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Is being an overachiever at UPS worth it?
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<blockquote data-quote="Island" data-source="post: 1294495" data-attributes="member: 42417"><p>Unions do not enforce mediocrity. Nor do they mean everyone can go slow while one guy does all the work. What they create is an environment where jobs are steady and everyone is primed to do the same amount of work. The union environment allows for no single person to be forced to work really hard. Unfortunately the company's seniority maneuvering and the lax behavior of many local halls add up to the "most people are average, some work slow, and a few work really hard, but everyone agrees that they are individually being screwed" situation. I don't think that's ever going to change in America.</p><p>I work hard because I have a strong work ethic. I hate standing still. When my supervisor buries me under a mountain and expects me to perform a one-man miracle I slow down and make him find another employee to help me. I go at my own pace.</p><p></p><p>In athletics you learn to pace yourself. If you sprint full speed, you won't be running all day long. If you find that perfect jog where your breath is even, you can go until your muscles give out, rather than your heart. It is the same as an hourly laborer with constant workflow. If you go crazy in a trailer and unload it in 20 minutes then the company will expect you to keep doing that. Unfortunately your health will rapidly decline, and your management won't care. If you find that pace where you aren't breathing hard but you're still in constant motion, stay there. I live in that zone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Island, post: 1294495, member: 42417"] Unions do not enforce mediocrity. Nor do they mean everyone can go slow while one guy does all the work. What they create is an environment where jobs are steady and everyone is primed to do the same amount of work. The union environment allows for no single person to be forced to work really hard. Unfortunately the company's seniority maneuvering and the lax behavior of many local halls add up to the "most people are average, some work slow, and a few work really hard, but everyone agrees that they are individually being screwed" situation. I don't think that's ever going to change in America. I work hard because I have a strong work ethic. I hate standing still. When my supervisor buries me under a mountain and expects me to perform a one-man miracle I slow down and make him find another employee to help me. I go at my own pace. In athletics you learn to pace yourself. If you sprint full speed, you won't be running all day long. If you find that perfect jog where your breath is even, you can go until your muscles give out, rather than your heart. It is the same as an hourly laborer with constant workflow. If you go crazy in a trailer and unload it in 20 minutes then the company will expect you to keep doing that. Unfortunately your health will rapidly decline, and your management won't care. If you find that pace where you aren't breathing hard but you're still in constant motion, stay there. I live in that zone. [/QUOTE]
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