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<blockquote data-quote="JimJimmyJames" data-source="post: 457853" data-attributes="member: 11425"><p>I have to agree with feederdriver06. I did experience PAS/EDD. I thought it might make life better but in reality it didn't. Sure, I knew exactly what I had on the truck (well, except for the constant missorts) and that is definitely a plus but it did mean more work: my stop count went up. What was most disheartening was that before I blamed bad stop counts that I constantly had on the nature of the preload. Let's face it, preload is one of the hardest jobs in the company and the fact that I had only one very proficient loader in the 11 and 1/2 years I worked package told me that the problem was of the job, not the people who did it. So PAS/EDD should have solved the bad stop count, no? It would have but they added more stops. All it did was tell me for sure how screwed I was going to be any given day. The new system really meant more work because it wasn't saving me any appreciable time. </p><p> </p><p>Thats when I decided that no matter how far I had to travel I was getting off that truck. When a feeder job opened in a building over an hour away from my house I jumped on it. I also had my name on every clerk and porter job also but those jobs are super hard to get. I would have went 22.3 but I couldn't take the pay cut.</p><p> </p><p>Package never gets better, never. It will only get worse. When I started part time 21 years ago, the average package cars were 6 and 8 cubes and there were still plenty of 5 cubes out these. Now it looks like school buses are parked in the building! What the heck size are these things up to? Look at all the straight jobs too! Hey I am happy we have all this work. But I noticed that for all the extra volume we have attained over the years there was not a corresponding addition to the amount of drivers we hired. What I have noticed is that we are constantly expected to do more with less time.</p><p> </p><p>I salute all those who are package drivers. You have the toughest job in the company. But the company does treat you as a "monkey slave". And if you ever get off that package car you will know how true that is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JimJimmyJames, post: 457853, member: 11425"] I have to agree with feederdriver06. I did experience PAS/EDD. I thought it might make life better but in reality it didn't. Sure, I knew exactly what I had on the truck (well, except for the constant missorts) and that is definitely a plus but it did mean more work: my stop count went up. What was most disheartening was that before I blamed bad stop counts that I constantly had on the nature of the preload. Let's face it, preload is one of the hardest jobs in the company and the fact that I had only one very proficient loader in the 11 and 1/2 years I worked package told me that the problem was of the job, not the people who did it. So PAS/EDD should have solved the bad stop count, no? It would have but they added more stops. All it did was tell me for sure how screwed I was going to be any given day. The new system really meant more work because it wasn't saving me any appreciable time. Thats when I decided that no matter how far I had to travel I was getting off that truck. When a feeder job opened in a building over an hour away from my house I jumped on it. I also had my name on every clerk and porter job also but those jobs are super hard to get. I would have went 22.3 but I couldn't take the pay cut. Package never gets better, never. It will only get worse. When I started part time 21 years ago, the average package cars were 6 and 8 cubes and there were still plenty of 5 cubes out these. Now it looks like school buses are parked in the building! What the heck size are these things up to? Look at all the straight jobs too! Hey I am happy we have all this work. But I noticed that for all the extra volume we have attained over the years there was not a corresponding addition to the amount of drivers we hired. What I have noticed is that we are constantly expected to do more with less time. I salute all those who are package drivers. You have the toughest job in the company. But the company does treat you as a "monkey slave". And if you ever get off that package car you will know how true that is. [/QUOTE]
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