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<blockquote data-quote="HomeDelivery" data-source="post: 918443" data-attributes="member: 33696"><p>Hi, Mom... most were busy w/ peak that i'm the 1st to reply...</p><p></p><p>so in your area, you're being forced to pay per hour like <strong>EXPRESs</strong> now? (you're not going to get rich soon like bbsam)</p><p></p><p>as a driver since 2006, I was first getting paid by the hour through the temp agency (including OT). Then when a contractor approached me to do deliveries per successful stop, I tried it out since my SPORH was about 10-15.</p><p></p><p>after 2 years, I didn't like that idea to be not getting paid to load/sort my truck, and drive to the first stop for free, as well as "dead-head"ing back to the terminal for no additional compensation as well... I'll ditch the contractors and go with the temp agency during peak. </p><p></p><p>2 years ago, the management weren't that good with distributing the loads amongst the temp drivers so some of us were out there for 10-12 hours a day.</p><p></p><p>this year, the management were very efficient and most of the temps were getting done 6-8 hours daily.</p><p></p><p>with the weather cooperating in the Northeast, there were no service delays & peak ended abruptly on Thurs 12.23.2011... the bad economy & the youtube vids of drivers throwing parcels over the fence probably helped in the end date of peak</p><p></p><p>Now, I'm back to being a Saturday-only driver or an emergency cover driver for the rest of the year (family takes priority now for me)</p><p></p><p>now, i'll know what to ask for when negotiating with future contractors for "fair pay"</p><p></p><p>Thanks for finally chiming in</p><p></p><p>PS: ask a mod to move this over to the fedex area; maybe that's why you didn't get enough replies yet... there's only a handful of purple people here</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HomeDelivery, post: 918443, member: 33696"] Hi, Mom... most were busy w/ peak that i'm the 1st to reply... so in your area, you're being forced to pay per hour like [B]EXPRESs[/B] now? (you're not going to get rich soon like bbsam) as a driver since 2006, I was first getting paid by the hour through the temp agency (including OT). Then when a contractor approached me to do deliveries per successful stop, I tried it out since my SPORH was about 10-15. after 2 years, I didn't like that idea to be not getting paid to load/sort my truck, and drive to the first stop for free, as well as "dead-head"ing back to the terminal for no additional compensation as well... I'll ditch the contractors and go with the temp agency during peak. 2 years ago, the management weren't that good with distributing the loads amongst the temp drivers so some of us were out there for 10-12 hours a day. this year, the management were very efficient and most of the temps were getting done 6-8 hours daily. with the weather cooperating in the Northeast, there were no service delays & peak ended abruptly on Thurs 12.23.2011... the bad economy & the youtube vids of drivers throwing parcels over the fence probably helped in the end date of peak Now, I'm back to being a Saturday-only driver or an emergency cover driver for the rest of the year (family takes priority now for me) now, i'll know what to ask for when negotiating with future contractors for "fair pay" Thanks for finally chiming in PS: ask a mod to move this over to the fedex area; maybe that's why you didn't get enough replies yet... there's only a handful of purple people here [/QUOTE]
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