Hubs that are Outdated, Overcapacity and Gravel Yards

[oldngray]

Why do people keep referring to the building they work in, as a hub ?

There are less than 30 (actual) ups hubs in the country.

We referred to the load/unload feeder operations as the hub. There were package centers in the same building but not part of the hub.

 

[BigUnionGuy]

Same reason we call them load stands. Because we've been conditioned by management to call it that.

You and I.... know it.

 

[Brownslave688]

Exactly what I thought it’s all over not just in my area, and what is this obsession with freaking gravel? Gravel in every auxiliary lot for overflow trailers. Fedex just down the street has asphalt, never thought I’d be envious of such a mundane detail but it’s ridiculous

We could bring in gravel weekly if we wanted. They spread gravel here with a feeder truck pulling a railroad tie. It’s comical.

 

[Tanktoptony]

More money more problems, I mean more gravel

 

[542thruNthru]

We always refer to it as the barn.

That always seemed to be the union term for buildings here.

 

[oldngray]

That always seemed to be the union term for buildings here.

Freight drivers call it a barn. Nobody at my building called it anything other than a building. Inside the building there was a hub and package centers so people who worked in the hub might call it the hub and package drivers might say they are returning to the building. Package drivers only referred to it as a center when discussing activities involving the center itself. There were several centers in the building (the number changed over the years)..

 

[UnionStrong]

Freight drivers call it a barn. Nobody at my building called it anything other than a building. Inside the building there was a hub and package centers so people who worked in the hub might call it the hub and package drivers might say they are returning to the building. Package drivers only referred to it as a center when discussing activities involving the center itself. There were several centers in the building (the number changed over the years)..

My bldg is a legit hub. But when I started 30 years ago all the older guys called it the barn. Being an impressionable rookie I naturally started calling it that. Today most call it the bldg. never hub. Of course center is used to delineate which part of the bldg we work at. It’s all in when you start I guess.

 

[UnionStrong]

We could bring in gravel weekly if we wanted. They spread gravel here with a feeder truck pulling a railroad tie. It’s comical.

Cheap bastards

 

[Buffet Master]

I thought maybe this was a thread started by members wives.

 

[Netsua 3:16]

I thought maybe this was a thread started by members wives.

 

[BrownSnowFlake]

what is this obsession with freaking gravel?

When you spill oil on it you can just kick the rocks over... no more oil spill!

 

[Fenris]

Why do people keep referring to the building they work in, as a hub ?

There are less than 30 (actual) ups hubs in the country.

The number of hubs, as officially designated by UPS, is over 200. We're not in the 70's anymore.

 

[oldngray]

The number of hubs, as officially designated by UPS, is over 200. We're not in the 70's anymore.

I thought 30 sounded way too low

 

[542thruNthru]

The number of hubs, as officially designated by UPS, is over 200. We're not in the 70's anymore.

I thought 30 sounded way too low

Sorry guys. I talked to Carol and she dropped it down to 30 when she became CEO. Remember "Better not Bigger"

 

[Jones]

If a building just runs a preload and a local sort, it's a delivery center. If it also runs a day sort, twilight sort and a night sort it's a hub. There's a lot more than 30 of those, 200+ sounds about right.

 

[Overpaid Union Thug]

If a building just runs a preload and a local sort, it's a delivery center. If it also runs a day sort, twilight sort and a night sort it's a hub. There's a lot more than 30 of those, 200+ sounds about right.

They call preload/local sort buildings “extended centers” here.

 

[PASinterference]

Cheap bastards

When Carol screams better not bigger, she really means cheaper not better. We all need to learn to speak corporate.

 

[Tanktoptony]

So these hubs Amazon builds in 18 months aren’t bought and paid for with money? How is Ups expecting to keep up with a competitor who is expanding at this rate and becoming more efficient with these newer facilities sans gravel?

 

[PASinterference]

So these hubs Amazon builds in 18 months aren’t bought and paid for with money? How is Ups expecting to keep up with a competitor who is expanding at this rate and becoming more efficient with these newer facilities sans gravel?

The stockholders must be paid. End of discussion.

 

[MECH-lift]

Our building nick name is HELL HOLE!