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Edited 13h ago by forthemoney
@gumby said ↗UPS says fuel is cheaper than pay and benefits It's funny that the fuel station recommendation prompt that comes most days is out of the way to save a nickel. Pay a driver $67/hr to take a detour on the way back to the center because they found a station that'sthat 5¢/gal5¢ a gal less. That's the UPS math we see all the time. With UPS dropping package density and spreading buildings out, it's not just much more fuel, it's more driver time per package. I hope they think there's plenty of premium packages to deliver.
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UPS says fuel is cheaper than pay and benefits

It's funny that the fuel station recommendation prompt that comes most days is out of the way to save a nickel. Pay a driver $67/hr to take a detour on the way back to the center because they found a station that 5¢ a gal less. That's the UPS math we see all the time.

With UPS dropping package density and spreading buildings out, it's not just much more fuel, it's more driver time per package. I hope they think there's plenty of premium packages to deliver.

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UPS says fuel is cheaper than pay and benefits

It's funny that the fuel station recommendation prompt that comes most days is out of the way to save a nickel. Pay a driver $67/hr to take a detour on the way back to the center because they found a station that's 5¢/gal less. That's the UPS math we see all the time.

With UPS dropping package density and spreading buildings out, it's not just much more fuel, it's more driver time per package. I hope they think there's plenty of premium packages to deliver.