trickpony1
Well-Known Member
Once you make book so you still set up your truck on lunch?
Gradually taper off setting your truck up on lunch once you make book.
Once you make book so you still set up your truck on lunch?
Always sort on the clock.Once you make book do you guys still set up your truck on lunch? If not when do you guys start organizing?
Such a dog and pony show.....you guys are getting so screwed it's not even funny....feeder brings this up on occasion on how being a package car driver is like being a slave... even my feeder in road sup agrees.....It doesn't but an excessive PM time will show that your turn in methods need some work.
You are a piece of equipment Dave...an industrial athlete...a modern day industrial slave...you can't leave because you make too much money here and have so much riding on sticking it out for retirement... so yes you ARE a slave...Being a pkg car driver is nothing like being a slave.
This.Take your lunch as early as possible and sort the truck.
That will give you a few hours to get the bulk off and make room.
Snack on stuff the rest of the day.
I'm not dogging you on anything... 30 years in like you have is an accomplishment... but this job has changed to the point of stupidity....to the point where drivers are treated like a machine...I see drivers leaving the building limping, with knee and elbow braces on... Ups is pushing these guys to the point of getting hurt.. they know this job is mentally and physically stressful but they push people further... they KNOW that this job is full of repetitive motions and end range motions but they still push people to the brink...they have whole departments to deny workers claims and injuries... saying it was a pre existing condition, or it was done outside of work...typical lying corporation...never take responsibility for anything...this mentality is going to bite them hard one day......and what options, other than taking your CDL elsewhere, do you have?
Yes, at my age (56) and with 11 months left, my only choice is to stay.
You don't get any "extra" time for irregs, buckets, 69 lb boxes, 70 lb boxes... you get the idea...it is so flawed...corporations lie, cheat, and steal...they do this everyday to drivers....in the form of "production numbers"...think about it...Rtb times on that Orion screen are Bs. Just pay attention to your ops from the previous day for you over under times. Orion in the morning has no clue how many packages you're picking up, irregs etc.
No gradual about it. Day 31 don't touch one package on lunchGradually taper off setting your truck up on lunch once you make book.
You could be 2 hours over and there is nothing they could do to you ... especially this late in the game... so unless you fall over of a massive heart attack you have pretty much made it... congratulations...most of the kids starting out now won't be as lucky as you........and what options, other than taking your CDL elsewhere, do you have?
Yes, at my age (56) and with 11 months left, my only choice is to stay.
The problem lies with us being a publicly traded company. A company based on doing manual labor has no business being publicly traded. Pushing its' workers to go faster is about the only way to increase profits/share price. Derail.I'm not dogging you on anything... 30 years in like you have is an accomplishment... but this job has changed to the point of stupidity....to the point where drivers are treated like a machine...I see drivers leaving the building limping, with knee and elbow braces on... Ups is pushing these guys to the point of getting hurt.. they know this job is mentally and physically stressful but they push people further... they KNOW that this job is full of repetitive motions and end range motions but they still push people to the brink...they have whole departments to deny workers claims and injuries... saying it was a pre existing condition, or it was done outside of work...typical lying corporation...never take responsibility for anything...this mentality is going to bite them hard one day...
You don't get any "extra" time for irregs, buckets, 69 lb boxes, 70 lb boxes... you get the idea...it is so flawed...corporations lie, cheat, and steal...they do this everyday to drivers....in the form of "production numbers"...think about it...