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[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 days ago (2 children)

With USPS and UPS it doesn't depend on the driver, they all get the job done and do so safely. Meanwhile I've almost been killed on my bike by FedEx drivers multiple times. Has never happened around UPS and USPS trucks. I once watched a FedEx driver pull up in front of my apartment and literally locked eyes with the guy before he pulled away again and my tracking updated to "package undeliverable". They're over-worked, under-paid, under-trained, and it shows.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

You're right but I'd like to add that UPS warehouse workers get fucked so bad. So they fuck up packages to go faster. My boy worked in one. You have to work in the warehouse to make it to driver unless you know somebody.

USPS, on the other hand, is totally fantastic. That's why it's constantly under attack from conservatives who think a government service needs to turn a profit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Guess that’s the difference between union and non-union employees.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It is absolutely not, but yeah being in a union could entice you to do better work. I wish I was.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago

Reasons why companies with union jobs might provide better services due to employees being more personable and reliable:

Higher wages and better benefits attract people more serious about their work
Higher wages and better benefits reduce stress in the life of employees, making them more personable on the job
Unions negotiate employee contracts to limit things like quotas, resulting in lower stress, happier employees

There are probably other reasons too, since I’m just going off the cuff here, but it absolutely makes sense to me that the company with non-union jobs in this industry provides the worst service.