load truck feature on RRECS

[ATCBigE]

Nice of them to omit 90% of EOS activities.

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Well knowing our union they probably know went from 31 to 3 things for EoS. They gotta help the USPS save money somehow.

 

[BillyBoi]

our postmaster announced on the floor that every package that gets scanned with Load Truck during load vehicle time gives you one minute. Let me be absolutely clear that this is completely wrong as far as I can tell (if it WERE true, everyone would instantly be 48K+ the next time RRECS updates evaluations).

She heard it from another postmaster while she was away on a training assignment, and presented it to us as established fact. That's the level of training and communication and transparency around RRECs at the management level.

So the way it works according to the RRECS doc is that each package has separate office time granted based on its size classification. This time is for handling the package outside of loading it into your vehicle. This may be where they are getting that 1 minute figure from but none of the size classifications grant 1 minute of time for handling. In a round about way a large package could essentially be a minute for getting the 30 second office time on top of actual time loaded but you would receive that regardless of whether or not you "load trucked" it

Standard S019 (Organize Large Parcels) is applied next and covers all time involved in
handling, organizing, marking, and loading large parcels into the hampers or other
conveyance equipment. This standard is 0.5157 minutes (30.9 seconds) and is applied
to the 52‐week average of large parcels received. Standard S020 (Organize Small and
Medium Parcels) covers all time involved in handling, sorting and either casing or
otherwise placing in delivery order all small and medium parcels, then placing them into
the conveyance for loading. This standard is 0.2367 minutes (14.2 seconds) and is
applied to the 52‐week average of small and medium parcels received.
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For small and medium parcels delivered into the mailbox, one additional standard
(S036‐Deliver Parcels to Mailbox) is the only other time allowance. This standard is
0.1617 minutes or 9.7 seconds and is applied to the 52‐week average of parcels
delivered into the mailbox.
Likewise, small and medium parcels delivered into a parcel locker have only one
additional standard (S037‐Deliver Parcels to Parcel Locker) applied. This standard is
0.3589 minutes or 21.53 seconds and is applied to the 52‐week average of parcels
delivered into parcel lockers.

 

[BillyBoi]

I just got this today!

Is this legitimate or is this a way to try and make me lower my load time?

Thanks!

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Picking up any mail off of the floor to load into your conveyance also is done under load time.
mail includes large packages on the floor so the do-nots are wrong on that account alone.
This is further strengthened by the document later mentioning DPS Letters or Flats as specific entities.


21. Load Vehicle
The time to load the vehicle is recorded daily by the carrier using the MDD, and the
average weekly time is determined over 52 weeks.
If mail is loaded directly into conveyance during pull‐down / strap out, the carrier will
start the loading time when mail has been fully loaded at the case and conveyance is
ready for trip to vehicle (this may include multiple trips). If loading is performed in
multiple segments separated by other work functions, each load is recorded separately.
If mail has been placed on floor due to space constraints or the unavailability of a
conveyance at the case, the carrier will start the loading time just before beginning to
move mail from floor into conveyance.
All loading time for any required Second Trips to the route are recorded in the same
manner.
For those carriers who do not receive withdrawal allowance, loading time will include
pushing the conveyance to the appropriate location and loading DPS Letters or Flats or
both.
The carrier will end the loading time after loading is complete and conveyance returned
to designated location.


Also fun fact, we are paid for a trip to the conveyance for every 62 parcels.


The first standard applied to parcels is S018A (Gather parcels first cart). This standard is
applied each day based on the total number of parcels as indicated above. For the first
62 parcels per day, the route is credited with 0.1774 minutes or 10.6 seconds. If the
route receives more than 62 parcels in a day, standard S018B (Gather parcels additional
trip) is applied for each multiple (or partial multiple) of 62 parcels. This standard is
0.4944 minutes or 29.6 seconds for each additional cart. For example: if the route
receives 61 parcels in a day, only S018A would be applied. If the route received 63‐124
parcels, S018A and S018B would be applied. If the route received 125‐186 parcels,
S018A plus 2 times S018B would apply. This time is averaged over 52 weeks.