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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 887213" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>Heres the history;</p><p></p><p>Prior to August of 1986 there was a facility in Salem and a facility on Swan Island in Portland. In 1986, the Tualatin building was opened at the midpoint between the two, and this building had 2 centers. The number of centers was increased to 3 in 1988, then 4 in 1990. It was then reduced back down to 3 in 1996. Last year we were reduced again down to 2 centers, and about 14 of our routes were sent back up to the newly enlarged Swan Island facility.</p><p></p><p>Center (and building) boundaries were delinated by ZIP code lines on a map. Areas would necessarily be relooped as the number of centers changed and routes would be divided or altered as needed since it is not "administratively" possible for a driver to work for two different centers (much less buildings) on one route.</p><p></p><p>Enter PAS/EDD in 2005, with the concept of "apex" routes being satellited out as "A" cars in the loop, and progressively higher cars (B, C, D etc.) working their way back towards the building. Our building (3 centers at the time) was completely relooped, with no regard whatsoever for ZIP code boundaries except where they were needed to delinate boundaries between the 3 centers.</p><p></p><p>Then in 2010 the Swan Island facility is enlarged, 14 of our routes get sent back up there, and our building collapses from 3 centers down to 2. The old ZIP code boundaries that divided the 3 centers are now obsolete..... <em>but the PAS/EDD loop detail that was written with them in place remains unchanged</em>. Also in 2010 the company begins its wholesale elimination of entire routes along with forced 12/13 hr days and the creation of "frankenroutes" like mine that are formed from the remnants of 2 or 3 eliminated routes. Many of these "frankenroutes" deliver multiple loops in areas that used to belong to <em>different centers </em>prior to 2010....meaning that the trace they they are <em>supposed</em> to be following was designed for "one" route, not the "two or three" that they are now running.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 887213, member: 14668"] Heres the history; Prior to August of 1986 there was a facility in Salem and a facility on Swan Island in Portland. In 1986, the Tualatin building was opened at the midpoint between the two, and this building had 2 centers. The number of centers was increased to 3 in 1988, then 4 in 1990. It was then reduced back down to 3 in 1996. Last year we were reduced again down to 2 centers, and about 14 of our routes were sent back up to the newly enlarged Swan Island facility. Center (and building) boundaries were delinated by ZIP code lines on a map. Areas would necessarily be relooped as the number of centers changed and routes would be divided or altered as needed since it is not "administratively" possible for a driver to work for two different centers (much less buildings) on one route. Enter PAS/EDD in 2005, with the concept of "apex" routes being satellited out as "A" cars in the loop, and progressively higher cars (B, C, D etc.) working their way back towards the building. Our building (3 centers at the time) was completely relooped, with no regard whatsoever for ZIP code boundaries except where they were needed to delinate boundaries between the 3 centers. Then in 2010 the Swan Island facility is enlarged, 14 of our routes get sent back up there, and our building collapses from 3 centers down to 2. The old ZIP code boundaries that divided the 3 centers are now obsolete..... [I]but the PAS/EDD loop detail that was written with them in place remains unchanged[/I]. Also in 2010 the company begins its wholesale elimination of entire routes along with forced 12/13 hr days and the creation of "frankenroutes" like mine that are formed from the remnants of 2 or 3 eliminated routes. Many of these "frankenroutes" deliver multiple loops in areas that used to belong to [I]different centers [/I]prior to 2010....meaning that the trace they they are [I]supposed[/I] to be following was designed for "one" route, not the "two or three" that they are now running. [/QUOTE]
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