I’ve been working as a full time package driver for about 80 days now..was hired in Aug 2020. When I started my SUP told me to punch in for 10am and I have been ever since. However, I usually get to work before 9:30 and start loading my van around 9:30...shouldn’t I be able to punch in and get paid for 9:30 start time instead of 10? The other drivers there get paid from the time they punch in til the time they punch out...Please help or instruct me what to do with DIAD so it works properly! Thanks!
Time card viewer showing wrong punch in time
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ManInBrown
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No you’re working for free. The start time is 10am.
JustDeliverIt
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Are you sure they are getting paid? Just cause they tell you they are doesn't mean they are. Show up whenever you want but don't grab your board before 9:50 to punch in and don't touch a package to load your truck until 10. If supe says anything just tell him/her you will begin working at 10 when you get paid. They want you to start earlier than they need to adjust your start time. They will let you work for free for as long as they can though and never say a word about it.
WannaBeFeeder
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Come in at 10
onewithedd
Well-Known Member
I always tell them if you work off the clock and get injured, you are on your own, the company will not have your back! I use the example “if a big chunk of metal fell out on your foot and crushed it, your out of a job!! And your own medical expenses”.
Up In Smoke
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Start times for all seniority employees must be posted weekly. Find it and your questions will be answered.
Wally
BrownCafe Innovator & King of Puns
Red Devil
The Power of Connected
Do not change the start time in your diad without having a good reason and consulting a supervisor. You can’t just start your day whenever you feel like it.
my loader has been there 1 year and still can't organize more than 15 stops. I HAVE to get in early to reorganize the whole car. Takes me usually 15 to 20mins just to be able to walk around, then i gotta organize stuff by area.
Even with good loaders, most of our depot leaves 45 to 60mins after start time.
Red Devil
The Power of Connected
That is the case where I am as well but if you want to work preload there is a signup sheet that goes by seniority.
burrheadd
KING Of GIFS
JustDeliverIt
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Doesn't matter how much work is outside the truck or how poorly organized it is inside it, don't touch a package until your getting paid to. Don't change the start time in your board unless a supervisor approves it. You get paid by the minute and if you leave late it's on them. At 10, organize your truck like you want to but don't touch anything until you're getting paid to. They will get the hint and change your start time but you have to hold firm. They will always do nothing as long as you continue to work for free.
Ghost in the Darkness
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Working for free at ups is dumb.
Maple Grove MN Driver
Cocaine Mang!
@UpstateNYUPSer could have paid cash for his Altima with all the work he did off the clock.
I’ve tried changing time in diad to 9:30 a few times and it still shows up as 10am start on my timecard so it must be preprogrammed at the back end lol. The 
ty thing is if i come late, say just before 10 most of the good cargo vans with working backup cameras and tank with more than half gas are already taken by other drivers...
ty thing is if i come late, say just before 10 most of the good cargo vans with working backup cameras and tank with more than half gas are already taken by other drivers...
Brownslave688
You want a toe? I can get you a toe.
That is not true at all but yes no one should work for free
Brownslave688
You want a toe? I can get you a toe.
so do you guys have driver preload? Like you all load your own vehicles?
