The Official Preload Bashing Thread

[G.V. Rush]

Some things take a little common sense but it would be nice if preloaders got some actual training that would help them learn. Some drivers just take the time because they know management won't. Bad news though then they move that well trained awesome preloader after the driver schooled him.

And that’s exactly why I don’t “train” the loaders. I seem be on the area of the belt where the land of new-hires and the helpless end up.

 

[wayfair]

We have so many new people working for us. One of them that is next to me is a 90 lb 20 something girl. I walked by one of her trucks and it was almost empty. The driver was loading it all himself and you could see the blood pouring out of his eyes. But even some of the seasoned loaders don't always finish on time without drivers help.

If the driver was smart, he would show up at start time, NOT load, HAVE late air and let the situation fix itself.

 

[Maple Grove MN Driver]

Your Welcome

*You're

 

[eats packages]

If the driver was smart, he would show up at start time, NOT load, HAVE late air and let the situation fix itself.

Driver's here have been instructed not to code sort and load. 1 week it worked. next week driver's got smart and stopped loading their cars entirely, 100 pieces of late air each day. third week goes around and the sort and load embargo was lifted. On most days my buddies still have to load their own bags and the last 100 or so pieces. 10-30 minutes late every day.

 

[Maple Grove MN Driver]

The Preloaded sucked when I retired.....I bet they suck even more now.

Never understood why it was so hard to load packages in a car designed to hold them

 

[eats packages]

The Preloaded sucked when I retired.....I bet they suck even more now.

Never understood why it was so hard to load packages in a car designed to hold them

ok pal

 

[Maple Grove MN Driver]

ok pal

I am not your pal.

 

[Maple Grove MN Driver]

Seriously how hard is it to load packages in a Car designed to hold them?

 

[PT Car Washer]

Seriously how hard is it to load packages in a Car designed to hold them?

Do you want them in stop for stop order and all the multiple packages kept together or do you want the package car loaded like a Feeder trailer from front to rear?

 

[Maple Grove MN Driver]

Do you want them in stop for stop order and all the multiple packages kept together or do you want the package car loaded like a Feeder trailer from front to rear?

Just once it would have been nice for them to do their job correctly

 

[PT Car Washer]

Just once it would have been nice for them to do their job correctly

It also would be nice to have the time to do the job correctly instead of having everything jammed down the belt. And of course the last packages are all the oversize and over weights. Just layer load all the irregs at the end of the sort. And all that for $10/hr.

 

[Maple Grove MN Driver]

It also would be nice to have the time to do the job correctly instead of having everything jammed down the belt. And of course the last packages are all the oversize and over weights. Just layer load all the irregs at the end of the sort. And all that for $10/hr.

Nobody is forcing you to stay and do a crappy job

 

[PT Car Washer]

Nobody is forcing you to stay and do a crappy job

They don't stay. Preload is a revolving door of new hires every week including the PT sups. Had a new girl at the beginning of Peak last year, loaded great everyday. Quit after a week. Next loader was a Liberian refugee who was doing great when I didn't have 10 misloads a day, forget about load quality.

 

[Article 3]

Driver's here have been instructed not to code sort and load. 1 week it worked. next week driver's got smart and stopped loading their cars entirely, 100 pieces of late air each day. third week goes around and the sort and load embargo was lifted. On most days my buddies still have to load their own bags and the last 100 or so pieces. 10-30 minutes late every day.

We code P60 in Other Work... not sort n load.

Seriously how hard is it to load packages in a Car designed to hold them?

"A" car. How about 4 P10s on metro routes. Come on back to work and show them how it is done. It's not hot in the building yet.

Nobody is forcing you to stay and do a crappy job

Ok Dave. No one is forcing you to stay on this forum since you retired either.

We had a new loader that thought this was the absolute best job and supervision in the world...

until she got injured loading a PC (twisted an ankle on the uneven bumper of a truck) and got her finger broken in the rear doors of a PC while delivering at peak.

She then realized that the employee was to blame for about everything when things go wrong. She's ready to move on. The shine has turned to corrosion in a matter of about 90 days.

 

[Big Babooba]

Preload isn't as easy as it looks. My only gripe is burying long packages on the shelf. They really should be on the floor.

 

[UPS Preloader]

My only gripe is burying long packages on the shelf. They really should be on the floor.

Between bulk stops and the the packages getting bigger and bigger, there isn’t always room on the floor.

 

[twoweeled]

Have you tried air driving yet? Easiest job at UPS. Many of us are in our 60's and still working everyday.

LOL! Working into your 60's? Yeech! Might be time to consider leaving. To me, bragging about driving into your 60's is like bragging about being sexually abused in County Jail.

 

[SolidWoodPanel]

Seriously how hard is it to load packages in a Car designed to hold them?

They get 3 hours to load 3x as many packages as you deliver in 9 hours

 

[TheWholePackage]

They get 3 hours to load 3x as many packages as you deliver in 9 hours

I get close to 5 and its still not enough. Drivers don't seem to understand that preload is not given enough time to do a good job.

 

[SolidWoodPanel]

I get close to 5 and its still not enough. Drivers don't seem to understand that preload is not given enough time to do a good job.

You can do a good enough job, but space is limited so when you gotta lay the pipes in aisle, they aren't fitting anywhere else. There's days when you could hardly smuggle a single mexican.