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I have been a UPS driver for over 25 years now. My building doesn’t have enough drivers, enough trucks and probably no place to put the new trucks and drivers even if we got them.
Our level of volume has been like Christmas (starting mid-March), but we can’t run helpers because UPS won’t put two people together in the truck for the whole day. All of this is actually because of coronavirus. We do use as many helpers as would sign up that use their personal vehicle.
The reason that the package shows it is out for delivery is because it gets processed in the morning and does not fit on the truck. It sits in the building, and they hope that they have the staff to deliver it, but, like I said, we are completely overrun with volume.
11 hours is a short day for me. My paid days are usually more like 12 or 13 hours. The key term to remember here is “completely overrun with volume“.
Monday through Friday, all I do is wake up, get ready, go to work, and then come home and get ready for the next day, resting. I haven’t been able to do a single errand on a weekday due to the long hours. As far as I can tell, this is 100% attributable to COVID-19.
Our level of volume has been like Christmas (starting mid-March), but we can’t run helpers because UPS won’t put two people together in the truck for the whole day. All of this is actually because of coronavirus. We do use as many helpers as would sign up that use their personal vehicle.
The reason that the package shows it is out for delivery is because it gets processed in the morning and does not fit on the truck. It sits in the building, and they hope that they have the staff to deliver it, but, like I said, we are completely overrun with volume.
11 hours is a short day for me. My paid days are usually more like 12 or 13 hours. The key term to remember here is “completely overrun with volume“.
Monday through Friday, all I do is wake up, get ready, go to work, and then come home and get ready for the next day, resting. I haven’t been able to do a single errand on a weekday due to the long hours. As far as I can tell, this is 100% attributable to COVID-19.
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