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<blockquote data-quote="hoser" data-source="post: 222985" data-attributes="member: 6357"><p>Oh CBP... how I miss you. It taught me the seatbelt-clip-while-turning-the-ignition-key thing. the best thing about CBP was that you didn't have to memorize stupid concepts and repeat them. </p><p></p><p>and yes, walking while powerpadding is lethal. i faceplanted while doing the walk-and-type on a resi. kinda missed that curb. the hot chick on the porch liked that a lot. </p><p></p><p>working for two transport companies is definitely a <em>possible </em>conflict of interest, and you, as the employee want to avoid <em>any possible </em>conflict of interest. Let me just make up one <em>possible </em>CoI: you work for billy bob's inner-city courier service. You deliver envelopes between legal firms. Sometimes these legal firms need to overnight stuff, and they just give it to billy bob, and he slaps on a UPS label and overnights it to wherever it has to go (a <em>very</em> common practice with inner-city courier companies). let's say you work the hub at night and you handle that envelope. that's a <em>possible </em>conflict of interest. and a conflict of interest is only a conflict of interest if one party makes it that way, and they easily can. billy bob wants UPS handling that, not his own courier wearing the billybob delivery service t-shirt under the ups brown shirt. if billybob finds out, he won't care, but does it still make it a possible conflict of interest? yes.</p><p></p><p>now let's say while working the hub, you see a manifest from a 5-ton that shows how much each company paid to move their boxes (i was exposed to this information a few times). you then go into working for billybob's distribution service, where they do distros through all firms. you think billybob would like to see that manifest? <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/wink.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":wink:" title="Wink :wink:" data-shortname=":wink:" /> </p><p></p><p>of course, i'm not saying this is going to happen, but UPS and billy bob have a right to know about this. Corporate sabotage is on the rise, and in this day an age, it's even easier to do.</p><p></p><p>again, you work for UPS, i say this sort of thing should be cleared by HR. that's my opinion into it. and if it's not a conflict of interest, UPS won't care. </p><p></p><p></p><p> Definitelytry the delivery thing for a few weeks. You're either made for it or not. You either love routing boxes and working under extreme pressure with no boss on your back or you'd rather be in an office. I would only do it if I need money. If I want to get my feet wet with the whole courier thing, remember that you have a 30 day probation period in which you can switch back into the hub, mind you, you're not looking for a career in the hub. </p><p></p><p>At least where I work, our hub ("dallas") and the gateway ("DFW") are on the same seniority list. so to get from dallas to DFW, you have to put in time. </p><p></p><p>if it's a transfer, that's another matter. cachsux is the man to ask about that one (but he's in the mid west, and possibly under a different contract than texas).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hoser, post: 222985, member: 6357"] Oh CBP... how I miss you. It taught me the seatbelt-clip-while-turning-the-ignition-key thing. the best thing about CBP was that you didn't have to memorize stupid concepts and repeat them. and yes, walking while powerpadding is lethal. i faceplanted while doing the walk-and-type on a resi. kinda missed that curb. the hot chick on the porch liked that a lot. working for two transport companies is definitely a [I]possible [/I]conflict of interest, and you, as the employee want to avoid [I]any possible [/I]conflict of interest. Let me just make up one [I]possible [/I]CoI: you work for billy bob's inner-city courier service. You deliver envelopes between legal firms. Sometimes these legal firms need to overnight stuff, and they just give it to billy bob, and he slaps on a UPS label and overnights it to wherever it has to go (a [I]very[/I] common practice with inner-city courier companies). let's say you work the hub at night and you handle that envelope. that's a [I]possible [/I]conflict of interest. and a conflict of interest is only a conflict of interest if one party makes it that way, and they easily can. billy bob wants UPS handling that, not his own courier wearing the billybob delivery service t-shirt under the ups brown shirt. if billybob finds out, he won't care, but does it still make it a possible conflict of interest? yes. now let's say while working the hub, you see a manifest from a 5-ton that shows how much each company paid to move their boxes (i was exposed to this information a few times). you then go into working for billybob's distribution service, where they do distros through all firms. you think billybob would like to see that manifest? :wink: of course, i'm not saying this is going to happen, but UPS and billy bob have a right to know about this. Corporate sabotage is on the rise, and in this day an age, it's even easier to do. again, you work for UPS, i say this sort of thing should be cleared by HR. that's my opinion into it. and if it's not a conflict of interest, UPS won't care. Definitelytry the delivery thing for a few weeks. You're either made for it or not. You either love routing boxes and working under extreme pressure with no boss on your back or you'd rather be in an office. I would only do it if I need money. If I want to get my feet wet with the whole courier thing, remember that you have a 30 day probation period in which you can switch back into the hub, mind you, you're not looking for a career in the hub. At least where I work, our hub ("dallas") and the gateway ("DFW") are on the same seniority list. so to get from dallas to DFW, you have to put in time. if it's a transfer, that's another matter. cachsux is the man to ask about that one (but he's in the mid west, and possibly under a different contract than texas). [/QUOTE]
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