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<blockquote data-quote="brownboxman" data-source="post: 917990" data-attributes="member: 11958"><p>This was my 25th peak season at UPS. There have been worse(10 days of snow) and there have been better(less hours). This year I worked 54 to 59 hours per week starting the week after Thanksgving. We have a new Center Manager who just with his forthright attitude seemed to make it bearable. I still feel the change in the direction UPS has taken by not hiring extra drivers has made our job (driver) that much harder. One driver in our loop actually had to manage a small army, one helper for her and two helpers on bicycles. My loader asked me if I would do it again. I said no but after thinking about it, I would but have an earlier exit strategy. Have a plan to move into another field after maybe 15 - 20 years. But I also feel our position has/will become a real non-thinking job. And will become less fullfilling as a proffession. Every corporation in American has cut costs, by cutting staff, UPS is no different. The diff is the toll it takes on our bodies to work more hrs and more hours. So peak wore me out I have spent the last couple of days trying to just get back to feeling like being active. I have to do this one more time and I will retire, will it be a lot? No. Will it be enough? I will make it so. So Merry Christmas to all of you UPS warriors out there, and a Happy and healthy New Year!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brownboxman, post: 917990, member: 11958"] This was my 25th peak season at UPS. There have been worse(10 days of snow) and there have been better(less hours). This year I worked 54 to 59 hours per week starting the week after Thanksgving. We have a new Center Manager who just with his forthright attitude seemed to make it bearable. I still feel the change in the direction UPS has taken by not hiring extra drivers has made our job (driver) that much harder. One driver in our loop actually had to manage a small army, one helper for her and two helpers on bicycles. My loader asked me if I would do it again. I said no but after thinking about it, I would but have an earlier exit strategy. Have a plan to move into another field after maybe 15 - 20 years. But I also feel our position has/will become a real non-thinking job. And will become less fullfilling as a proffession. Every corporation in American has cut costs, by cutting staff, UPS is no different. The diff is the toll it takes on our bodies to work more hrs and more hours. So peak wore me out I have spent the last couple of days trying to just get back to feeling like being active. I have to do this one more time and I will retire, will it be a lot? No. Will it be enough? I will make it so. So Merry Christmas to all of you UPS warriors out there, and a Happy and healthy New Year! [/QUOTE]
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