I know stops per car have been up, but volume overall is way down at our building. Some cases scarily so. I've never seen it this low since I've been here. I was accustomed to hearing volume is down play just like everyone else but I can SEE it now and where it was when I loaded and its shocking to me. The thing is the preloaders don't buy it because we're really good at cutting routes and keeping them busy, but the fact is it IS way down in some areas, its about 9,000 down overall from when I used to load...think about that. This is not something I made up and it kind of scares me. The hub sorts are down much more than that.
I'm not saying that I think 12 hour days are fair because I don't, but UPS is going to do what they have to do to stop the bleeding. I feel for some of the drivers because I see what their routes have become instead of what they were. I only hope for their sake it goes back to normal when and if things improve.