How Bad Will Peak Be?

[burrheadd]

Yes. We do it most days already. 150 stops during peak is the norm, it won’t kill us. I’d much rather have all my stops for the day when I leave the station vs. getting more crap at 1600 when I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.

150 during peak
Lol

 

[MassWineGuy]

That’s amazing to me.

 

[Serf]

The new E star system being implemented on Saturday. And eventually full time in early 2022. Will set up your route like DRA used to. It eliminates loops, changes your general territory daily based on volume. And send on calls to you based on how close In vicinity you are. If it actually works, it will have you doing your P1 up until noon, then doing a fair amount of P2. Equally distributed. Unlike now, where were all doing 75-95 P2 a day.

 

[Cactus]

The new E star system being implemented on Saturday. And eventually full time in early 2022. Will set up your route like DRA used to. It eliminates loops, changes your general territory daily based on volume. And send on calls to you based on how close In vicinity you are. If it actually works, it will have you doing your P1 up until noon, then doing a fair amount of P2. Equally distributed. Unlike now, where were all doing 75-95 P2 a day.

So how’s that supposed to “work” out in extended areas?

 

[McFeely]

So how’s that supposed to “work” out in extended areas?

Or how’s it gonna work when we can’t attract or retain employees lol

 

[UsualSozei]

How much staff will you lose to the coming vaccine mandate?

 

[MassWineGuy]

How much staff will you lose to the coming vaccine mandate?

Good riddance to them. I don’t need idiots who don’t care about infecting co workers. Clean up the collective gene pool.

 

[Cactus]

Not hard to see major flaws happening with this E-Star system. Routes being absorbed, late freight (of course) pickups sent in error, zip codes that extend for long distances, customer insistent reattempts and bad addresses etc.

Get ready for more of Fred’s Follies as he scares off even more help with another despatate idea that was probably purchased at Big Lots.

 

[Star B]

The new E star system being implemented on Saturday. And eventually full time in early 2022. Will set up your route like DRA used to. It eliminates loops, changes your general territory daily based on volume. And send on calls to you based on how close In vicinity you are. If it actually works, it will have you doing your P1 up until noon, then doing a fair amount of P2. Equally distributed. Unlike now, where were all doing 75-95 P2 a day.

how is it going to work in straightline-only routes -- or in other words -- routes that can only be done one way due to pickup times? I hope there are still going to be excluded areas from e-star.

City tested, rural redneckville unusable.

 

[59 Dano]

What say you @59 Dano ?

Any truth to the rumors?

Yep. Extra 90 minutes for FO, extra hour for PO.

If yes, is this any way to run a company?

Yes, but I'm sure there are a dozen people here with sure-fire, can't-miss solutions to handling the upcoming surge when most locations are at or near peak levels of volume already.

 

[MassWineGuy]

I haven’t seen nor heard anything about this new system.

 

[Fred's Myth]

Yep. Extra 90 minutes for FO, extra hour for PO.


Yes, but I'm sure there are a dozen people here with sure-fire, can't-miss solutions to handling the upcoming surge when most locations are at or near peak levels of volume already.

A shameful end to the legacy company Fred built. Failure everywhere you look…up mostly. That’s what happens when your management team is incompetent. Or even corrupt.

 

[falcon back]

Not hard to see major flaws happening with this E-Star system. Routes being absorbed, late freight (of course) pickups sent in error, zip codes that extend for long distances, customer insistent reattempts and bad addresses etc.

Get ready for more of Fred’s Follies as he scares off even more help with another despatate idea that was probably purchased at Big Lots.

You are supposed to be retired and yet you continue to worry about service and commit times. Who cares? We don't have to worry about that any more.

 

[Star B]

adding 90 minutes to FO makes it basically PO or even later! At that time, you might as well throw service out the window.

 

[Cactus]

Let Fat Freddy lose his precious RLA exemption, it’s his biggest fear because then the union comes a callin.’

Freddy is out of the picture now. Amazon seems to be able to keep unions out.

What makes you say Fat Freddy is out of the picture?

@bbsam

Well....?

 

[falcon back]

I haven’t seen nor heard anything about this new system.

They didn't want you to stress out.

 

[Working4the1%]

How much staff will you lose to the coming vaccine mandate?

Just the idiots

 

[Cactus]

You are supposed to be retired and yet you continue to worry about service and commit times. Who cares? We don't have to worry about that any more.

Just pointing out the obvious.

Hell no I don’t worry about it nor do lose any sleep. I’m from the old school where route knowledge was king. Very sad to have workers programmed these days. Might as well start using robots.

 

[falcon back]

Just pointing out the obvious.

Hell no I don’t worry about it nor do lose any sleep. I’m from the old school where route knowledge was king. Very sad to have workers programmed these days. Might as well start using robots.

Packages with NO yellow stickers or a 0 on it makes couriers head explode. Kinda sad.

 

[Fred's Myth]

Just the idiots

You retiring?