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<blockquote data-quote="Bubblehead" data-source="post: 862605" data-attributes="member: 14176"><p>Yep, the packages are getting bigger and more numerous as more and more companies are moving to this option.</p><p>Doesn't make sense to put two big parcels in a bag.</p><p>I am convinced that this was a good idea to reduce deliveries in rural areas in it's infancy, that has been expanded to all markets in order to reduce staffing and halt expansion of the fleet.</p><p>This is evident when I look at the package addresses that I'm leaving at the post office that I am going to, or are along my loop that day.</p><p>My route is in a major metropolitan area with a dense urban population. </p><p>By doing this, in conjunction with increased production standards, UPS has been successful in cutting routes.</p><p>Although many package car drivers have left through the attrition of feeder school, terminations, and 22.3 bids; no package car drivers have been hired in my building in better than 4 years.</p><p>All of this is being driven by the instant gratification mentality of the modern day stock market.</p><p>It is no longer enough to be good, you now have to be increasingly better, quarter after quarter or the stock suffers.</p><p>Doesn't reality suggest that a ceiling has to exist?</p><p>As they continue to attempt to squeeze more and more blood from the turnip, things like service, safety, employee relations, health and wellness, etc suffer greatly.</p><p>I continue to contend that instead of shunning these packages, especially in dense urban settings, we should be embracing them and expanding our infrastructure in order to be positioned to dominate the expanding home internet shopping market of the future.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bubblehead, post: 862605, member: 14176"] Yep, the packages are getting bigger and more numerous as more and more companies are moving to this option. Doesn't make sense to put two big parcels in a bag. I am convinced that this was a good idea to reduce deliveries in rural areas in it's infancy, that has been expanded to all markets in order to reduce staffing and halt expansion of the fleet. This is evident when I look at the package addresses that I'm leaving at the post office that I am going to, or are along my loop that day. My route is in a major metropolitan area with a dense urban population. By doing this, in conjunction with increased production standards, UPS has been successful in cutting routes. Although many package car drivers have left through the attrition of feeder school, terminations, and 22.3 bids; no package car drivers have been hired in my building in better than 4 years. All of this is being driven by the instant gratification mentality of the modern day stock market. It is no longer enough to be good, you now have to be increasingly better, quarter after quarter or the stock suffers. Doesn't reality suggest that a ceiling has to exist? As they continue to attempt to squeeze more and more blood from the turnip, things like service, safety, employee relations, health and wellness, etc suffer greatly. I continue to contend that instead of shunning these packages, especially in dense urban settings, we should be embracing them and expanding our infrastructure in order to be positioned to dominate the expanding home internet shopping market of the future. [/QUOTE]
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