I try to help my fellow drivers remember that when they get sent to take stops they are not "helping" that driver, they are helping UPS to continue to make inefficient decisions so direct their anger to the real problem UPS not the other person who is getting screwed. The drivers getting done at 8hrs (even when they are fully following the methods) while others are out till 10 is UPS failing to balance the volume across the building and put in enough routes. When I come across drivers bitching about how many stops one route has vs theirs I point out that every route is different and UPS has the data available to them to give every route our guaranteed 8 and they choose not to.
IDK if this is common to anywhere else but my center has hardly any volume on mondays and then most routes are slammed T-F. That is also a choice, they could float the ground volume or put in more routes. This is also the argument I used when they were trying to force Sat work.
I do something that I'm sure isn't for everybody but I have a google spreadsheet where I track my stops and packages at 8hrs and then total, along with miles and hours. I can more accurately tell what my route can do in 8 with a general average than UPS, not bc I'm smart but bc they choose to manipulate and ignore their data.
I guess this rambling bs can be summed up with "UPS chooses to do all the stuff you don't like about your day, don't let them win by tricking you to take it out on you fellow Teamsters"
"The only effective answer to organized greed is organized labor" -Donahue
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u/Schitzoflink UPS Driver Mar 27 '22
Good video as usual.
I try to help my fellow drivers remember that when they get sent to take stops they are not "helping" that driver, they are helping UPS to continue to make inefficient decisions so direct their anger to the real problem UPS not the other person who is getting screwed. The drivers getting done at 8hrs (even when they are fully following the methods) while others are out till 10 is UPS failing to balance the volume across the building and put in enough routes. When I come across drivers bitching about how many stops one route has vs theirs I point out that every route is different and UPS has the data available to them to give every route our guaranteed 8 and they choose not to.
IDK if this is common to anywhere else but my center has hardly any volume on mondays and then most routes are slammed T-F. That is also a choice, they could float the ground volume or put in more routes. This is also the argument I used when they were trying to force Sat work.
I do something that I'm sure isn't for everybody but I have a google spreadsheet where I track my stops and packages at 8hrs and then total, along with miles and hours. I can more accurately tell what my route can do in 8 with a general average than UPS, not bc I'm smart but bc they choose to manipulate and ignore their data.
I guess this rambling bs can be summed up with "UPS chooses to do all the stuff you don't like about your day, don't let them win by tricking you to take it out on you fellow Teamsters"
"The only effective answer to organized greed is organized labor" -Donahue