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UPS can't compete because of high labor costs?
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<blockquote data-quote="NHDRVR" data-source="post: 614109" data-attributes="member: 10327"><p>If YOU are overpaid then that is your business. </p><p> </p><p>I do not pretend to be going above and beyond any other driver in our center and, like most of us in this forum, I have been driving for many years. I will make my argument based on the time I have spent talking and watching various other customers and the work they get paid to do. We don't have the luxury of working from home or leaving early or pushing the 'papers' back into the inbox so they can wait til' tomorrow. We can't hole ourselves up in an office or corner of a building til' the storm passes and leave at our convenience. </p><p> </p><p>No, we have a service based occupation that must be performed from point A to B on a daily basis regardless of how the truck was loaded, the truck is running, the driver is feeling, the traffic, the weather, the 15 minute COD's, the broken 2-wheeler, and, oh-yeah, 3 OCA's that I have to chase that adds an additional hour of drive time to my day.</p><p> </p><p>Hey honey, tell the kids I will have to see them tomorrow since I won't be getting home til' 8:30. Again.</p><p> </p><p>Overpaid? </p><p> </p><p>Can you imagine telling a landscaper or mason that they have to move, lift, carry, drive, and sell the business during the course of the day while driving from point to point and then sticking some paper in their face saying that they didn't do it fast enough?? No, because it's unrealistic to expect those jobs to be done by certain times in inclement weather because of safety/injuries...</p><p> </p><p>It's ok to expect it from us though.</p><p> </p><p>Overpaid??</p><p> </p><p>I don't think so...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NHDRVR, post: 614109, member: 10327"] If YOU are overpaid then that is your business. I do not pretend to be going above and beyond any other driver in our center and, like most of us in this forum, I have been driving for many years. I will make my argument based on the time I have spent talking and watching various other customers and the work they get paid to do. We don't have the luxury of working from home or leaving early or pushing the 'papers' back into the inbox so they can wait til' tomorrow. We can't hole ourselves up in an office or corner of a building til' the storm passes and leave at our convenience. No, we have a service based occupation that must be performed from point A to B on a daily basis regardless of how the truck was loaded, the truck is running, the driver is feeling, the traffic, the weather, the 15 minute COD's, the broken 2-wheeler, and, oh-yeah, 3 OCA's that I have to chase that adds an additional hour of drive time to my day. Hey honey, tell the kids I will have to see them tomorrow since I won't be getting home til' 8:30. Again. Overpaid? Can you imagine telling a landscaper or mason that they have to move, lift, carry, drive, and sell the business during the course of the day while driving from point to point and then sticking some paper in their face saying that they didn't do it fast enough?? No, because it's unrealistic to expect those jobs to be done by certain times in inclement weather because of safety/injuries... It's ok to expect it from us though. Overpaid?? I don't think so... [/QUOTE]
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