That is exactly right. Several years ago it was hard to get the job, and if you did you stayed and retired there. My 18 year old nephew was called in for an interview right out of high school, and just decided not to go.
On Thu, Feb 6, 2025 at 6:24 AM Bruce Hershenson <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree Tony. And I think it is ALL caused by two problems: > 1) A lack of manpower. Working for a delivery company is hard work and > there are a million easier jobs anyone can get, so they are VERY short of > staff at all times. > 2) A massive lack of GOOD employees. Most of the "old-timers" were career > people who really tried their hardest. It does not seem that way at all > with the younger employees, and many have not been there very long, so they > are learning on the job, at our expense. > > What I most fear is when the last of the few older people who are good > retire things will completely fall off a cliff. > > On Thu, Feb 6, 2025 at 6:04 AM Tony Calvert <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Bruce, I of course ship considerably less, but my thoughts exactly. One >> of the bigger problems I see with all of them is the fact that a seller >> without the accounts or any clout can't get in touch with a human at Fedex, >> and likely UPS. About 3 months ago I was able to talk to someone at USPS >> and they actually made an effort and kept me up to date, and likely >> found the item and it started moving. When I called for the same process a >> few days ago she told me to just file a claim and just basically told me to >> piss off. It is a little hard to justify all the crap and time of a claim >> on a very low end item. I would bet the volume of requests is so high they >> just can't deal with it. >> >> On Thu, Feb 6, 2025 at 5:39 AM Bruce Hershenson < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> For the past year, I’ve been wanting to start a thread like this, but >>> since I didn’t see any comments about it, I figured maybe it was somehow >>> just us. >>> >>> But you know we send 50 to 100 packages most days, and it is getting >>> ridiculous. So often now a package just completely gets stuck in their >>> system. No updates no nothing. Then a week or two later it suddenly starts >>> moving again. >>> >>> So not only does their service suck, but they also have raised the >>> prices sky high, and they damage packages they never were able to damage >>> before. They even completely flatten our tubes, which never happened before >>> they got their sorting machines. >>> >>> All of the above applies to the post office, but it mostly applies to >>> UPS as well. We just had a visit from our UPS representative and I told >>> them that the bad news was their service is worse and worse, but that the >>> good news is they don’t do as bad as USPS. >>> >>> He joked about it and said that maybe they should start an ad campaign >>> saying “ Our service sucks, but at least not as bad as the post office >>> does”. >>> >>> For the last couple of years, I’ve been saying that the thing most >>> likely to make me retire is the shipping situation. What is really funny is >>> that now they tell everyone who asks about their late packages to call the >>> shipper. >>> >>> That gets the person to leave or hang up, but then they think that >>> there’s something we can do about it, and of course there isn’t. It is a >>> bad situation getting worse all the time. >>> >> > > -- > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
