UPS Freight Diary:

i'm going to put it on the table:

1) We're in the middle of a contract re-negotiation. It's not going very smoothly.

2) Companies such as Old dominion, Saia, estes etc. ARE eating our lunch and ARE up and coming and ARE poised to overtake us AND they need to be reckoned with. (i think OD already HAS overtaken us)

We all would like more money---who doesn't? But the company cannot reasonably expect to make a reasonable profit AND pay that much more money in wages..........

 

UPDATES:

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Sometimes we don't get new trucks. We get new (or in this case, remanufactured) engines.

3) I WANT TO CHOKE THE LIVING #$%^% OUT OF SOMEONE AT THE COMP............
Nevermind...........take a deep breath...........i won't be doing that. We will talk it out. She's a human being who is/was under tremendous stress.

You might look at the guy driving the brown truck and think that they are making .72 cpm and $38 with overtime after 8 and 40 and think they got it made. But you don't see what happens BEHIND the golden brown pearly doors at UPS; i will discuss "Queen Bee" syndrome and other unfortunate phenomenons in the workplace in another thread.

We got regional managerks and terminal managerks at each other's throats. The TM's are putting unrealsitic pressure on the mid-level and lower level managerks----these lower level managerks seemingly have no choice but to put it on the "worker bees" (drivers and dockers). It's a mess and it doesn't have to be. i will discuss this all soon.

 

Can't post the latest check because i wasn't at the terminal on payday, which is Thursday---Direct deposit usually takes place Friday morning.

But will post as soon as i get the paper copy and it was $1,670.50 gross. Doing a combination of Niteliner and regular road work. Wasn't worth it as i had to endure some queen bee b.s. during the early portion of the week. May discuss that in detail when there is time.

Highlights of the Playlist for the past week were:


You may think it's cheezy/cliche----the epitome of 80's ness, but it kept me awake (you must sing along, scream if necessary) and where, i ask you, are you going to find guitar playing like that?

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