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<blockquote data-quote="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)" data-source="post: 358317" data-attributes="member: 12570"><p>I assume that you know that the flexiblity that you now enjoy at your family run business will be a thing of the past if you decide to work here. In our supplement, we get 5 personal and 4 sick days per year. We start with 2 weeks paid vacation (45 hours straight time) and earn an additional week every 5 years to a max of of 6 weeks. Time off for funerals depends upon relationship of the deceased and distance needed to travel to attend. Time off for the birth of a child or for other family emergencies is not contractually guaranteed but, from my experience, is normally not a problem but depends on staffing and operational requirements (peak is an exception).</p><p> </p><p>I had planned on giving examples of family emergencies and the reason(s) why I was unable to be there for most of them but let me suffice it to say that you will need a good support network in place before taking this job, especially if you plan to drive. Both of my kids have made numerous emergency room visits while I received updates via cellphone as I was out driving boxes.</p><p> </p><p>However, UPS has afforded me the opportunity to put both of my children through college, provided them will all that they have needed (if not all that they have wanted) and ensured that their medical needs were taken care of. Braces for my son--$45. Glasses for my daughter--free every 2 years, although she hated the selection on the "welfare" rack (her words) and soon began paying the difference herself between what the insurance offered and what she wanted. Numerous trips to the emergency room--no out of pocket.</p><p> </p><p>Bottom line, you will not be able to pick up the phone and tell Dad that you will not be in today because Joey has a stomach ache. You may not be able to go to all of Johnny's ballgames or to Susie's kindergarten graduation. Life has trade-offs and you need to decide what you are willing to concede to get what you want.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret), post: 358317, member: 12570"] I assume that you know that the flexiblity that you now enjoy at your family run business will be a thing of the past if you decide to work here. In our supplement, we get 5 personal and 4 sick days per year. We start with 2 weeks paid vacation (45 hours straight time) and earn an additional week every 5 years to a max of of 6 weeks. Time off for funerals depends upon relationship of the deceased and distance needed to travel to attend. Time off for the birth of a child or for other family emergencies is not contractually guaranteed but, from my experience, is normally not a problem but depends on staffing and operational requirements (peak is an exception). I had planned on giving examples of family emergencies and the reason(s) why I was unable to be there for most of them but let me suffice it to say that you will need a good support network in place before taking this job, especially if you plan to drive. Both of my kids have made numerous emergency room visits while I received updates via cellphone as I was out driving boxes. However, UPS has afforded me the opportunity to put both of my children through college, provided them will all that they have needed (if not all that they have wanted) and ensured that their medical needs were taken care of. Braces for my son--$45. Glasses for my daughter--free every 2 years, although she hated the selection on the "welfare" rack (her words) and soon began paying the difference herself between what the insurance offered and what she wanted. Numerous trips to the emergency room--no out of pocket. Bottom line, you will not be able to pick up the phone and tell Dad that you will not be in today because Joey has a stomach ache. You may not be able to go to all of Johnny's ballgames or to Susie's kindergarten graduation. Life has trade-offs and you need to decide what you are willing to concede to get what you want. [/QUOTE]
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