Compass Reserve; Anything and Everything
10-30-2017, 10:41 AM
#62
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Originally Posted by JonnyRockets
It sounds like the strategy of bidding reserve exclusively for QOL is not all its cracked up to be unless you live next to the airport. Thoughts?
With LA traffic being unpredictable, what is the tolerance level if you are late?
With LA traffic being unpredictable, what is the tolerance level if you are late?
10-30-2017, 12:17 PM
#63
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With LA traffic you just have to give yourself plenty of time. It sucks, but that's any job you work. Do what you need to do to not be late.
My crashpad was about a ten minute drive to the employee lot. If my report was 1000 I'd try to leave no later than 0830. Maybe even 0800 if it is an American trip. It sucks, but you do what you got to do.
Fortunately like the guy above said if you are late in spite of your due diligence, scheduling shouldn't give you any issue.
The problem is, with an American trip, you have two very irregular busses to catch. I've parked my car with tons of time to spare then by the time I make it to 52H I'm wondering if I'm going to be late. I've called scheduling, reported what's going on, and never gotten any grief.
My crashpad was about a ten minute drive to the employee lot. If my report was 1000 I'd try to leave no later than 0830. Maybe even 0800 if it is an American trip. It sucks, but you do what you got to do.
Fortunately like the guy above said if you are late in spite of your due diligence, scheduling shouldn't give you any issue.
The problem is, with an American trip, you have two very irregular busses to catch. I've parked my car with tons of time to spare then by the time I make it to 52H I'm wondering if I'm going to be late. I've called scheduling, reported what's going on, and never gotten any grief.
10-31-2017, 06:49 PM
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The Waze app has a nice feature where you can plan a future trip and tells you when to leave with while planning for the future average traffic. Its a good way to plan in the beginning until you get a feel for the traffic flow. There are peaks and troughs just like any other city.
