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From PT sup to FT driver - words of wisdom?
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<blockquote data-quote="bad company" data-source="post: 176967" data-attributes="member: 9308"><p><span style="color: black">First of all, thanks to everyone who posted a response. I appreciate your advice and support. Here's my next question:</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black">Should I join the union or not?</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black">The reason I am being given the opportunity to drive right now is because management, from both my center and division, want me to eventually go into pkg ops mgmt after I finish my degree and get some driving experience.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black">While I do plan on eventually getting out of driving a package car and possibly going into pkg ops mgmt, I also acknowledge the fact that I am very young, and may change my feelings and career ambitions along the way. My goal right now is to drive for a minimum of 2.5 years to reach top pay, gain useful "on-road" experience, and finish my degree before I even think about being a full-time sup. I would never want to try and supervise a group of drivers without having done it successfully myself. Only seems logical to me...</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black">Would management be offended if I joined the union? And would it potentially jeopardize my future with UPS on the management side of things? Please understand that I am very appreciative that my management team thinks so highly of me that they would offer me this opportunity at such a young age (21). I was not next in-line in the part-time sup rankings, and I also understand that this will piss off a lot other p/t sups in my building. But I have to look out for #1, and since this opportunity might not have presented itself for quite a while, I had little choice but to accept it, even if that means it may offend some others. But the way I see it, there is no seniority in management, so may the best man (or woman) win. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black">On the other hand, I have seen first-hand how the union has helped a driver keep their job, especially with accidents; and while I don't plan on being a trouble maker or intentionally getting into an accident, I understand that the possibility of it exists, and for this reason alone, would want the support of the union should I ever need it.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black">My personal feelings regarding the Teamsters are fairly neutral. I am not a union-basher, but I'm not exactly cheering for them neither. I am under central states, and obviously the whole pension debacle is a major turn-off. However, I have also seen some good people protected by the union, after some bad management tried to screw them over. </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bad company, post: 176967, member: 9308"] [COLOR=black]First of all, thanks to everyone who posted a response. I appreciate your advice and support. Here's my next question:[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]Should I join the union or not?[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]The reason I am being given the opportunity to drive right now is because management, from both my center and division, want me to eventually go into pkg ops mgmt after I finish my degree and get some driving experience.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]While I do plan on eventually getting out of driving a package car and possibly going into pkg ops mgmt, I also acknowledge the fact that I am very young, and may change my feelings and career ambitions along the way. My goal right now is to drive for a minimum of 2.5 years to reach top pay, gain useful "on-road" experience, and finish my degree before I even think about being a full-time sup. I would never want to try and supervise a group of drivers without having done it successfully myself. Only seems logical to me...[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]Would management be offended if I joined the union? And would it potentially jeopardize my future with UPS on the management side of things? Please understand that I am very appreciative that my management team thinks so highly of me that they would offer me this opportunity at such a young age (21). I was not next in-line in the part-time sup rankings, and I also understand that this will piss off a lot other p/t sups in my building. But I have to look out for #1, and since this opportunity might not have presented itself for quite a while, I had little choice but to accept it, even if that means it may offend some others. But the way I see it, there is no seniority in management, so may the best man (or woman) win. [/COLOR] [COLOR=black]On the other hand, I have seen first-hand how the union has helped a driver keep their job, especially with accidents; and while I don't plan on being a trouble maker or intentionally getting into an accident, I understand that the possibility of it exists, and for this reason alone, would want the support of the union should I ever need it.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]My personal feelings regarding the Teamsters are fairly neutral. I am not a union-basher, but I'm not exactly cheering for them neither. I am under central states, and obviously the whole pension debacle is a major turn-off. However, I have also seen some good people protected by the union, after some bad management tried to screw them over. [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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