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re: How many hours a week does a typical UPS driver work?
Posted on 2/1/18 at 7:35 am to Champagne
Posted on 2/1/18 at 7:35 am to Champagne
Are you my uncle? 
He was the union chief in NOLA for a long time. He used to cook red beans at work on Mondays
I've heard some funny stories about the stupid shite people used to try and ship through there
He was the union chief in NOLA for a long time. He used to cook red beans at work on Mondays
I've heard some funny stories about the stupid shite people used to try and ship through there
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Posted on 2/1/18 at 7:39 am to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
I always heard they go in (depending on season) to a STUFFED truck each morning. You are done when it is empty. It’s rarely or never an amount you can comfortably deliver in 8 hours.
This was back in the 90’s. You have somewhere to be around 5-6pm and you see a UPS truck coming up behind you? Get behind him. Lol
This was back in the 90’s. You have somewhere to be around 5-6pm and you see a UPS truck coming up behind you? Get behind him. Lol
Posted on 2/1/18 at 7:48 am to East Coast Band
General question: How are the boxes assorted on the truck...I know they cant just be randomnly placed on...there has to be a method..
Posted on 2/1/18 at 8:36 am to jeffsdad
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General question: How are the boxes assorted on the truck...I know they cant just be randomnly placed on...there has to be a method..
The initial scan when unloading packages tells the loaders which truck and where to put it in the truck. The drivers board tells the driver where it is supposed to be.....Doesn't always get loaded where it' supposed to be because of space issues
Posted on 2/1/18 at 8:37 am to Martini
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Didn’t know the OT had this many commercial drivers license holders.
All we need is a Class D (chauffeurs license) No CDL unless you drive the feeder trucks(18 wheelers)
Posted on 2/1/18 at 8:39 am to SECdragonmaster
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55 to 60 hours a week? That is nothing. I hear that most teachers work 55-60 hours each day! And probably more on the weekends.
DOT has rules.....believe me, if they could get away with 80 hour weeks, THEY WOULD TRY IT
Posted on 2/1/18 at 8:47 am to East Coast Band
Nov, Dec, Jan are pretty busy months for UPS. Sometimes theres a breakdown during the day and need to transfer packages to another truck. Sometimes its just a loaded down residential route
Posted on 2/1/18 at 10:28 pm to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
No, I don't think so, but I do wish that I knew how to make a huge pot of delicious red beans and rice.
Posted on 2/1/18 at 10:33 pm to ronk
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The driver makes the route fit the day. Coming from a route manager the driver decides how many hours he will work and then will decide how fast he will finish.
Well if that's how UPS manages the package car drivers today then it's completely different from my time there.
During my time, UPS management and the Teamsters had an adversarial relationship. It had to be that way because the company paid by the hour, so they did time studies to calculate the fastest times that all work tasks should take. They would time all work and pressure any employee that didn't perform the task within the allotted time. These allotted times were not generous in any way, and UPS management was very emphatic about imposing these time limits. The employees needed the Teamsters to keep their jobs because, even if you did your best, you'd often run over the allotted time and UPS would love to have had the authority to fire anybody who ran late, even if it was just minutes over the allotted time.
So this adversarial relationship was necessary and it worked. The workers were highly pressured to bust arse, work as fast and accurately as possible sorting, loading or delivering the packages BUT they could not actually be fired for being late on the allotted time. UPS got hard work and the workers had a secure job. So the system worked, IMHO.
The management had the authority to assign all work and they guarded this authority jealously. No driver of a package car told any manager about what assigned work was to be done by the driver. The manager assigned the work to the driver.
I do believe that some of the routes were less burdensome and probably could be completed by 4pm because I had a shift for some time that began at 4pm and I remember a few package car drivers coming into the hub just after 4pm to wrap up the paperwork and punch out for the day.
I eventually quit UPS to finish my education and make the Army a career.
This post was edited on 2/1/18 at 10:45 pm
Posted on 2/1/18 at 10:44 pm to cajun12
Do you get OT for that or are you salaried?
Posted on 2/2/18 at 5:07 am to jeffsdad
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General question: How are the boxes assorted on the truck...I know they cant just be randomnly placed on...there has to be a method..
Usually Each Shelf Represents The house numbers. 0-1000 may be the top shelf. ect...So if person A lives on 850 tigerdroppings lane. The package would be on the top shelf. 1001-2000 could be the middle shelf...ect...
It really depends on the routes, management, load quality..
Posted on 2/2/18 at 6:57 am to Dr RC
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Do you get OT for that or are you salaried?
Yes. Everything after 8 hours in a day is OT. Even if i don't work 40 hours that week. It goes by the day
Posted on 2/2/18 at 7:01 am to pioneerbasketball
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Usually Each Shelf Represents The house numbers. 0-1000 may be the top shelf. ect...So if person A lives on 850 tigerdroppings lane. The package would be on the top shelf. 1001-2000 could be the middle shelf...ect...
This is completely wrong.
It has nothing to do with the house address numbers. All about each different area being together on the truck.
Posted on 2/2/18 at 7:14 am to cajun12
That's the way it was here. Based on the street number.
Posted on 2/2/18 at 7:21 am to cajun12
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Yes. Everything after 8 hours in a day is OT. Even if i don't work 40 hours that week. It goes by the day
This is interesting. Never heard of this before
Posted on 2/2/18 at 7:24 am to cajun12
Part time was anything over 5 hours if you worked inside the building.
I'm not sure if that's how it still is.
I'm not sure if that's how it still is.
Posted on 2/2/18 at 7:34 am to cajun12
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This is completely wrong.
It has nothing to do with the house address numbers. All about each different area being together on the truck.
Some cities use a uniformed street address method that essentially the street number can show you the approximate location of that street in the city. For example, if you live at 1000 tigerdroppings lane, you'd be about 10 blocks away from the city center.
Some cities start the first house on every street at 100.
So if you lived in that city at 1000 tigerdroppings lane, there would be no indication of what part of town you'd live.
Posted on 2/2/18 at 10:10 am to East Coast Band
I’m going by what we do in Houma....very few 4 digit house numbers compared to 3 digit. I would have 300 boxes on 1 shelf if we loaded that way
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