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<blockquote data-quote="bbsam" data-source="post: 710261" data-attributes="member: 22662"><p>Vantexan, I have stated that Fred and other companies reneg on promises all the time and legal or not, they get away with it. I have no qualms with hard work whatsoever, mine or someone elses. How well one is compensated is a matter of personal perspective. Does he/she compare his pay to what a UPS driver makes? If so, he probably feels screwed. But that apparently is not the only measure people use to decide whether to stay at Ground. And believe me, I've been there. I spent a year working as a cab driver in a very small city making $2.01 an hour plus tips after 6 years as a UPS loader on the twilight shift and a year as a driver. So I understand the frustration and the waiting for something better to come along. For me, Ground (RPS) was the something better to come along and the rewards have been better than expected. It is possible for that to be true for others as well, but it takes a different focus. Don't look for a pension or insurance. I think industries everywhere are jettisoning those perks anyway. Ground offers other opportunity. That opportunity is not something everyone will want to take on. It has it's own challenges. But it is what it is and nothing else.</p><p> </p><p>If you look in other places on this forum, I think you will find others who's opinion on the 2013 contract shows similar angst to yours. Companies are throttling employees to squeeze the bottom line. The contract they have now is often ignored and grievances bottled up. Fedex is the fasttract to where UPS management would take it's company if only the could do away with the pesky union and contract. </p><p> </p><p>And none of this is defending that companies break promises and contracts at the drop of a hat. Only the observation that they do so with impunity.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bbsam, post: 710261, member: 22662"] Vantexan, I have stated that Fred and other companies reneg on promises all the time and legal or not, they get away with it. I have no qualms with hard work whatsoever, mine or someone elses. How well one is compensated is a matter of personal perspective. Does he/she compare his pay to what a UPS driver makes? If so, he probably feels screwed. But that apparently is not the only measure people use to decide whether to stay at Ground. And believe me, I've been there. I spent a year working as a cab driver in a very small city making $2.01 an hour plus tips after 6 years as a UPS loader on the twilight shift and a year as a driver. So I understand the frustration and the waiting for something better to come along. For me, Ground (RPS) was the something better to come along and the rewards have been better than expected. It is possible for that to be true for others as well, but it takes a different focus. Don't look for a pension or insurance. I think industries everywhere are jettisoning those perks anyway. Ground offers other opportunity. That opportunity is not something everyone will want to take on. It has it's own challenges. But it is what it is and nothing else. If you look in other places on this forum, I think you will find others who's opinion on the 2013 contract shows similar angst to yours. Companies are throttling employees to squeeze the bottom line. The contract they have now is often ignored and grievances bottled up. Fedex is the fasttract to where UPS management would take it's company if only the could do away with the pesky union and contract. And none of this is defending that companies break promises and contracts at the drop of a hat. Only the observation that they do so with impunity. [/QUOTE]
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