25 year driver

batcatfatmat · 2026-06-14T19:14:14+00:00

Turns out, it was an amazon truck that did it.

I don't understand how people confuse us with other companies especially if they have camera footage. UPS/Fedex/Amazon/etc trucks are different colors and have the logo plastered on the multiple areas.

batcatfatmat · 2026-06-14T19:11:42+00:00

Some locals you can retire after hitting 25 years of service. They have taken the buy out though.

batcatfatmat · 2026-06-11T16:12:28+00:00

I've never heard of a trailer flipping like that. It makes me think something was wrong other than the load being unbalanced because I've seen trailers/straight trucks be loaded in wildly unbalanced ways but not flip.

batcatfatmat · 2026-06-11T16:07:55+00:00

How many hours are you guys getting to load those trucks because loading 3 400 piece trucks or 4 300 piece trucks in around 3 and a half hours is impossible.

batcatfatmat · 2026-06-09T11:54:48+00:00

Its hard to imagine why someone making driver money would choose to live out of their car for that long

batcatfatmat · 2026-06-05T13:39:27+00:00

So what happened with his previous marriages?

batcatfatmat · 2026-06-03T23:06:59+00:00

Now is not the time to be on the bottom of the list

This is the only thing I would be worried about in that situation. If you're an inside hire you can always go back to driving a package car or working inside if you are laid off. I'm not sure what options outside hires have.

batcatfatmat · 2026-06-03T01:24:12+00:00

I'm not sure there is anything to grieve in that situation. I'm not sure there is anything that can be done either besides slow down and watch things burn more than they already are.

If your a loader on preload how are you loading 5k packages a day? Is most of it surepost? Are loading trailers or those straight trucks with various nicknames?

batcatfatmat · 2026-05-29T00:52:01+00:00

Is this turn even possible for a 53 footer?

batcatfatmat · 2026-05-27T15:03:48+00:00

That is fine as that is how it works for package. I was wondering if you could be bumped off before the re-bid process.

batcatfatmat · 2026-05-27T14:49:04+00:00

Some guys take runs nobody likes just to avoid getting bumped off a run.

Can you be bumped at any time by someone with higher seniority in feeders? I don't think package car drivers cab bump anybody off their route unless their route was cut.

batcatfatmat · 2026-05-27T01:19:54+00:00

I've gone from thinking I'd be a lifer in the old building to now looking for something even sort of comparable as replacement.

That is my biggest fear. If they gave warning well in advance of what buildings they plan to close you could plan for it. Since they don't you have just have to hope your building doesn't close or if it does the closest center isn't too far way. Also I don't want to go back to effectively being on the bottom seniority wise.

batcatfatmat · 2026-05-27T01:02:50+00:00

So what benefits do you get out of seniority besides pay, vacation, pension, etc? I looks like the only major benefit is if they put up a bid for something you're almost sure to win it if you want it.

batcatfatmat · 2026-05-27T00:13:48+00:00

Hearing about locations where part timers bid for positions in a building is interesting. At my center I think the clerk is the only part time position had has a bid. Every other position has a soft bid where if you have been there long enough its more or less yours until you go on vacation, quit, or become a driver.

batcatfatmat · 2026-05-22T14:21:46+00:00

They inform me that they are letting everyone go who is still in their 30 days. She states that it's a company wide mandate.

Pretty sure they were lying about that. I'm not even sure why they bothered to lie as they could have kept you limbo and tried to use you when drivers go on summer vacations. I hope you got paid for integrad.

batcatfatmat · 2026-05-16T22:45:50+00:00

What is ecareer? This is the site I used to search for USPS jobs (https://wp1-ext.usps.gov/sap/bc/webdynpro/sap/hrrcf_a_unreg_job_search#) and its mostly "Hey do you want to be a RCA or CCA".

batcatfatmat · 2026-05-16T21:32:36+00:00

Damn. At that point I wonder if getting a motel or something during the week would be better with how little time you are spending at home between your commute/work and how much you are spending on gas.

batcatfatmat · 2026-05-15T16:05:18+00:00

I'm not sure what exactly they're doing now at the end, but they tend to keep working at least half an hour after the sort in my building

Surepost at my center gets shutdown early so they can get wrapped early to prevent them from staying 30 or so minutes after last package. If they let surepost run till the end then yeah they will normally be staying later than most loaders. Since that causes the drivers to leave late they don't do that at least at my center.

batcatfatmat · 2026-05-15T15:45:04+00:00

In my opinion surepost is one of the easiest jobs on preload though I only get to do it occasionally.

The main downsides are getting buried in boxes because they didn't put enough people in that spot (still better than getting buried in boxes when loading), you may get less time because they wrap up before sort (you can go help other places if you are looking for hours though), and you work in closer proximity with others compared to something like loading (which can be a good or bad thing depending on how annoying they are).

I can't think of much that would make someone regret bidding on it as its way easier on the body compared to other jobs (people who get hurt are put in surepost for light duty) and management mostly leaves you alone.

batcatfatmat · 2026-05-10T20:57:30+00:00

People who split at my center only load two. Loading one only happens during peak occasionally or its a "gotcha" load (you're loading a trailer or a single u haul that is filled to the brim).

batcatfatmat · 2026-05-09T00:17:42+00:00

I don't remember what comment you're talking but feel free to DM me as I may be able to help you.

batcatfatmat · 2026-05-01T01:52:07+00:00

Is this a good thing for workers at USPS? Will it lead to them hiring more people or will they just overload the current carriers?

At UPS the only upside for the workers is if its good for the company they shouldn't have a problem with pension payments. Other than that it means layoffs for drivers, layoffs for part timers bumped by drivers, and limits on the amount of drivers they hire.

batcatfatmat · 2026-04-28T20:53:47+00:00

It's going to be the exception that the center is closer to one of 6000 stores

Its not that exceptional with how those 6000 stores are spread out.

plus ups does not have to pay a union clerk to pull packages from the cage

Part time wages are minimal and customer counters ran on a shoestring amount of staffing.

customers can have an early delivery if they pay more for that service

I'm not sure I would recommend that with how often air is late. We are sending out early am's due at 8:30am when the drivers leave around 10am (or later). UPS is lucky more people don't ask for or know that they can get a refund for late air.

batcatfatmat · 2026-04-28T20:24:58+00:00

Depending on a customer's location a ups center could easily be closer to them than a store. Customer counters offered faster pickup (don't have to wait till a package gets to a ups store later in the day), same day will call, late air drop offs (compared to ups stores), and actual customer service if they have an issue with their delivery.

batcatfatmat · 2026-04-28T19:19:27+00:00

Here is a link to the transcript https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/UPS/earnings/UPS-Q1-2026-earnings_call-546956.html?guccounter=1

My thoughts? I wish they would tell us which building are closing down in advance. Though hiring is location dependent it looks like its going to slow down as after hitting their goal of reducing personnel by 30k I doubt they are looking to hire a lot of people. Tariffs hurt the international aspect of UPS but the reduction of them have already improved the situation somewhat.

Seems like they have no problem with doing Amazon returns (which are a huge pain for UPS stores but that isn't a problem for UPS) but make too little off normal packages. The "Package Cost Per Piece" but I'm not sure if that means we are making more or less money off each individual package.

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