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<blockquote data-quote="barnyard" data-source="post: 1064515" data-attributes="member: 13921"><p>We run 40ish routes. Guess that is a smaller preload. </p><p></p><p>I have always been under the impression that the preload is the absolute hardest area for UPS to get the numbers right. The pressure on PT supes is enormous. It boggles my mind that even with most preloaders coming in and setting up their cars off the clock, unloaders setting up stands and rollers off the clock and no PCM, they still cannot make their numbers. Our local sort always makes their numbers and they have a daily PCM and no one works off the clock.</p><p></p><p>I get that UPS uses the numbers to push managers to push their employees to do a better/faster job and all that, but I have NEVER seen our preload make their numbers. I get that never is a long time, but they have not made their numbers in the 15 years that I have worked at UPS. </p><p></p><p>Plus, IE will come in and make it even worse. We have 2 unload doors that feed onto 1 belt. IE has those belts turned up faster than the main belt. This forces HUGE jams on the main belt. So many jams that IE added 2 feet of sheet metal to keep packages from being pushed off the belt. Now, instead of pushing stuff onto the floor, stuff gets crushed.</p><p></p><p>By the time packages get to the scanners, boxes are 5 across the belt and frequently 2 high. Tempers flair, belt gets turned off.</p><p></p><p>It would seem that the most efficient way that would also cause fewer damages would be to have the belts closest to the unload slower and belts farther, a bit faster. Unfortunately, our building was not designed to make that possible, so the carnage continues.</p><p></p><p>It is really, really sad to see how many damages our unload 'system' causes every single day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="barnyard, post: 1064515, member: 13921"] We run 40ish routes. Guess that is a smaller preload. I have always been under the impression that the preload is the absolute hardest area for UPS to get the numbers right. The pressure on PT supes is enormous. It boggles my mind that even with most preloaders coming in and setting up their cars off the clock, unloaders setting up stands and rollers off the clock and no PCM, they still cannot make their numbers. Our local sort always makes their numbers and they have a daily PCM and no one works off the clock. I get that UPS uses the numbers to push managers to push their employees to do a better/faster job and all that, but I have NEVER seen our preload make their numbers. I get that never is a long time, but they have not made their numbers in the 15 years that I have worked at UPS. Plus, IE will come in and make it even worse. We have 2 unload doors that feed onto 1 belt. IE has those belts turned up faster than the main belt. This forces HUGE jams on the main belt. So many jams that IE added 2 feet of sheet metal to keep packages from being pushed off the belt. Now, instead of pushing stuff onto the floor, stuff gets crushed. By the time packages get to the scanners, boxes are 5 across the belt and frequently 2 high. Tempers flair, belt gets turned off. It would seem that the most efficient way that would also cause fewer damages would be to have the belts closest to the unload slower and belts farther, a bit faster. Unfortunately, our building was not designed to make that possible, so the carnage continues. It is really, really sad to see how many damages our unload 'system' causes every single day. [/QUOTE]
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