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<blockquote data-quote="Bagels" data-source="post: 1128236" data-attributes="member: 43436"><p>These attributes aren't unique to drivers -- PTers are also held accountable for their work performance. We've had DOUBLE the number of PTers fired in just the past three years than we did in my first thirteen combined -- the company's become less lenient as the job market weakened. Sure there's PTers who can't hold their own weight - but there's also drivers who never run scratch, always get help & wind up in the office everyday. And like the PTers, they're still here.</p><p></p><p>I'm tired of the 'go get a FT job' B.S. I read from people in their 40s & 50s within these forums -- FT jobs not requiring a four year college degree are increasing rare & difficult to obtain as more companies turn toward PT & contracted designations to save money. Nearly all the PTers I work with -- sans the soccer moms & college students -- work two jobs. Stacking two jobs is a difficult task since work may occupy 10 hours or more of our work day but we only get paid for 8 -- not to mention at working at UPS is physically & mentally fatiguing, and the biological clock is not programmed to function at 3AM, making it even worse.</p><p></p><p>In the past several years, we've had more than a dozen PTers with 12-15 years seniority finally transition to FT. <u>NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THEM</u> thinks driving is more difficult than PT, and most feel relieved that they're no longer working two jobs. I have driven seasonally several hundred times -- both jobs have their pros and cons, and I much prefer driving (although I'm currently completing my education and intend on moving on from UPS). I can handle having somebody follow me once a month, or even once a week, and getting yapped at for 10 minutes in the office. I resent having some 19-year-old kid micromanaging absolutely everything I do for four straight hours, telling me why I'm not doing my job properly when it's oblivious that he doesn't know what the **** he's talking about.</p><p></p><p>My whole point is that all those drivers who whine and cry that they're underpaid, but in their next breath tell an $8.50/hour Preloader that he has an easy job & is paid sufficiently, should do some serious soul searching. In 2013, all jobs are stressful as employers clap on productivity -- even Walmart has reportably cut its per store workforce by as much as 20%, writing up & terminating employees who fail to pick up the slack (and the average 10-year Walmart employee earns $10/hour with NO benefits). Nobody earning nearly $33/hour + benefits should be surprised their employee is ensuring top productivity. But getting maximum productivity doesn't equate into performing rocket science. Oodles of FedEx Ground employees are doing the EXACT SAME JOB as you for a fraction of the pay, after all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bagels, post: 1128236, member: 43436"] These attributes aren't unique to drivers -- PTers are also held accountable for their work performance. We've had DOUBLE the number of PTers fired in just the past three years than we did in my first thirteen combined -- the company's become less lenient as the job market weakened. Sure there's PTers who can't hold their own weight - but there's also drivers who never run scratch, always get help & wind up in the office everyday. And like the PTers, they're still here. I'm tired of the 'go get a FT job' B.S. I read from people in their 40s & 50s within these forums -- FT jobs not requiring a four year college degree are increasing rare & difficult to obtain as more companies turn toward PT & contracted designations to save money. Nearly all the PTers I work with -- sans the soccer moms & college students -- work two jobs. Stacking two jobs is a difficult task since work may occupy 10 hours or more of our work day but we only get paid for 8 -- not to mention at working at UPS is physically & mentally fatiguing, and the biological clock is not programmed to function at 3AM, making it even worse. In the past several years, we've had more than a dozen PTers with 12-15 years seniority finally transition to FT. [U]NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THEM[/U] thinks driving is more difficult than PT, and most feel relieved that they're no longer working two jobs. I have driven seasonally several hundred times -- both jobs have their pros and cons, and I much prefer driving (although I'm currently completing my education and intend on moving on from UPS). I can handle having somebody follow me once a month, or even once a week, and getting yapped at for 10 minutes in the office. I resent having some 19-year-old kid micromanaging absolutely everything I do for four straight hours, telling me why I'm not doing my job properly when it's oblivious that he doesn't know what the **** he's talking about. My whole point is that all those drivers who whine and cry that they're underpaid, but in their next breath tell an $8.50/hour Preloader that he has an easy job & is paid sufficiently, should do some serious soul searching. In 2013, all jobs are stressful as employers clap on productivity -- even Walmart has reportably cut its per store workforce by as much as 20%, writing up & terminating employees who fail to pick up the slack (and the average 10-year Walmart employee earns $10/hour with NO benefits). Nobody earning nearly $33/hour + benefits should be surprised their employee is ensuring top productivity. But getting maximum productivity doesn't equate into performing rocket science. Oodles of FedEx Ground employees are doing the EXACT SAME JOB as you for a fraction of the pay, after all. [/QUOTE]
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