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<blockquote data-quote="Coldworld" data-source="post: 777788" data-attributes="member: 4777"><p>Sorry to tell you this but routes like yours and mine...industry routes lost time per piece, as did mall routes. A driver who did our type of routes could go out with 60 stops and have 30 pickups and just by picking up and delivering a ton of pieces could scratch or even bonus these types of routes...well not any more. Routes like yours and mine on the delivery side bring down the stops per car and this is unacceptable to the center...even though your "physically" in most cases working and lifting heavier boxes and more of them. Do you think you get more "allowance" for lifting heavier boxes than someone who does a resi route with lighter parcels...ummm nope. You and I deliver more pieces than most routes and probably have loads that dont reflect the "proper use of all available space" inside the package cars, do you and I get any extra time for that, ummm thats a negative. When I bid the route I am on a few years back I could do 70 stops and had 30 pickups and run scratch or maybe a little +, - in either direction. Now I do more stops, more pickups and way more picked up and Im an hour over EVERYDAY, and no Im no slug...in fact I get plenty of help from my customers on NUMEROUS occasions throughout the day AND my customer interaction is very low IMO. The thing that makes me the maddest is I NEVER took time to sort out the car....NEVER when I first got on the route. Now were all told that pas makes it possible to not sort out the car, well guess what I never did anyway,but still got a hit from something that I never did. Im fine with it now, I thought about trying to get some sort of variance on the route but said forget it. It is what it is. You will probably loose time also, try to focus on just 2 things, customers and your safety. You are much more likely to get your back jacked or slip a disk than many other routes out there. As sleeve said "The time studies will never be fair nor representative of real-world, so why sweat it?" Its hard to understand this sometimes because you want to believe what your bosses tell you and you would like to think that a fortune 50 company would do the "right" thing but that doesnt always seem to be the case, and this goes for others companies besides ups. Work safe for yourself and your family, but also for ups so they can keep their insurance rates down...makes sense right?? If your concerned about your hours file a 9.5 grievance, if you dont your basically saying that you like the ot and its ok to put some more york on you...some people like 11 hours. Good luck and make good decisions...especially on routes like yours.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Coldworld, post: 777788, member: 4777"] Sorry to tell you this but routes like yours and mine...industry routes lost time per piece, as did mall routes. A driver who did our type of routes could go out with 60 stops and have 30 pickups and just by picking up and delivering a ton of pieces could scratch or even bonus these types of routes...well not any more. Routes like yours and mine on the delivery side bring down the stops per car and this is unacceptable to the center...even though your "physically" in most cases working and lifting heavier boxes and more of them. Do you think you get more "allowance" for lifting heavier boxes than someone who does a resi route with lighter parcels...ummm nope. You and I deliver more pieces than most routes and probably have loads that dont reflect the "proper use of all available space" inside the package cars, do you and I get any extra time for that, ummm thats a negative. When I bid the route I am on a few years back I could do 70 stops and had 30 pickups and run scratch or maybe a little +, - in either direction. Now I do more stops, more pickups and way more picked up and Im an hour over EVERYDAY, and no Im no slug...in fact I get plenty of help from my customers on NUMEROUS occasions throughout the day AND my customer interaction is very low IMO. The thing that makes me the maddest is I NEVER took time to sort out the car....NEVER when I first got on the route. Now were all told that pas makes it possible to not sort out the car, well guess what I never did anyway,but still got a hit from something that I never did. Im fine with it now, I thought about trying to get some sort of variance on the route but said forget it. It is what it is. You will probably loose time also, try to focus on just 2 things, customers and your safety. You are much more likely to get your back jacked or slip a disk than many other routes out there. As sleeve said "The time studies will never be fair nor representative of real-world, so why sweat it?" Its hard to understand this sometimes because you want to believe what your bosses tell you and you would like to think that a fortune 50 company would do the "right" thing but that doesnt always seem to be the case, and this goes for others companies besides ups. Work safe for yourself and your family, but also for ups so they can keep their insurance rates down...makes sense right?? If your concerned about your hours file a 9.5 grievance, if you dont your basically saying that you like the ot and its ok to put some more york on you...some people like 11 hours. Good luck and make good decisions...especially on routes like yours. [/QUOTE]
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