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Is there really a high turnover rate?
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<blockquote data-quote="dannyboy" data-source="post: 802262" data-attributes="member: 484"><p>Interesting thread.</p><p> </p><p>I used to have one of the stubs from early on. Take home was around 38 bucks for a full week of part time work. Not a great deal of money, but it was a bit higher than min. wage. Adn the hours were what I needed as well. But back then, to have a part time job, you had to be a full time student too. So there was no time to get another job. Each quarter, you had to show you were still in school, or you would be let go.</p><p> </p><p>I went into driving in the 70's. A customer of mine at Mcdonalds had just started on the morning shift, then promoted to the shift manager. The year I retired with blown out knees and the basic retirement, he was the owner of 6 Mcdonald stores in the area, including the one he started at as a cash register jocky. So comparing McDonalds to UPS is not always a win for UPS.</p><p> </p><p>That being said, in our area, it take 5-8 years to go from new hire to driver if you are lucky. Wendys and Taco Bell start their people out at $9.50 an hour, a dollar more than you can make at UPS. And that wage includes insurance. In my business, I have to shell out at least $10 an hour or more to even have a chance at a decent hire. So that leaves UPS to scrape the bottom of the workforce barrel. So is it any wonder that the retention rate sucks. </p><p> </p><p>The only thing in the part timers favor in the next few years is the retirement rate of the drivers hired in the boom decade of UPS's growth. </p><p> </p><p>d</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dannyboy, post: 802262, member: 484"] Interesting thread. I used to have one of the stubs from early on. Take home was around 38 bucks for a full week of part time work. Not a great deal of money, but it was a bit higher than min. wage. Adn the hours were what I needed as well. But back then, to have a part time job, you had to be a full time student too. So there was no time to get another job. Each quarter, you had to show you were still in school, or you would be let go. I went into driving in the 70's. A customer of mine at Mcdonalds had just started on the morning shift, then promoted to the shift manager. The year I retired with blown out knees and the basic retirement, he was the owner of 6 Mcdonald stores in the area, including the one he started at as a cash register jocky. So comparing McDonalds to UPS is not always a win for UPS. That being said, in our area, it take 5-8 years to go from new hire to driver if you are lucky. Wendys and Taco Bell start their people out at $9.50 an hour, a dollar more than you can make at UPS. And that wage includes insurance. In my business, I have to shell out at least $10 an hour or more to even have a chance at a decent hire. So that leaves UPS to scrape the bottom of the workforce barrel. So is it any wonder that the retention rate sucks. The only thing in the part timers favor in the next few years is the retirement rate of the drivers hired in the boom decade of UPS's growth. d [/QUOTE]
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