A welcome change.
May. 10th, 2008 09:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gridloreThings have been better on the work front. I made a locked post last week about this, but I can share one change that has made a huge difference for us.
Last year we had a temp driver, Victor, who we all loved. Big bear of a guy, dedicated Raiders fan, and cool as shit. Of course, we let him go when times got a little rough.
They've rehired him, permanently, and have him doing "clean up" duties. taking work off routes that are overloaded, covering Hot Shot orders that come in, doing the material transfers between 7th Street and Trimble.
The result? Thursday and Friday most of us had close to eight-hour days. Having that one extra driver reduced the workload that much, allowed more deliveries to go out on time, and cut down on the needed overtime. I really hope they go ahead and hire two more warehouse/driver people. We have ten trucks (seven International 4300DTs, and three Fords; a F-450, a F-350 [configured as a flatbed with wood gates], and a F-150) so why not use them?
The easy days will end soon, since summer is coming and construction really picks up during the months of guaranteed good weather. We also start delivering to a lot of schools that are undergoing renovation while classes are out. So soon enough I'll be doing 9.5 hours a day again.
Last year we had a temp driver, Victor, who we all loved. Big bear of a guy, dedicated Raiders fan, and cool as shit. Of course, we let him go when times got a little rough.
They've rehired him, permanently, and have him doing "clean up" duties. taking work off routes that are overloaded, covering Hot Shot orders that come in, doing the material transfers between 7th Street and Trimble.
The result? Thursday and Friday most of us had close to eight-hour days. Having that one extra driver reduced the workload that much, allowed more deliveries to go out on time, and cut down on the needed overtime. I really hope they go ahead and hire two more warehouse/driver people. We have ten trucks (seven International 4300DTs, and three Fords; a F-450, a F-350 [configured as a flatbed with wood gates], and a F-150) so why not use them?
The easy days will end soon, since summer is coming and construction really picks up during the months of guaranteed good weather. We also start delivering to a lot of schools that are undergoing renovation while classes are out. So soon enough I'll be doing 9.5 hours a day again.
