Removing EDD (RDO) as an option

[vvv]

We lost RDO today. I ran a route I know and just kept shaking my head on what ORION wanted me to do.

The bottom line is that it will be so exhausting to keep scrolling and trying to figure it out that I will get my air off, get my bulk off, and just run it stop for stop.

The customers will suffer and at this point, I don't care anymore. This was a completely unnecessary complication of work. UPS is going to pay for this. I'm done trying to keep customers happy and go the extra mile.

Took the words right out of my mouth brother. We've had it for awhile now and it's a complete joke. But we will give them what they want and put the ball in their court.
Have my own route and of course know it well, but as you said it's exhausting trying to piece it together like it was before. So to not frustrate myself I just started running it as is and laugh to myself all day.

Sheer stupidity.

 

[Brown287]

Came in tonight after 8pm, ran 100% on ORION. Supervisor asks if I followed it or ran it the right way.....I said according to people above your pay grade, ORION is the “right” way. Anyways I ran 31 miles over my plan....after 22 years I clearly have so much to learn.

 

[CoolStoryBro]

Just Management being friendly and honest.
Nationwide rollout to send a message.

To send a message that we should strike? ODO is garbage.

Deployed here with no word. Supervisors did not even know it was happening. Drivers discovered it after PCM.

I try to approach this algorithmically.
Deliver bulk and reds first. Once I can maneuver through the middle of the truck safely and select packages I will follow ODO. I break route to do pickups at normal times. And I break route near the end of the day to chase off any businesses ODO would have me deliver after business hours. Then back to ODO.

I will skip a stop if it is extremely stupid. I'm not leaving a neighborhood to go get one stop 3 miles away. Then come back and deliver the rest of that neighborhood.

I was 50 miles over ODO miles today. And punched out almost 3 hours after the ODO computer showed me finish.

Mileage was mostly due to the volume shuttled out to me during the day. I had a huge amount of stuff that did not fit on the truck.

Cool Story

 

[vvv]

Came in tonight after 8pm, ran 100% on ORION. Supervisor asks if I followed it or ran it the right way.....I said according to people above your pay grade, ORION is the “right” way. Anyways I ran 31 miles over my plan....after 22 years I clearly have so much to learn.

Good job my friend, give them everything they want and more, and hammer their collective backends!!

 

[Grey]

I almost passed out organizing my resi today. I was sorting every stop with my diad like it was the first week of my training route. Packages with the same pal number were on different shelves by the time I had it 100% in order.

 

[no_map_needed]

Is there anywhere where orion actually works?

 

[eats packages]

What would happen if today's Orion shenanigans got out to investors?

The company has sold their technology hard for them. Now they might know now that it has all been a dog-and-pony show with no real results.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Is there anywhere where orion actually works?

Clarksville

 

[Blackadder 2]

Is there anywhere where orion actually works?

Only on the computers screens the higher ups look at. It looks wonderful if you are sitting in an office sipping a coffee.

 

[Heavy Package]

Is there anywhere where orion actually works?

UPS HQ FANTASY LAND

 

[MyTripisCut]

I just want to know where you got that avatar. I like it!

Get a room!

 

[Two Tokes]

Word is that starting tomorrow RDO will be gone in our center. Orion only.

Of course they'll still be loading the trucks in RDO order.

You can't fix stupid. This place is going to make me a wealthy man.

We had our first day with no RDO yesterday. As long as you know the route you can adjust.
The problem for the company will occur when drivers are thrown into the blind and can't make the adjustments.
My loader is so bad I feel he is loading my car by ORION.
I don't understand why the Company wants make our job harder than it already is.
That's right they don't want people hanging around for 25 years anymore.

 

[Maple Grove MN Driver]

@CoolStoryBro get your sarcasm detector recalibrated.
I was being sarcastic

 

[DumbTruckDriver]

Is there anywhere where orion actually works?

I know some rural routes with no pickups that Orion works well on. Otherwise, no.

 

[old levi's]

Imagine taking someone off the street, and throwing them into a bricked out truck loaded by RDO, and expect them to deliver using ODO. You would have all the usual stress associated with learning this job, plus the insanity of Orion.

 

[The Driver]

Is UPS planning on changing the load order to match Orion's delivery order? I'm guessing no. @TearsInRain?

 

[brownmonster]

Remember 25 years ago when we were discouraged from climbing through the truck to set it up our way?

 

[old levi's]

Remember 25 years ago when we were discouraged from climbing through the truck to set it up our way?

Disregard all previous directives!

 

[Brown Biscuit]

My center has never had ORION. Today is my Monday. Anxious to see what happened yesterday!

 

[old levi's]

UPS HQ FANTASY LAND

They need to put these clear sided trucks on the street so the public can see the actual load condition. lol