I finish this subdivision before I start another?&nbsp; All of that gets thrown out in pursuit of the&nbsp; Almighty Metric.&nbsp; The response of &quot;Uh, well, maybe you could talk to them (ORION monkeys) about it and, tell them how to fix it&quot; is old and tiresome.&nbsp; I drop em off and pick em up.&nbsp; Preload loads em &quot;correctly.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; Business Development does whatever the hell it does.&nbsp; Somehow, I&#039;m supposed to fix misloads (Preload&#039;s job), develop business (BD&#039;s job) and now I gotta help some outsider contractor do his job.&nbsp; I won&#039;t even bore you with my 11 hour dispatch (my job).The concept of ORION is a win for us all.&nbsp; The implementation is a total failure. The attempt to correct it by hiring temp-to-hire is but a band-aid applied to tumor.&nbsp; Spin it in any direction you wish, you&#039;ll only be polishing a turd.&nbsp; Ill be laughing at you when the 4 digit checks land in my checking account each week.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Harry Manback, post: 1132379, member: 8872"] I deliver to a wonderful lady whose son was a former pharmaceutical rep. He got laid off, (probably because he isn't a smokin hot blonde with a set legs that would give a dog a bone.). He is now a contractor implementing ORION in a center about 70 miles from me. Never touched a package with the exception of the ones left in his storage unit by his driver. This the reality of ORION. P-man, I got loads of respect for you but, you're toeing the company line when you spew verbal diarrhea about the mileage savings. It is simply not true. I could shave 20 miles per day off my miles solution however, I'm not allowed. As could the vast majority of my center. The 85% compliance metric is far more important than individual performance. Sometimes I wonder, "How many miles could we save if you let me work as lethally efficient as I can?" The answer is "Bollocks" it doesn't matter. Some numb nut in Atlanta has made this his saving grace/cash cow. Now, I have to run my route the way some contractor sees fit. The nuances that I know and avoid are now irrelevant. What hour will I be able to find a parking space? When will the school buses be running through this area? Shouldn't I finish this subdivision before I start another? All of that gets thrown out in pursuit of the Almighty Metric. The response of "Uh, well, maybe you could talk to them (ORION monkeys) about it and, tell them how to fix it" is old and tiresome. I drop em off and pick em up. Preload loads em "correctly." Business Development does whatever the hell it does. Somehow, I'm supposed to fix misloads (Preload's job), develop business (BD's job) and now I gotta help some outsider contractor do his job. I won't even bore you with my 11 hour dispatch (my job). The concept of ORION is a win for us all. The implementation is a total failure. The attempt to correct it by hiring temp-to-hire is but a band-aid applied to tumor. Spin it in any direction you wish, you'll only be polishing a turd. Ill be laughing at you when the 4 digit checks land in my checking account each week. [/QUOTE]

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