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<blockquote data-quote="sano" data-source="post: 441775" data-attributes="member: 8689">I am answering from a helpers viewpoint. I have been helping everyday except one since Nov 1. Mostly I help the same driver every day, but early on I helped 5 other drivers for a day or two each. there is a big difference in how efficiently drivers use a helper. I am there to be used as a tool to make your work go faster. Use me. The less experienced drivers seem to think that having a helper means that they don&#039;t ever get out of the package car. I have no problem running every stop, but I feel it cuts into efficiency.The driver I am with the most is a 25+ year driver and he and I have gotten a rhythm down that we can really get the stops off fast. Basically he delivers everything on his side and I deliver everything on my side. If it is a small package he exits through the drivers door (I know not methods, but...) as we are approaching the stop he tells me what package we need next, so whichever one of us is not delivering is locating the next package.It may help that I am a preloader, so I understand how the truck is supposed to be loaded. An outside employee may have more diffaculty getting on to where the package may be. Also, I picked up on the diad pretty quick, so we each record our own stops.I am really enjoying my role as a helper. I took leave from a job that paid $4. per hour more and had more hours, just to have the chance at the education being a helper is giving me. While I know being a helper is very low stress compared to sitting in the left seat (for the most part my mistakes would get charged to the driver, I am just a helper) I think the experience will really help when it comes time to go driving.&nbsp;Most of all be careful out there. I heard we had a driver helper in our region that got hit by a car. didn&#039;t hear how bad it was.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="sano, post: 441775, member: 8689"] I am answering from a helpers viewpoint. I have been helping everyday except one since Nov 1. Mostly I help the same driver every day, but early on I helped 5 other drivers for a day or two each. there is a big difference in how efficiently drivers use a helper. I am there to be used as a tool to make your work go faster. Use me. The less experienced drivers seem to think that having a helper means that they don't ever get out of the package car. I have no problem running every stop, but I feel it cuts into efficiency. The driver I am with the most is a 25+ year driver and he and I have gotten a rhythm down that we can really get the stops off fast. Basically he delivers everything on his side and I deliver everything on my side. If it is a small package he exits through the drivers door (I know not methods, but...) as we are approaching the stop he tells me what package we need next, so whichever one of us is not delivering is locating the next package. It may help that I am a preloader, so I understand how the truck is supposed to be loaded. An outside employee may have more diffaculty getting on to where the package may be. Also, I picked up on the diad pretty quick, so we each record our own stops. I am really enjoying my role as a helper. I took leave from a job that paid $4. per hour more and had more hours, just to have the chance at the education being a helper is giving me. While I know being a helper is very low stress compared to sitting in the left seat (for the most part my mistakes would get charged to the driver, I am just a helper) I think the experience will really help when it comes time to go driving. Most of all be careful out there. I heard we had a driver helper in our region that got hit by a car. didn't hear how bad it was. [/QUOTE]

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