predictions for the next contract?

[PASinterference]

696 Pkgs WTF! Are you a mall route? That's just insane outside of peak.

I don't even do 600 in a week. If I did, I wouldn't brag about it. That's ridiculous. I'll just stay out in the woods and let the runners poke their chests out.

 

[By The Book]

And why should they? Minimum wages, no benefits for a year, sups and managers don't even care anymore. Make the job worth the effort and treat the workers with the respect they deserve and UPS shareholders would be amazed at how much the profits would soar.

I do think the part time employees need to be paid more if UPS wants to keep these workers. I don't see how the profits would soar though, as there will be less profit not more, Imo.

 

[By The Book]

Way come kill yourself loading trucks when you can go flip burgers for the same pay.

They come to UPS willing to kill themselves loading trucks for the chance to make $35.00 full time. Will the burger flipping joint be able to match that?

 

[scooby0048]

I don't even do 600 in a week. If I did, I wouldn't brag about it. That's ridiculous. I'll just stay out in the woods and let the runners poke their chests out.

Our busiest route normally runs with somewhere around 400-500 pkgs. Even at peak she would be considered heavy at 700. Thankfully, I am the second highest swing / cover driver and I normally run extended or prairie routes which like yours, only have around 75-100 pkgs a day but the miles are a killer.

 

[Dr.Brownz]

156 stops
696 packages
Late air delivered in trace.
Punched out and gone by 1805.

I wish there were a loser rating because id give it to you

 

[scooby0048]

I'm guessing he delivers to a Post Office. We have drivers here that love to throw around that big package number count when all they actually delivered was 15 bags to the PO.

So I'd guess 380 pieces and 15-20 bags at the post office.

Funny you would say that, our post office guy is meticulous about keeping track of his package count. He is almost at 1,000,000 pkgs delivered. He was asked once if the count includes the pkgs in the mail bags. His response as expected, was not a single package inside the bag. He joked that his number would probably be around 5,000,000 if he DID count every package in the bag.

 

[Brownslave688]

I'm not in Central States so I'm not familiar with how they do it there.
Thanks

Insurance is through the union now. Just like pensions.

If we are made to pay for insurance that'll be the unions call. Not anything in the contract.

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

They need to stop all the PT cover driver BS

To what end? A bunch of seasonal outside hires? Or a bunch of new drivers stuck starting at $18+ an hour with a 4 year progression?

TCD isn't a great solution either but at least all our new FT drivers are at 85% of top rate for 4 years.

 

[Indecisi0n]

Free lube.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

696 Pkgs WTF! Are you a mall route? That's just insane outside of peak.

College route. 300 of them were for the student mail room.

We processed nearly 12K packages yesterday, which is the volume we normally do during the first part of Peak. Every single driver was on road and we were still slammed.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

I'm guessing he delivers to a Post Office. We have drivers here that love to throw around that big package number count when all they actually delivered was 15 bags to the PO.

So I'd guess 380 pieces and 15-20 bags at the post office.

You would be wrong------again.

 

[bottomups]

156 stops
696 packages
Late air delivered in trace.
Punched out and gone by 1805.

88 stops
156 parcels
The air never made the TP60 and they held it in the center for today's processing.
10.5 hours worked.

 

[3 done 3 to go]

88 stops
156 parcels
The air never made the TP60 and they held it in the center for today's processing.
10.5 hours worked.

Nice day. Do you have a duelly p500?

 

[bottomups]

Nice day. Do you have a duelly p500?

I drive a P5 with single rear tires. Both rears are kind of bald and the shop appears to be in no hurry to replace them. Had about 4" of rain yesterday and spent a large part of the day spinning tires!

 

[Scottyhawk]

I'll be 3 years 3 months into my 4 year progression at the time the new contract hits. What does that mean for people like me? Do I get grandfathered in?

Yes

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

-2.74

 

[BrownTexas]

They come to UPS willing to kill themselves loading trucks for the chance to make $35.00 full time. Will the burger flipping joint be able to match that?

We have 90% of our preload that aren't there for that. Most of them just need a job to file taxes on because most of there money comes from dealing drugs.

 

[BrownTexas]

To what end? A bunch of seasonal outside hires? Or a bunch of new drivers stuck starting at $18+ an hour with a 4 year progression?

TCD isn't a great solution either but at least all our new FT drivers are at 85% of top rate for 4 years.

2 work schedules. 10 hour day. M-Thursday, and Wednesday-Sunday. Those that sign up for extra work cover routes on days they don't work. This also would help prevent using seasonal off the street hires.

 

[542thruNthru]

You would be wrong------again.

Eh.. it happens.

 

[By The Book]

We have 90% of our preload that aren't there for that. Most of them just need a job to file taxes on because most of there money comes from dealing drugs.

That's too bad, I'm glad I'm not there