PEAK?
- Thread starter Southeast Hoss
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It will be fine
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It never is at Ground. Our network is current if not ahead. No pickups today and 20-30% of pickups are closed all next week. It'll be dead.
OrioN
double tap o da horn dooshbag
U got Saturday off?
Purplepackage
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Usually the week after Christmas is pretty busy at express with backed up freight and gift card shopping
Slick silver
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It's almost over. Only can work maybe 8 hrs tomorrow. I plan on coming home and drinking a few Budweisers and not moving for 2 days
Purplepackage
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I doubt you would work more than 8 hours tomorrow regardless.
I'm only taking Saturday's I won't touch anything else
McFeely
Huge Member
I'm on doubletime tomorrow I'll take everything then reattempt all my send agains
SmithBarney
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Everything that's resi, goes out tomorrow, and some businesses too.
They want the network clean, so that tuesday can get cleaned up from all the businesses that were closed today.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Returns/gift cards?
!Retired!
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Our SM told us some stations are rolling as much freight as we got in yesterday.
I should stay home. My name wasn't on the schedule.
My wife is working Sunday, so I put in to work. The counter will be open 0900-1300.
I wouldn't mind taking some Tuesdays. It'll make Tuesday a nice easy day. Saturday = OT, Tuesday = minimum pay.
It will be fine
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Ups seems to have most of the residential return market, we do some but it's not significant. I've never seen any increase due to gift cards.
whenIgetthere
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We were told Saturdays and lates only today. No T-W freight to go on road.
Purplepackage
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Same here, unless you think it looks like a gift leave all T-W. Sounds good to me, I need 2 days off after this
show of a week
Slick silver
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Just got done today, 67 hours total for the week. Hope everybody has a good Christmas, I am heading home to crack open my 12 pack of beer
MrFedEx
Engorged Member
How about you? Did you get screwed over like bbsam, as in overstaffing for package count that wasn't there?
MrFedEx
Engorged Member
As usual, Peak has been smooth for some stations, and very bad for others. I'm aware of a few where there are thousands of packages on the floor, and some where it's pretty well cleaned-up.
Lots of "delighted" customers who won't get their Xmas gifts.
It will be fine
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I recently got a new crappy contract. My regular weekly compensation went down significantly. Even if I'd wanted to hire extra help I couldn't have afforded it in Oct and Nov to train them. I figured I might fail here and there, but it turned out pretty well. My guys were pretty busy and my swings could handle all the overflow so I made good money.
I actually ended up ok because I had driver turnover in early September and had to bring people in.
The HD guys are the ones who got screwed with bad projections. I got screwed by the Fedex micro-managing my company by disqualifying a driver who FedEx claims is not a "joint-employee".
MrFedEx
Engorged Member
I think Ground/HD is figuring out the way Fred S works. It's interesting how much control they have over "your" company.
