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<blockquote data-quote="FTsince90s" data-source="post: 1033945" data-attributes="member: 43691"><p>To Your Boss / others - Many of you consider a PT supervisor position as a dead-end job. This is not so in many cases. In many areas of the country the waiting list is 10+ years to go driving or to be a FT hourly employee. To go from 3 hours a night guaranteed to almost double that at 5.5 hours, is a nice move for many. Also, you get a $6 an hour bump...no brainer. You go from making $135/week to $412/week immediately. Now that isn't much, but it's something and it only goes up from there. For a part-time job it's not bad. Often it's a supplementary job to something else they do during the day. I did it for years, and was able to get FT in a field of interest. Now, FT supervisor, FT specialist & FT manager+ positions typically require a four year degree, but you're making $60k+ and some pass $100k. They typically promote from the PT sup ranks to FT. Some positions the stress is terrible, others...not so bad. Find your niche and you will be fine. I drove package cars quite a few years ago and I know it's a tough job, physically any how. I imagine after 30 years of that my body would be pretty broken down. Don't let some of these folks bring you down. They have the union mentality that anyone not in the union is the enemy it seems. There are some good employees out there and some bad employees out there that are protected by the union unfortunately. There are also some good management and some bad as well. In my 20 years I have seen some crazy things....but I was better off having chosen the PT sup route as opposed to waiting a decade+ into my 30's to get a FT union position. If you have a good worth ethic, some sense and a little bit of perspective about situations.....you can retire at 55 with a fat pension and 7 weeks of vacation making a good salary that doesn't beat you down physically every single day. You're probably not going to get rich, but you won't get rich as a union employee either. You CAN make a very comfortable living in middle management. Just treat people the way you want to be treated and give more latitude of choice to the harder working employees. Everything is not dictated by union seniority.....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FTsince90s, post: 1033945, member: 43691"] To Your Boss / others - Many of you consider a PT supervisor position as a dead-end job. This is not so in many cases. In many areas of the country the waiting list is 10+ years to go driving or to be a FT hourly employee. To go from 3 hours a night guaranteed to almost double that at 5.5 hours, is a nice move for many. Also, you get a $6 an hour bump...no brainer. You go from making $135/week to $412/week immediately. Now that isn't much, but it's something and it only goes up from there. For a part-time job it's not bad. Often it's a supplementary job to something else they do during the day. I did it for years, and was able to get FT in a field of interest. Now, FT supervisor, FT specialist & FT manager+ positions typically require a four year degree, but you're making $60k+ and some pass $100k. They typically promote from the PT sup ranks to FT. Some positions the stress is terrible, others...not so bad. Find your niche and you will be fine. I drove package cars quite a few years ago and I know it's a tough job, physically any how. I imagine after 30 years of that my body would be pretty broken down. Don't let some of these folks bring you down. They have the union mentality that anyone not in the union is the enemy it seems. There are some good employees out there and some bad employees out there that are protected by the union unfortunately. There are also some good management and some bad as well. In my 20 years I have seen some crazy things....but I was better off having chosen the PT sup route as opposed to waiting a decade+ into my 30's to get a FT union position. If you have a good worth ethic, some sense and a little bit of perspective about situations.....you can retire at 55 with a fat pension and 7 weeks of vacation making a good salary that doesn't beat you down physically every single day. You're probably not going to get rich, but you won't get rich as a union employee either. You CAN make a very comfortable living in middle management. Just treat people the way you want to be treated and give more latitude of choice to the harder working employees. Everything is not dictated by union seniority..... [/QUOTE]
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