Not about you. But I dont know why some people bother signing that bid sheet when they know damn well they can't drive a manny.
Integrad = ridiculous waste of time and money.
I heard you can drive a tranny. His name was Sheila from my sources.
I heard you can drive a tranny. His name was Sheila from my sources.
I used the Search function too! But I was just curious some people I work with told me that when you go down it's driving a manual in their mock town and an automatic out on the actual road for your final testing can anyone clarify this for me?
Uhhhhhh.....was that supposed to be funny?
Integrad = ridiculous waste of time and money.
You got that right!!
What they should do:
Road test in an old beater with Sup. 1 hour ride. Hills, traffic and highways. If they pass, they then go to the center they will drive in. 1 day of hazmats and all the legal requirements. Then 1 week with a driver that runs scratch or the driver closest to scratch that has been accident free for many years and been driving for many years ( 15years plus).
They would be getting one on one training from the best. 9+ hours a day for 5 days.
That is all they need. UPS would save a fortune and have better drivers out of the gate.
I used the Search function too! But I was just curious some people I work with told me that when you go down it's driving a manual in their mock town and an automatic out on the actual road for your final testing can anyone clarify this for me?
This is true for the Franklin Park location. The on-road cars are automatic 700s with power steering and the mock town cars are manual 500s (without power steering).
You're going to hear a lot of garbage from drivers who have never been to Integrad that it's a waste of time and money and that you would get better training on the job. The thing is, at no point in your Integrad training are you told that this is all the training you will ever need. They are very up front that their job is to get you ready for your on-the-job training by giving you the basics on safety, using the DIAD and the 340 methods. It was never meant as a substitute for the experience the real world will give you. The teachers were all drivers at one point - many of them started in the days when your training was being given a carload and a clipboard and told "good luck."
They are also up front about the fact that not every center is the same. This is one of the first activities you'll do, in fact - talking to the other students about what's the same and what's different at their centers. What they focus on are the things that are the same almost everywhere - how to keep your load in good order, thinking ahead, learning your area, training your customers to help you. It's when you get back to the center and actually start to drive that you learn to put it all together.
It's funny that so many drivers (who have never been) will tell you "You won't learn anything at Integrad" because at Integrad they'll tell you "You're going to learn a lot from other drivers..."
Not about you. But I dont know why some people bother signing that bid sheet when they know damn well they can't drive a manny.
So, you think it makes good business sense for UPS to spend money to send someone halfway across the country and put them up in a hotel and pay for their food just to learn something that is the same everywhere? Why not let them stay in their home center and actually learn it there? And for less time and money. Nothing beats on the job training. I mean this whole deal is like paying expecting mothers to attend a week long class four states away with room and board on how to change diapers and feed their babies when they could learn it at home in less than a day for a cost that is negligible in comparison to the cost involved in attending the class. Its overkill. Plain and simple.
Anyway , Junior, how did your road test for your driver's license work out for you in August? The fact that we heard about the test before it happened but not after , tells me that you probably failed as you Ain't all you think you are.