Matty_lawn
Poopin' on the clock
Yes it is.
If 1 billion people made $10 each they'd have more money to spend than if I made 10 billion dollars. Yeah no.
That doesn't mean they are better off than me.
Why so defensive, snowflake?
Heard it thru the grapevine...
- Thread starter AutoZone
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Why so defensive, snowflake?
Yeah, it takes me 80+ hours just to gross $1200. A few (dozen) more raises ought to get me up there, though.
PT Car Washer
Well-Known Member
The bottom 10% of drivers do not have a 40 hour a week guarantee. Working inside gets you cut back to $15/hr and a 3 1/2 hour guarantee. The first couple of years driving can be rough unless you get in when your building is short of drivers.
TooTechie
Geek in Brown
A) Orion doesn't work in most places
B) You still need a warm body behind the wheel to drive the truck, even if you fumble through it with Orion. A scab would be better off following RDO on most routes.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
A) False.
B) False.
Our on cars tell us that the newbies actually do much better with Orion than the veterans.
DumbTruckDriver
Allergic to cardboard.
If a noob ran straight Orion on most of our routes there would be missed businesses.
oldngray
nowhere special
DumbTruckDriver
Allergic to cardboard.
I can't recall the last time management said anything about Orion. It's been all Telematics for months.
oldngray
nowhere special
What's the flavor of the month? Back first exceptions?
DumbTruckDriver
Allergic to cardboard.
Yep.
residential backs here
Distracted driver
Distracted Driver
Never ever will happen even the rumor of a strike like last time ups lost almost 35 percent of its business and still have not gained all accounts back the competition grew by going into ups customers telling them we will go on strike and thier packages will be held up in stores trailers for weeks which made them switch carriers. They don't want that again along with untrained new drivers getting into accidents Orion was introduced by a group of investors to increase profit and productivity by mainly reducing miles ,,,, I just think another flop in the ups greed. Orion does not work but they will never admit that . When it was first introduced in our center I actually went more miles and was paid over by 1 hour and I am usually a close to scratch driver. So then dispatched asked me how I wanted the delivery order placed in my board lol. Sorta defeated the purpose of Orion
Johney
Well-Known Member
Every on-road in our building tells stories like that all the time.
Over 70
Well-Known Member
When I first found the RDO button my efficiency went through the roof as a new driver because I started emptying the truck shelf by shelf front to back.
Orion had me randomly searching all over a bricked out truck.
RDO just made sense, Orion would want me to turn around in driveways in the ghetto which I know now but being new it was confusing.
I've learned alot more of the tricks to be more organized but find it hard to believe new drivers have better times with orion.
Orion had me randomly searching all over a bricked out truck.
RDO just made sense, Orion would want me to turn around in driveways in the ghetto which I know now but being new it was confusing.
I've learned alot more of the tricks to be more organized but find it hard to believe new drivers have better times with orion.
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Over 70
Well-Known Member
My dispatcher was good and actually listened to and made adjustments to my concerns after I ran it for a month. It's alright now but RDO is still the best IMO
Hellobrown2000
Well-Known Member
When I want extra hours I'll run orion
TooTechie
Geek in Brown
I've missed you Dave...and it may be "false" in your center, but it is not false here.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
Orion can't handle all of those Boston one way streets?
