Preloader Efficiency

[evilleace]

I know all that jazz. Theres days when I can hustle all 4 hours and get nowhere when it comes to finishing. Plus staying over 9am is nice too, minutes are mintues logged ( hopefully ).

What is said during PCm as of late is they want all preloaders to be at 250 an hour for the first hour. Yet when you start talking about large amounts a person can get here, you start to see that one might have to keep that pace up for the entire night. Keep that pace for more then 3 and a half hours is quite hard.

They did do a time study on me, found out I was going at 274 an hour. After the soup was done he tried to get me to sign the sheet, I declined too. This is after they thought I was slacking off, nope.. I anit. Plus signing that sheet and they would expect that from me every single night. Ive also decided that I wont sign missload sheets as well, even though I havnt had one in over three months. Performance isnt an issue here, because they would keep expecting more and more. I thought it was going to get easier with senority, not harder.

In my building the harder you work the more you get dumped on. The ones who are lazy or act like they don't know what they are doing get easier days. But it is what it is. What they don't take into account with those piece per hour numbers is that they are averages the first hour you might only get 100 pieces but the last hour you get 350 pieces and are stacked out then they want to talk pieces per hour I don't think so. Ask for help stack out if you have to. Just keep your head up it will get better.

Thanks guys for the awesome tips and I'll be sure to use them tomorrow! Today I had to carry out 3 UPS trucks all by myself and I couldn't do it. I tried so hard to keep up the work, but fell back for some reason and started stacking the boxes. At first I thought I was doing well, grabbed a few boxes and sorted them in their proper section and then I got hit with massive amounts of boxes all at once which just made me go into a downhill FAIL. Kept stacking and stacking boxes until my supervisor began to help me out. Thanks for the awesome tips, keep them coming!

And to the most of the questions, I work on a conveyor belt. So if I miss them, it looks bad!

You will get better there is a learning curve with this job almost everyone gets behind at first, but one day you will come in and it will seem like things have clicked. You will have neater loads packages will fit better, and you will have a minimal stack at the end of the day. At least hopefully in my building recently it has been so bad everyone has been stacked out no matter how much they bust their butt.

Conveyor belts are tough just try to maximize your carries and stay at he front of your area as much as possible. If you get to the end of your area and have to push packages back up, push them all up including the ones for your last to cars if you pass them on the way up then then start loading at the beginning instead of pushing to the front and then running back to the end. Good Luck.

 

[ORLY!?!]

In my building the harder you work the more you get dumped on. The ones who are lazy or act like they don't know what they are doing get easier days. But it is what it is. What they don't take into account with those piece per hour numbers is that they are averages the first hour you might only get 100 pieces but the last hour you get 350 pieces and are stacked out then they want to talk pieces per hour I don't think so. Ask for help stack out if you have to. Just keep your head up it will get better.


You will get better there is a learning curve with this job almost everyone gets behind at first, but one day you will come in and it will seem like things have clicked. You will have neater loads packages will fit better, and you will have a minimal stack at the end of the day. At least hopefully in my building recently it has been so bad everyone has been stacked out no matter how much they bust their butt.

Conveyor belts are tough just try to maximize your carries and stay at he front of your area as much as possible. If you get to the end of your area and have to push packages back up, push them all up including the ones for your last to cars if you pass them on the way up then then start loading at the beginning instead of pushing to the front and then running back to the end. Good Luck.

I dont mind working hard, the problem is they enjoy it even more. I'm a believer if you work for UPS you should know what a hard days work is. The thing that gets me mad is seeing thats bums getting 300, 400 and less packages then me and laughing and joking around like every single thing is fine a dandy.

I work the box line, and am sure theres probably 350 and more in there at the start. I've worked a roller belt, at first it sucked, but in time it was pretty simple and easy. Never worked a belt-belt, the ones you can turn off or go around in a circle.

Yep, to the OP, each one of us started out as that scared unsure person who had no clue what was instore for us. We all just didnt get it off at the start, some did, only a few though ( a very small few ). Some of us took weeks while overs took months. Me, I took about 3 months to get the timing, walking speed and other bits you'll learn on the way. Dont really rely on the soup to give you any pointers, the only thing they teach you is spliting, writing and taking them into the right car. Theres a lot more to it then that.

What you really need, is the strive to make, and you'll try your damnest to make it. Thats what I had in mind when I started.

 

[UnconTROLLed]

I was hired in 01 and preloaded before the PAS days. It was not easy then, the learning curve was literally 5-10x than what it is now.

The physicality has become more demanding in the past couple to eight years but the job is much more simple.

As far as belt to car preloading, it is best to make stacks on belt, close to where you are meeting up with the next preloader up the belt.

Never stack outside the car, get them into the car.

Important tip- read and remember the labels on your walk to the cars!!. Say them out loud while you walk to the car. Seriously, it helps. When I am walking 3-4 into a car I say them all out loud "in my head" and know the order there are in my hands.

Also, anything you load on the floor you want to load from the higher #s to the lower #s. Remember that the driver is generally delivering from the front to the back, so any section numbers 1000-1500 you want before the FL 1 section. For bulk and large stuff, think about loading a 2000 in the middle rather than bury it with 2500 2700 items. The 2000 is where he/she is going after the higher 1000#s.

...and now with the section numbers right on there it's almost perfect.

There are so many tips to think of... I'm trying to remember all of them verbally and it is hard. They're just habits that you will understand and will come naturally once you get it.

Lastly..Always check against the labels too...and be careful anything 1, even if it says 5880 section it could be a NDA.

 

[Leftinbuilding]

Saw the title and thought you were starting a list of oxymoron's. (j/k)

 

[Guru]

I noticed a huge improvement change in my loading today than I did yesterday. I don't know if yesterday was a busy day or not, but the loads were just coming and coming and I couldn't keep up with them! Today I managed to load them all in their proper sections towards the end where the big boxes started popping up. I'm definitely proud of myself for going this far, now I just need to work on putting the right numbers onto the proper truck. ~_~

Thanks a lot for the tips guys, keep them coming if you got more.

 

[Guru]

Couldn't edit my previous post, but I had another question. How long does it take to become eligible for a p/t Supervisor?

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Couldn't edit my previous post, but I had another question. How long does it take to become eligible for a p/t Supervisor?

You first post was on 6/12 in which you said that you were in your training week. Today is 6/15 and you are asking about becoming a PT supervisor. Get through your first month and then ask your PT sup how he/she became a sup. Good luck.

 

[evilleace]

Couldn't edit my previous post, but I had another question. How long does it take to become eligible for a p/t Supervisor?

We have one who is supposed to take a PT sup job in two weeks and they have not yet been there a month.

 

[themidnightoil]

just throw them in the truck from the belt and let the driver worry about it. that's what my load does.

just watch some of the faster loaders and watch what they do. try to work up the belt as much as you can and gather the packages for each truck on the belt and let the belt take them down the belt as you load the first car. you can find your own way but if you need to stack, try to stack in the middle of the truck so you can just grab them as you are loading other packages. don't get to good too fast or you will find yourself loading 4 cars really fast.

good luck with your new job.

 

[Guru]

just throw them in the truck from the belt and let the driver worry about it. that's what my load does.

just watch some of the faster loaders and watch what they do. try to work up the belt as much as you can and gather the packages for each truck on the belt and let the belt take them down the belt as you load the first car. you can find your own way but if you need to stack, try to stack in the middle of the truck so you can just grab them as you are loading other packages. don't get to good too fast or you will find yourself loading 4 cars really fast.

good luck with your new job.

Lol! I wish it was that easy man, but there is this 'security specialist' who checks out trucks towards the end of our shifts and writes us up if there's a problem, such as a ripped up box or something of that nature. He's a real and I hate it , but what can we do?

You first post was on 6/12 in which you said that you were in your training week. Today is 6/15 and you are asking about becoming a PT supervisor. Get through your first month and then ask your PT sup how he/she became a sup. Good luck.

I just wanted to know how long it would take a p/t preloader to become a supervisor if he's wanted to become one. Does it take a year, month, a few months?

 

[evilleace]

Talk to your supervisor about becoming a p/t sup. Then put in your letter of intent if their is an opening you will have a good shot of getting it. But ask in your building none of us know anything about your building.

 

[Guru]

Today at work my supervisor told me I got FOUR misloads yesterday and now I'm gosh darn nervous about it. I've only been at UPS for a week and I don't want to get fired, can someone give me tips on how to sort them properly? I double make sure I'm putting the right boxes into the right truck, but I ALWAYS end up with a misload. First its 1 misload and now 4. If I mess up on the one I did today, I really think their going to let me go.

 

[Leftinbuilding]

Today at work my supervisor told me I got FOUR misloads yesterday and now I'm gosh darn nervous about it. I've only been at UPS for a week and I don't want to get fired, can someone give me tips on how to sort them properly? I double make sure I'm putting the right boxes into the right truck, but I ALWAYS end up with a misload. First its 1 misload and now 4. If I mess up on the one I did today, I really think their going to let me go.

You could start by cleaning up your language.

 

[evilleace]

If you are on pass which I assume youi are it seems to help me to pull the pal label and stick it on the end while doing this I check it with the regular label. Make sure you have the route names on the back of the truck and also inside the truck somewhere. Say the name on the label out loud and then physically look at the sign in the truck and make sure they are same. Good Luck slow down a little if you have to it is not all about speed.

 

[Indecisi0n]

I had a new preloader the other day and he sucked. Made for a horrible day.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

I had a new preloader the other day and he sucked. Made for a horrible day.

Way to show support for the OP.

 

[Indecisi0n]

Are you really calling me out on not support other memebers with your post?! Lol. That's just funny.