What do you mean by that?
I know different districts/different locals have different opinions on casual drivers. Some districts hire casual/seasonal drivers for summer/peak and some districts use their part timers to fill in these holes. Depends on the local supplement.
I'm guessing that "1989" has a sense of humor and was joking when he asked "aren't Fed-Ex drivers casual drivers?"
I'm sure he knows the definition of "casual" drivers as it applies to UPS. I just think he was ranking on his local Fed-Ex drivers because their trucks are empty yet they always act stressed and complain of too much work
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Give me a break. A fed-Ex express courier doesn't know what work is. I'm sorry. I understand Fed-Ex has commit times too, but they have no idea what delivery stress is.
Most of UPS's trucks go out 100% full. I know I can't walk through my truck even at 3pm. Fed-Ex ground is DONE at 3pm! Also I have yet to see any competition vehicle "blown out". Not one! Not a one, ever! Yet our trucks are bursting at the seams everyday!
The competition might be winning some battles, but UPS is still winning the war. I don't care what you say about less volume, my own eyes tell me we are OK.
If the day comes that a competition truck opens its rear door and packages start spilling on the street, then I will worry. This scenario is played out everyday at the first stop of 75% of our routes in my center, but I have yet to see this once, ever, with our competition.
Business Development will claim the competition has the upper hand because they can pay their people non-union wages. I can understand that, but have one statement to make.
If DHL (formerly Airborne) can exist paying their drivers over $20 per hour with 35 packages in each truck, then I have complete faith in UPS's profitability when they stuff 300+ packages in each package car and only pay their drivers a few bucks more.
It gets under my skin when I hear or read that "we get paid the highest wage in the industry" Yeah? We also are the most productive in the industry, so I think its justifed and we deserve it. We do the most work, so why shouldn't we recieve the higher wage?
I'm willing to say my SPORH is twice that of my fellow Fed-Ex ground driver's. I'm sure I don't make twice as much so it looks to me that UPS is getting us at a bargain at 28.14/hour and I'm serious. Its a bargain.
I'd like to see UPS run their operation strictly with laid-off DHL drivers. UPS would be done if thats what they were left to pick from
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That 28.14 looks better and better the more they ponder the alternative, I'm sure!