Isn't it amazing how they (UPS management) have conditioned us? We have that damn clock always ticking in our head, and don't even realize what it does to us. They have us, thinking like them! It is our whole world, eventually. Tick tick tick,,,,
Nope
I'm wondering how new you are. They've known for years. In the past, almost all on road management were drivers. Now, many of them just do that required 6 month joke of easy routes. But to answer you more directly - it makes no difference. They have to have certain numbers "at any cost"! Even at the cost of health risk. Management doesn't want you to get heat stroke or other serious issues, but risk/reward ratio tilts to needed production. UPS is nothing more than a huge pressure cooker. Everyone has to take care of themselves, because that is the world in UPS. There is no family. You family as long as you bring in the numbers. No numbers? Your the black sheep.
Wow, exiting out the driver's door was taught to me as a driver way back in 1983! I was also taught to park on either side of the street (residential) in order to make my walk as short as possible. Then these methods went away and now it sounds like they are making a comeback. I never had any problems in my residential area parking like that. I was also taught to only close the bulkhead door at business stops, I could leave it open for residential stops.
Agreed, but It's a fair guess that most have never taken it to a higher level.
I've been sorta on the same thought. I think part of the problem is, They've squeezed all the juice outta the job! They are just coming up with BS rationalizations a lot of the time, because they can't think of any more legitimate ways to be efficient. On paper, it may sound good to go out the driver side door. But if you do it correctly ie. grabbing the handle, and ALWAYS maintaining 3 points of contact and handling the box correctly according to safety methods. I think that alone would prove extremely difficult. that box better be extremely small to handle with one hand and maintain 3 points of contact. there's not a lot of room to set that box down on the driver side. God forbid it bounces down the steps into the street and gets crushed! Who's fault might that be? YOURS! You didn't follow the methods! Because methods always make mention of "safely" do this or that. This BS has been going on since the beginning of time at UPS. I'm getting Pissed just writing this crap!!
We had a driver get hit this peak doing that... It was bad. Probably never coming back. Screw ORION. Screw their methods. Do what's safe.
A metric that is measured is one that will be improved. That is the only reason they do this. Notice when they start talking about number of backs the drivers have, you start thinking about your backs during the day. The number actually goes down when this happens. It's actually very smart on ups part and makes us better drivers...then you see the FedEx guy drive by with his bulkhead door open and see him nose into a parking spot. And your jaw drops.
Over 20 yrs if that helps.
LMAO! Yes, I've been in a P6. Not sure I had a wood bulkhead door, but it was a P6. Your correct. Unless people experience this stuff, they will have no idea of what the entire job is. All they ever did for the heat, was put some vents in right behind the bulkhead I think. Management new, but in all fairness - our managers and sup's didn't design the cars. Package is just plain tough! Package drivers are probably underpaid for what they do.How new?.....Have you ever driven a P600 with a wooden bulkhead door?...I had one for awhile...
I understand what you're saying....I guess after so many years, you see how this company went from making sure we were dispatched correctly, missed pieces were a HUGE concern, to pretty much making you think, (especially the new drivers) that 170 plus stops is the norm and you are always not doing enough.
So based on what was said earlier about the cargo area, I really don't think alot of people understand, as well as people in the safety community, know how brutal these trucks are in the summer in regards to our personal workload.
