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<blockquote data-quote="Up_and_at_UPS" data-source="post: 248694" data-attributes="member: 10746"><p><strong>I disagree, the low wage makes it easier to throw in the towel.</strong> People will put up with a lot when the get good pay. Most leave because they can make just as much at some other job that is a lot less demanding. <strong>Low wages feed the issues that make them leave.</strong> If you would ask those that leave if they would stay if you increased their pay five dollars per hour with yealy increases of at least $.70, mostly all of them would stay. Flexibility goes up as the pay goes up. UPS is getting what they pay for, they throw away $4,000+ a hire because the the low wages tell the <strong>new hires</strong> they <strong>are not worth a hill of beans!!!</strong> <strong>Wal-mart, one of the worst employers in the countriy starts their warehouse workers at $11.00 an hour. I have seen guys leave UPS for Wal-mart. That's laughable, and worst yet it's pathetic.</strong> Look at the turn over rates from the early eighties and compare them to today.<strong> Money</strong> <strong>would not be wasted</strong> if UPS payed the new hires more initially, <strong>money is wasted</strong> because UPS does not pay the new hires enough initially. Your argument holds no water!</p><p> </p><p>I am one of the few who stick it out, few do, if the starting wages increased a man would be hard pressed to land a job at UPS. The waiting list would be long.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Up_and_at_UPS, post: 248694, member: 10746"] [B]I disagree, the low wage makes it easier to throw in the towel.[/B] People will put up with a lot when the get good pay. Most leave because they can make just as much at some other job that is a lot less demanding. [B]Low wages feed the issues that make them leave.[/B] If you would ask those that leave if they would stay if you increased their pay five dollars per hour with yealy increases of at least $.70, mostly all of them would stay. Flexibility goes up as the pay goes up. UPS is getting what they pay for, they throw away $4,000+ a hire because the the low wages tell the [B]new hires[/B] they [B]are not worth a hill of beans!!![/B] [B]Wal-mart, one of the worst employers in the countriy starts their warehouse workers at $11.00 an hour. I have seen guys leave UPS for Wal-mart. That's laughable, and worst yet it's pathetic.[/B] Look at the turn over rates from the early eighties and compare them to today.[B] Money[/B] [B]would not be wasted[/B] if UPS payed the new hires more initially, [B]money is wasted[/B] because UPS does not pay the new hires enough initially. Your argument holds no water! I am one of the few who stick it out, few do, if the starting wages increased a man would be hard pressed to land a job at UPS. The waiting list would be long. [/QUOTE]
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