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<blockquote data-quote="brownIEman" data-source="post: 3560348" data-attributes="member: 14596"><p>I was around in 97. I started in 91 and was in a technical non bargaining unit roll during the strike.</p><p>I was not around this past peak, I left in '15 so I can't really speak to specific failures this peak but can give my general impressions from prior years. One effect of ecommerce has been that peak volume growth compared to the rest of the year is much larger, and the way the surges in volume are spread through the peak time period have gotten less predictable. Planning for that has gotten way more difficult than it used to be. Remember in '13 the spoke was once again bigger than anticipated and weather knocked out a couple key locations for several days causing an unmitigated disaster in most places. So in 14 UPS spent hundreds of millions updating facilities, hiring, renting and buying equipment, and had one of the smoothest peaks I can remember. But, they made less profit than anticipated and wall street no likey. So back to the drawing board and try to make it work only a bit leaner. I left just prior to peak '15 but was told it was horrific by a couple guys I worked with.</p><p></p><p>UPS has the most expensive employees in the industry. It currently makes money because those employees do more than each of their counterparts at other companies. UPS has grown as ecommerce has exploded, but more of the increase has gone to competition mainly do to price. The not union competition had more flexibility to adjust what they charge and still make a profit. These are simple facts. The UPS business model for years has been basically "pay employees more than anyone else, and then beat them like a rented mule to get our moneys worth". Makes for a crappy environment, I get that. I would just warm against approaching this in an overly passionate way. Union hourlies make UPS what it is, and you have the power to destroy it as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brownIEman, post: 3560348, member: 14596"] I was around in 97. I started in 91 and was in a technical non bargaining unit roll during the strike. I was not around this past peak, I left in '15 so I can't really speak to specific failures this peak but can give my general impressions from prior years. One effect of ecommerce has been that peak volume growth compared to the rest of the year is much larger, and the way the surges in volume are spread through the peak time period have gotten less predictable. Planning for that has gotten way more difficult than it used to be. Remember in '13 the spoke was once again bigger than anticipated and weather knocked out a couple key locations for several days causing an unmitigated disaster in most places. So in 14 UPS spent hundreds of millions updating facilities, hiring, renting and buying equipment, and had one of the smoothest peaks I can remember. But, they made less profit than anticipated and wall street no likey. So back to the drawing board and try to make it work only a bit leaner. I left just prior to peak '15 but was told it was horrific by a couple guys I worked with. UPS has the most expensive employees in the industry. It currently makes money because those employees do more than each of their counterparts at other companies. UPS has grown as ecommerce has exploded, but more of the increase has gone to competition mainly do to price. The not union competition had more flexibility to adjust what they charge and still make a profit. These are simple facts. The UPS business model for years has been basically "pay employees more than anyone else, and then beat them like a rented mule to get our moneys worth". Makes for a crappy environment, I get that. I would just warm against approaching this in an overly passionate way. Union hourlies make UPS what it is, and you have the power to destroy it as well. [/QUOTE]
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