Yeah I did agree to stay. I kind of made it sound like I was forced. Yeah I do, which is why I won’t be late ever. Nor will I be doing any call outs. Any tips for a loader? That’s my shift tomorrow
Sure, I started out in the load back in the day, myself, so I can give you a few pointers.
It's so
ing simple, a drunken monkey can do it, and if PETA wouldn't object, UPS would've already been utilizing them for years now.
But seriously, just check the labels thoroughly to avoid misloads and do your best to build walls using packages similar to the way you'd use bricks if you were building a house like this:
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This will you keep your walls sturdy and they won't fall on your head or the guys head who has to unload your walls down the road.
Leave a bit of space at the top (don't build it to the ceiling) and you can toss bags and small, light packages up there to fill out the space.
Leave a bit of space in between when you're starting your next wall, you can put small packages and stuff thats flat or long behind the wall you're currently building. This will let you use the square/rectangular boxes to keep the walls semi-regular and better utilize the cross bracing technique(think bricks).
Work at a smooth, steady pace, and don't kill yourself trying to keep up with the flow of packages. You'll have time to clean up what falls off the rollers and get caught up when the bldg goes down or whatever, and if you don't, they'll send help to push back and help you out. But don't be the slacker.
If your roller line in pretty much clear, and you see your neighbors are getting whacked - get out of your truck and go clean up and push back for them. A little teamwork helps keep everything running smoothly. The trucks have a tendency to get hit in waves, meaning certain trailers in the unload will hit certain trailers in the load harder than others, and many of the pallets in the unload will be made up of entirely packages headed for a single trailer in the outbound load. That's what I mean by waves and why you'll have a chance to get cleaned/caught up after you get smoked as long as you just keep loading at a smooth and steady pace.
Ignore their fake package per hour production numbers. Work at a fair and safe pace. No more and no less - you'll know what that pace should be fairly quickly. You'll be a pro within 2 weeks.
If you're sore after work/the next day at first, that's totally normal. It's an extremely physical and fast paced job. There's very few like it, and even fewer where you're gonna work harder in your life. If you can make it at UPS in the load, you can make it just about anywhere. You're basically getting paid to work out. If you're fat, expect to lose plenty of weight. You'll be in the best shape of your life in short order.
Good luck, hope this helped. Don't really know what else I could add. The sups will train you a bit. But you're pretty much just tossed to the deep end and they let you figure out how to swim or drown.