UPS Freight Diary:

Sorry it took so long to post checks; i've been busy as hell; Like the company i work for, i've taken on more than i can handle.




1) Note that on the weeks where i only made $1,100 ish, i took a day off that week.

2) We do not have the P+D city position anymore; Instead we just have P drivers; This is because things are so F'd up, there is barely enough time to make the pickups and even then we miss quite a few (which, in turn p#@$@# off the customer, but we don't care about the customer----we only care about their money, and numbers, more on this later). Any actual deliveries you make are a bonus. Also, we don't care about residential customers----we are late on most, if not all appointments. In addition to being late, there is a high chance of damage to the residential customer's freight.
Thus, if you enjoy stressed out rushing around, with little chance of making your appointments, then this is the gig for you. (now you know where i get the name Rushin' Rabbit...........)

3) i believe upper and top "management" to be out-of-touch and/or delusional/and or at least acting like numbskulls. As such, the middle managers/ terminal managers have no choice but to impose these unrealistic, and out-of-touch demands on the workers. It's a crapstorm to say the least...........moral isn't too good. i would not say the situation is "toxic" yet, but it's a crapstorm.

4) We have ceased being a freight company. We are now a numbers company. i feel a large part of the problem is that a large number of "management" have never driven a truck, much less even ridden in one.

More later.

 

5) If you order something that must be shipped freight----such as a tool cabinet, auto parts etc. AND have a choice of carrier, i would suggest R+L or Old dominion----because they'll get it out to you reasonably quickly.

UPSF on the other hand, we'll get it to you WHEN we get to it; If you make an appointment with us, you might as well go ahead to work that day or do whatever you need to do; If we make an appointment with you say from 2-6, then we'll be there AFTER 6:30PM----sometimes 8 or 9pm. And then there may be damage.

 

Which Hawaiian island is the "main" one? The "Manhattan?"

 

H. Cochran slept on floors to build this company and look what we've done with it..........

How can a group of, for the most part, decent people be so stupid?

 

We sure are...........

 

i'm freight. For drivers, Top rate is $28.65 per hour and if doing linehaul .72cpm. i'll be moving to that rate in about 2 weeks, knock on wood..........

The new contract proposal, and this is just a proposal at this point is: A driver just being hired now would start off at $17.70. Then, when you make senority (that's 45 working days.), $18. Second year, $20, Third year $23, Fourth year $25.50 and top rate $28.65. So, that's a little better than what we have now, which is $17.40 start, senority $17.70, second year $18.70, third year $20, fourth year $24, top rate $28.65