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<blockquote data-quote="browniehound" data-source="post: 764270" data-attributes="member: 4653"><p>This is a GREAT post! Thanks for doing the math and breaking it down as you did. In light of your math and post, I'm trying to play 'devil's advocate' here and find a way to argue against you. I can't.</p><p> </p><p>In running any business, you cut cost at every chance and I understand that. However, UPS does it blindly and I'll explain. Say the center runs 9 routes and the volume is low for the day. So they cut a route because it makes sense. This might work because the 8 other routes are light and can absorb the extra hour of work and all is good. </p><p> </p><p>Problems arise when the center runs 40 routes and none of them are light. They break up a route and give business stops to routes that already have too many businesses. Also, they put these businesses at the end of your EDD or trace. What the heck is up with that? In the process, UPS saves money on wear and tear on the truck and thats it. It only saves fuel on the "to and from miles" to the area and thats it too.</p><p> </p><p>They don't save labor costs because if you cut my route on Monday, I'm guaranteed 8 hours of work from the time I'm told to report for work: 835. If they cut my route and a junior driver is working they have to find me work. They don't cut my route on Mondays but they cut the route next to me. The driver has been with the company for 1/4 of a century and the ask him "Do you want the day?" "Why not just take the day?" No. He insisted on his 8 hours and they said "Come back for the day sort at 1230"</p><p>He said NO, I want my 8 starting at 835 and its his contractual right if a junior teamster is working and 95% of the center is junior to the guy.</p><p> </p><p>The center manager had no choice but to work him. They started out with him watching a few safety videos and then an 1.25 hours of Haz-Mat training and then a shuttle of a few packages to other centers in the area. I don't know what he did after this but he got his 8.</p><p> </p><p>Which brings me to my point(yes, I do have one).. Since no manager actually owns the business they don't care about cuts that hurt his business. On paper, running 39 routes is better than running 40. </p><p> </p><p> Looks great, doesn't it? However, when you have to pay the 40th guy to watch vidoes and eat popcorn and then send him on a 130 mile ride to an airport to get a package, you are not saving any money. You are actually burning it.</p><p> </p><p>Even without the driver demanding his 8, UPS is screwing themselves by cutting the route. Now you're paying 5-6 guys an extra hour of OT to deliver the spoils of the cut route. </p><p> </p><p>In the end we have a driver making a days pay to not do his route and 5 other drivers working an extra hour of OT to do his route!</p><p> </p><p>What am I missing here? How are we saving money?</p><p> </p><p>It just proves that there is so much efficency built into these routes and the UPS systems that you could put me(HA HA) in as division manager and the operation would not miss a beat!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="browniehound, post: 764270, member: 4653"] This is a GREAT post! Thanks for doing the math and breaking it down as you did. In light of your math and post, I'm trying to play 'devil's advocate' here and find a way to argue against you. I can't. In running any business, you cut cost at every chance and I understand that. However, UPS does it blindly and I'll explain. Say the center runs 9 routes and the volume is low for the day. So they cut a route because it makes sense. This might work because the 8 other routes are light and can absorb the extra hour of work and all is good. Problems arise when the center runs 40 routes and none of them are light. They break up a route and give business stops to routes that already have too many businesses. Also, they put these businesses at the end of your EDD or trace. What the heck is up with that? In the process, UPS saves money on wear and tear on the truck and thats it. It only saves fuel on the "to and from miles" to the area and thats it too. They don't save labor costs because if you cut my route on Monday, I'm guaranteed 8 hours of work from the time I'm told to report for work: 835. If they cut my route and a junior driver is working they have to find me work. They don't cut my route on Mondays but they cut the route next to me. The driver has been with the company for 1/4 of a century and the ask him "Do you want the day?" "Why not just take the day?" No. He insisted on his 8 hours and they said "Come back for the day sort at 1230" He said NO, I want my 8 starting at 835 and its his contractual right if a junior teamster is working and 95% of the center is junior to the guy. The center manager had no choice but to work him. They started out with him watching a few safety videos and then an 1.25 hours of Haz-Mat training and then a shuttle of a few packages to other centers in the area. I don't know what he did after this but he got his 8. Which brings me to my point(yes, I do have one).. Since no manager actually owns the business they don't care about cuts that hurt his business. On paper, running 39 routes is better than running 40. Looks great, doesn't it? However, when you have to pay the 40th guy to watch vidoes and eat popcorn and then send him on a 130 mile ride to an airport to get a package, you are not saving any money. You are actually burning it. Even without the driver demanding his 8, UPS is screwing themselves by cutting the route. Now you're paying 5-6 guys an extra hour of OT to deliver the spoils of the cut route. In the end we have a driver making a days pay to not do his route and 5 other drivers working an extra hour of OT to do his route! What am I missing here? How are we saving money? It just proves that there is so much efficency built into these routes and the UPS systems that you could put me(HA HA) in as division manager and the operation would not miss a beat! [/QUOTE]
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