Saturday Ground Update

[PT Car Washer]

Absolutely. Going to be a complete clusteryouknowwhat. That's why they need to ask for volunteers first. I work with plenty of long time drivers who spend the 30 minutes before start time biting their fingernails off. They'd happily work T-S to avoid Monday's. I'm fine with a cluster Monday

And Saturday will become the new Monday.

 

[ManInBrown]

And Saturday will become the new Monday.

Nah. I disagree. Very select pickups. 95% resi deliveries. Even if it is 3 routes worth of work, it's all house stops.

Monday will be 10x the disaster it is now when this is fully implemented. It will be 2 or 3 routes worth of business and resi, with all the business pickups.

 

[Jones]

I imagine Sun-Thur routes are just around the corner.

 

[babboo25]

If we do make pickups on Sat that will be good for Mondays. Less routes will be cut.

 

[Coldworld]

The company is goIng to cut big time on Mondays. Ain't rocket science. Ups ain't too big on handing out easy days.

Going to be hard to double up on pickups and does anyone know yet if this ground Saturday volume is going to cost the customer an extra fee??? If it is an extra fee then this will make a big difference on volume for Monday

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

If we do make pickups on Sat that will be good for Mondays. Less routes will be cut.

Those pieces won't go anywhere until Monday.

 

[Coldworld]

If we do make pickups on Sat that will be good for Mondays. Less routes will be cut.

I just want a few extra feeder runs put in because of this so I can gtfo permanently.....not have to ever deal with this pkg total bs....

 

[Coldworld]

The company is goIng to cut big time on Mondays. Ain't rocket science. Ups ain't too big on handing out easy days.

I don't see ups not charging an extra fee for Saturday ground pickups and deliveries... Not the way they nickel and dime customers....they can cut routes but they might find a new surge of 9.5ers in their future....

 

[Brownslave688]

I don't see ups not charging an extra fee for Saturday ground pickups and deliveries... Not the way they nickel and dime customers....they can cut routes but they might find a new surge of 9.5ers in their future....

They are doing it now and not charging anything extra

 

[Brownslave688]

Going to be hard to double up on pickups and does anyone know yet if this ground Saturday volume is going to cost the customer an extra fee??? If it is an extra fee then this will make a big difference on volume for Monday

A center close to mine was recently told they'd be on it before the end of the year.

70-75 driver center. They were told expect to run about 40 routes on Saturday and 39 in Mondays


Monday will be very similar to the day after Xmas I would imagine.

 

[babboo25]

How are they going to handle vacations for tue-sat drivers? Or call ins? What a mess.

 

[babboo25]

A center close to mine was recently told they'd be on it before the end of the year.

70-75 driver center. They were told expect to run about 40 routes on Saturday and 39 in Mondays


Monday will be very similar to the day after Xmas I would imagine.

Alton will be on by April.

 

[Coldworld]

They are doing it now and not charging anything extra

So they plan on running all ground packages they have on property on Saturday... Interesting

 

[Brownslave688]

So they plan on running all ground packages they have on property on Saturday... Interesting

All packages yes. Ground 2 day nda. All resi at least. Not sure what the plan is for commercial.

 

[Coldworld]

Those pieces won't go anywhere until Monday.

You do know that Sunday is a full feeder day don't you??? Many runs are sun-thurs....for 1 day service commits that volume might definitely move on Sunday night...

 

[watdaflock?]

Was told that we were getting it this year, and I believe 70 buildings will be on it by years end.

Ditto. Some of the larger hubs around the area first are starting. We're about a year away.

 

[Jones]

You do know that Sunday is a full feeder day don't you??? Many runs are sun-thurs....for 1 day service commits that volume might definitely move on Sunday night...

Yup. Some hubs are already running sorts 7 days a week, only a matter of time til delivery gets with the program.

 

[upschuck]

All packages yes. Ground 2 day nda. All resi at least. Not sure what the plan is for commercial.

I heard that only business delivered are ones that pay for sat pickup, so probably little to none

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

You do know that Sunday is a full feeder day don't you??? Many runs are sun-thurs....for 1 day service commits that volume might definitely move on Sunday night...

Not here.

 

[Brownslave688]

I heard that only business delivered are ones that pay for sat pickup, so probably little to none

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