ManInBrown
Well-Known Member
I work 8.5 hours every single day. I never crack 45 hours per week. There are avenues and tools to control your workday. In package I utilized all tools available. In feeders it’s not necessary. They don’t care. You don’t want OT. There’s 10 other drivers happily ready to pick up the slack. It’s not true to say this job is a forced 55 hour workweek. It’s forced, if you allow them to do it.I am afraid if you signup as a driver with UPS either package or feeder you are in for long hours. That did not just start since the pandemic .I started as a pc driver in 1978 and it was the same when I retired in 2012. It is NOT 9 a 9 to 5 ! Back in the day a 50 to 55 hour week was normal . Thank God for a good Wife,when I got home most nights my kids were already in bed.The trade off was the $ bill , they did not want for anything . I get what the drivers in Jacksonville are up against, you complain enough they will take some stops off of you. But somehow another you look around and that stop count comes creeping back up. It does not help when your BA seems to be in bed with management . They might be fighting a loosing battle .
In the 177 they cannot force a 6th day. If I was still in package, and worked in a local where it was allowed, i would call out every single Saturday. Sorry can’t work, fatigued. Can’t operate the vehicle safely, and work safely. Too tired. Click.