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Is there anybody at the wheel at UPS that can pay attention to the real world?
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<blockquote data-quote="bluehdmc" data-source="post: 542753" data-attributes="member: 18471"><p>Maybe UPS could pay more than the minimum. Can anyone see how unfairly and capriciously it could/would be applied? Who would make these decisions? </p><p>It's like working for a non-union shop, 1 guy gets hired at 1 rate, somebody's pal get hired at another. Would this be based on merit? What would decide the merits?Attendance, speed or loading/unloading, percentage of missorts? </p><p>What would you be thinking if you found out the guy next to you, that got hired after you is making more money? </p><p>Let alone if the company even desired to pay more. Turnover is very high, but basically unloading is about the least unskilled work here, they need bodies. I'm sure the people in HR have a quota of some sorts, (numbers anyone). Working inside in the summer unloading trailers has got to be horrible, the heat, the noise, the 10 min </p><p>"relief" that they count down the last 5, min by min. When they say 1 min, they immediately say, "Start the belts". </p><p>I've been in some buildings where they turn the a/c off in the breakroom in the hub so no one hangs out there. All this and $8.50 an hour! No wonder turnover is so high, the only thing I can say is if they started at say $12.50 how much higher would that put the cost of shipping. I'm sure the bean counters have figured this all out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bluehdmc, post: 542753, member: 18471"] Maybe UPS could pay more than the minimum. Can anyone see how unfairly and capriciously it could/would be applied? Who would make these decisions? It's like working for a non-union shop, 1 guy gets hired at 1 rate, somebody's pal get hired at another. Would this be based on merit? What would decide the merits?Attendance, speed or loading/unloading, percentage of missorts? What would you be thinking if you found out the guy next to you, that got hired after you is making more money? Let alone if the company even desired to pay more. Turnover is very high, but basically unloading is about the least unskilled work here, they need bodies. I'm sure the people in HR have a quota of some sorts, (numbers anyone). Working inside in the summer unloading trailers has got to be horrible, the heat, the noise, the 10 min "relief" that they count down the last 5, min by min. When they say 1 min, they immediately say, "Start the belts". I've been in some buildings where they turn the a/c off in the breakroom in the hub so no one hangs out there. All this and $8.50 an hour! No wonder turnover is so high, the only thing I can say is if they started at say $12.50 how much higher would that put the cost of shipping. I'm sure the bean counters have figured this all out. [/QUOTE]
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