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<blockquote data-quote="wrenny" data-source="post: 311115" data-attributes="member: 14524"><p>Sorry, one more thought. (I read a disturbing thing - I'll get to that latter). The first thing is when I left UPS the first time - when I went to work somewhere else- the secretaries had it in for me at my new job. Because they were there for 5 years and never got promoted, and I walked off the street and was a manager. But, that didn't last long, because I obviously knew my stuff - thanks to UPS and being thrown in the fire time and time again, over and over again. But it does amaze me that some women can sit in an office for 5 years and then think that they can run an Operation. TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT ANIMALS!! Very few women can naturally walk out of an office and lead a Sort or Building. A few women can - but most cannot. Just like a lot of guys in IE -Industrial Engineering wouldn't know how to break a jam if a box crawled up their...</p><p>But lastly, the real disturbing thing is women/men being promoted and never having gone out on the road or gotten filthy in a trailer or froze their butts off at JFK in the winter. I even have a problem with those fast tracked and only had to spend 30 days on the road. All of my guys that have ever worked for me have been able to sense that I've sweated my butt off in a truck, or on a dock without me ever telling them. There's a certain amount of insight you gain walking in another person's shoes. I'm a tough SOB at times, but I know when to push, when to back off and how to treat people like human beings. I know when someone's lying to me about their route and when they need help. Part of me is that well educated Black female, college student, and the other part of me has once felt what it's like to be at the wrong end of the yoke and at the end of my rope - you all know the one... I'm going to leave my truck in the middle of the street I'm so burnt out. In order to lead someone, you have to be able to put yourself in their shoes. I'm a demanding person, but I never ask more than I know can be done, and I ALWAYS KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT WITH REGARDS TO MY PEOPLE... AND WHEN I DON'T...I SHUT THE HECK UP.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wrenny, post: 311115, member: 14524"] Sorry, one more thought. (I read a disturbing thing - I'll get to that latter). The first thing is when I left UPS the first time - when I went to work somewhere else- the secretaries had it in for me at my new job. Because they were there for 5 years and never got promoted, and I walked off the street and was a manager. But, that didn't last long, because I obviously knew my stuff - thanks to UPS and being thrown in the fire time and time again, over and over again. But it does amaze me that some women can sit in an office for 5 years and then think that they can run an Operation. TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT ANIMALS!! Very few women can naturally walk out of an office and lead a Sort or Building. A few women can - but most cannot. Just like a lot of guys in IE -Industrial Engineering wouldn't know how to break a jam if a box crawled up their... But lastly, the real disturbing thing is women/men being promoted and never having gone out on the road or gotten filthy in a trailer or froze their butts off at JFK in the winter. I even have a problem with those fast tracked and only had to spend 30 days on the road. All of my guys that have ever worked for me have been able to sense that I've sweated my butt off in a truck, or on a dock without me ever telling them. There's a certain amount of insight you gain walking in another person's shoes. I'm a tough SOB at times, but I know when to push, when to back off and how to treat people like human beings. I know when someone's lying to me about their route and when they need help. Part of me is that well educated Black female, college student, and the other part of me has once felt what it's like to be at the wrong end of the yoke and at the end of my rope - you all know the one... I'm going to leave my truck in the middle of the street I'm so burnt out. In order to lead someone, you have to be able to put yourself in their shoes. I'm a demanding person, but I never ask more than I know can be done, and I ALWAYS KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT WITH REGARDS TO MY PEOPLE... AND WHEN I DON'T...I SHUT THE HECK UP. [/QUOTE]
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