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<blockquote data-quote="browniehound" data-source="post: 582650" data-attributes="member: 4653"><p>This brings me to another point. If the day-to-day descions made at the center level had a significant impact on the bottom line, the company would sink faster than the <em>Titanic</em>.</p><p> </p><p>Its my belief that there so much efficency built into the routes by the volume and stop density, that a monkey could make money with a UPS center. </p><p> </p><p>I criticize the center-level management because I see it everyday. Our customers see it everyday and its embarassing. The center will cut a route before the pre-load to save money, but will add a route on road when they realize 5 drivers in 1 town are over 10 hours. Now 1 driver will have to meet 5 others and take work from them. UPS loses in fuel and labor by this miscue.</p><p> </p><p>Either keep the route out and pay some OT or leave it in and leave the drivers light so there is less OT. Why not let them be under 8 and work 8-8.3 hours? Why dispacth them with 9-9.5 and have them come in at 10-10.5 hours if you are just going to add a route on road to bring them into the 8-8.3 hour range?</p><p> </p><p>It happens all too often at my center. A cover driver is given a list of drivers to meet and the number of stops he is to take. Think of the labor time wasted in this process? The "windshield" time alone of the cover driver to meet the other drivers is enough to make someone sick if they're paying for the driver and the gas.</p><p> </p><p>Its comical that drivers get criticized for not moving our packages into the selection area so we take only one step into the cargo area instead of 5, but the center will pay someone $29/hour to drive 15-25 minutes at a time without delivering 1 parcel to meet a driver. The center will then pay both drivers $29/hour to do nothing except transfer the work.</p><p> </p><p>If it were my business, I would fire the person in charge of this charade on the spot!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="browniehound, post: 582650, member: 4653"] This brings me to another point. If the day-to-day descions made at the center level had a significant impact on the bottom line, the company would sink faster than the [I]Titanic[/I]. Its my belief that there so much efficency built into the routes by the volume and stop density, that a monkey could make money with a UPS center. I criticize the center-level management because I see it everyday. Our customers see it everyday and its embarassing. The center will cut a route before the pre-load to save money, but will add a route on road when they realize 5 drivers in 1 town are over 10 hours. Now 1 driver will have to meet 5 others and take work from them. UPS loses in fuel and labor by this miscue. Either keep the route out and pay some OT or leave it in and leave the drivers light so there is less OT. Why not let them be under 8 and work 8-8.3 hours? Why dispacth them with 9-9.5 and have them come in at 10-10.5 hours if you are just going to add a route on road to bring them into the 8-8.3 hour range? It happens all too often at my center. A cover driver is given a list of drivers to meet and the number of stops he is to take. Think of the labor time wasted in this process? The "windshield" time alone of the cover driver to meet the other drivers is enough to make someone sick if they're paying for the driver and the gas. Its comical that drivers get criticized for not moving our packages into the selection area so we take only one step into the cargo area instead of 5, but the center will pay someone $29/hour to drive 15-25 minutes at a time without delivering 1 parcel to meet a driver. The center will then pay both drivers $29/hour to do nothing except transfer the work. If it were my business, I would fire the person in charge of this charade on the spot! [/QUOTE]
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