bleedinbrown58
That’s Craptacular
Sups are not supposed to touch packages.
Seasonal preloaders
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UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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When UPS started the drivers would load their cars, make their deliveries and come back and off load their pickup pieces. UPS quickly learned that it would be cheaper to have PTers load and unload the cars.
bleedinbrown58
That’s Craptacular
Oh please, Dave...those were long before the days of Amazon and online shopping and returning to the building at 9pm...how many stops and pieces a day did you deliver in 1992?
jumpman23
Oh Yeah
Never said get rid of them or fire them, just stated my opinion on the matter. I dont roll that way or wish that upon anyone union brother or not. Whole thing boils down to them being trained incorrectly and some people that load just flat out dont care and dont have pride in how they do their jobs. Not everybody can have tremendous work ethics like you and i BB.
jumpman23
Oh Yeah
They have definitely dumbed down the job for sure with a system that dont work. Back in the day when they didnt have pal labels and dol, it went much smoother. The loader had to actually use their brain and make smart decisions on how to load the truck. They spent all this money on stuff now that dont work and make it 10x harder for loader and driver, just sayin. Sometimes new school isnt as good as old school thats the truth.
PT Car Washer
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I love when I find an out of state misload and when you show it to the preloader and preload sups they will look at the PAL label and throw it back into the load.
J
jibbs
Guest
About preload though, it is a beast. I always put load was acceptable even if it was, just because of the experience. Put 500 pieces in a tiny truck, then dig through it for ad cuts at 8:30 in the morning. While pulling irregs off the belt, making space for a surprise bulk stop on another car. Get stacked out careful not to misload, and have 3 totes stacked to sort. Not everyday is like that, but you understand. Its not just put a package in a car. Man, I can still see 30 tires for Costco coming down the belt to an already packed truck.
That's actually an awesome preload description, especially this time of the year.
HardknocksUPSer
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They do in my center, but only when you don't need their help, once it gets heavy they quickly leave the area.
My Sups are always helping (yeah, they know its a no-no too) and only the center manager ever raises his voice, which is rare. From everything I've ever read on here my center is ass backwards and I love it. Very easy (well, relaxed, I guess, fast pace, same work everyone else does, just little to no BS) and enjoyable working enviroment.
HardknocksUPSer
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Do we work at the same center? There's little hassle at my center as you said, I do admit the PT sups in primary are sticklers but other than them the others are great to work with as far as being relaxed and not yelling and ect.
It's nice because any new hire would read this place and believe there is no hope for sanity working at UPS, while probably largely true, its nice to know there are some pockets across the country protected from the normal operations.
HardknocksUPSer
Well-Known Member
Deffinately! I'm new hire myself, and I mean yeah it's a tough job and tough faced paced environment but at the end of the day it's just freakin packages, we all know the job sucks but it's good pay and good benefits and worth it later on, management are a bunch of clowns no matter where your at but all in all UPS is a good place to work, most people let it get to them but it's not worth it, it's all about the mentality you go to worth with each day.
bleedinbrown58
That’s Craptacular
If you are in the union..the minute a sup touches your boxes, you ask them what they are doing....it doesn't matter if you are backed up or not, packages are union work.
HardknocksUPSer
Well-Known Member
Now why exactly wouldn't I want the help? Explain please.
bleedinbrown58
That’s Craptacular
You get help from coworkers, not sups! Sups supervise...that is all they're supposed to do. So, if sups were allowed to load....it would be okay if they send you home and a pt sup loads your trucks?
bobybooshay
Active Member
Same with me.My hub must be the only exception, I was trained decently. They told me how to do the job and helped me for a few weeks to a month until I could operate on my own. I was told how to load specific trucks in a different way besides the label numbers. Also I ask the drivers where they would prefer certain things, or if I am doing something wrong. My supervisors are not complete
PT Car Washer
Well-Known Member
Or drivers that come in early and load their trucks.
bleedinbrown58
That’s Craptacular
Yup....scabs!
SeasonalHlpr
Member
I just started December 9th. I'm hoping it turns into a permanent job, but for now, I'm seasonal help. All they have me do is pull packages off the belt and give it to the loaders of the trucks immediately around me. If they're not for those trucks, I push them down the "roller bars" as the belt ends where I stand. I haven't been told to actually do any loading myself. Plus, I seem to have been hired kinda late, even for seasonal. A couple of other seasonals asked why I took the job if it'll just end on the 24th. I said that when you're flat broke, you'll jump at anything that'll put some money in your pocket.
