Supposedly fedex can beat us in price across all segments.. So what makes sure post any different... I'm sure they can beat ups on that price also... But it looks like we still have volume, we are still in business even with this supposed higher price to service than fedex...stop drinking the cool aid...your better than that slave
Yeah my center manager is not happy about all of this. I don't blame him. The customer should be forced to weigh and measure everything and be hit with a large surcharge if they are found to abuse it.
With all due respect to you I honestly believe there was a limited amount of oversized sure post pkgs coming down the pike... At least in my experience in my neck of the woods... I think focusing on this was smoke and mirrors from the union.... If they want to push this we need proximity pkgs.... Period, not " if you have a ground pkg and a sure post for the same stop these will get back on the car delivered by teamsters... Bs h all this does is clog up the cars doesn't make th rum more routes which is the ultimate goal ..
If the difference between our ground and their smart post is $2 a package we don't stand a chance. If surepost gets us within a quarter or so then we have a good chance of keeping the volume.
But in theory if fedex can beat our sure post by 25 or 50 cents the customers could use them.. Supposedly they can always undercut us so as of 2015 why are we sill making billions and volume continues to grow
Oh I agree the proximity language is a joke.
Volume is growing because of online shopping. Our share of the pie of shrinking.
Normally, yes....let me know if your situation there changes. You may be in a smaller center that hasn't changed this for peak.
Call the IBT pkg division and get their response on proximity stops.
I told my BA at contract meetings it was pretty words on paper that they thought would help get the contract passed.
The difference is it had very strict guide lines that from what I hve seen are followed
Also I doubt many on here know about it. It's never seen after the pick up pretty much.
I don't know how it is for yall, but I've seen SurePost get some crazy volume outside of peak as a preloader. Granted, my view is limited as I only load 4 trucks and 1 has a regular post office stop. In the middle of the summer it had close to 300 SurePost (maybe 6 bags, the rest were loose) along with the regular ~330 rest of the package car. Fun day. But they all seem to be going to isle cars (rentals) now as I haven't had bulk SurePost for my trucks in two weeks or so.
Yes and as a loader you can pull any package that's bigger than 12x12x12 or over 10 lbs.
Teamsters struggle with 3 syllable words.
Not here. If it weren't for peak, the bottom ten would only drive three months a year.
