Putting in My Letter of Intent

[clean hairy]

Here is one for you.
You do an audit and are instructed to find 3 things that the driver could improve on.
In your observation, the driver does everything by the book.
You see nothing that needs improvement.
Being honest, you would have zero items the driver could improve on, but if you do that, you are not working as instructed.
Here is the quandary: do you submit an HONEST evaluation of the driver, or be dishonest and make up 3 things which are not true to meet the expectations of your Boss?
If you select the second, what other dishonest acts will you commit against employees to make your Boss happy?

 

[PT Car Washer]

An ex-UPS Management person with a degree is highly recruitable.

Quick Trip are always advertising for store managers.

 

[Catatonic]

Quick Trip are always advertising for store managers.

Those people make good money
However, that would be good goal for a driver without a degree, although unrealistic.
Other than a couple, management with degrees increased their salary and quality of life.

 

[Brown_Star]

in the future you will have to follow ORION 100 percent as your edd will automatically readjusted on route to ensure you make service on packages. More packages and stop per car isn't always more efficient....

Sounds like a longer paid day is all...

 

[10 point]

An ex-UPS Management person with a degree is highly recruitable.

They all got good jobs and are (seemingly) happier.

Life isn't all about money (as I've said before) but you'd think the wage makes the person who they are by what they have.

Fool's gold.

 

[Catatonic]

They all got good jobs and are (seemingly) happier.

Life isn't all about money (as I've said before) but you'd think the wage makes the person who they are by what they have.

Fool's gold.

UPS Management are at average for the industry.
The industry is below average.
Few have degrees in trucking.
UPS is highly and widely recognized as a very well managed company
By people who make decisions in hiring.
None who care anything about what UPS drivers think.
Also, they don't get jobs in the trucking industry when they leave.

 

[10 point]

UPS Management are at average for the industry.
The industry is below average.
Few have degrees in trucking.
UPS is highly and widely recognized as a very well managed company
By people who make decisions in hiring.
None who care anything about what UPS drivers think.
Also, they don't get jobs in the trucking industry when they leave.

They don't take "trucking jobs" because it's against the standing pension rules.

I'm not degrading or demeaning management jobs or the employees who work them. Some like the transition from driving to managing. Some have the qualities to survive in a quality way. Pick your poison. There's no perfect job.

 

[Brown_Star]

More like.....

How dare you suggest that our policy is causing services failures!?!! Oh you have a "solution"!?!?!? Thanks but no thanks. And next time you try and fix anything you better be ready to pack your bags, put the house up for sale, and yank the kids out of school because you will be transferred.

Every driver I know who hopped to the other side are miserable , depressed and wished they never did it.

Greed was their choice.

Two were forced to relocate.

You better hope some upper management doesn't have a hard on for you already for past actions as a driver!

How many years driving you have?

Good luck your going to need it!

 

[Catatonic]

Pick your poison. There's no perfect job.

Unless you work for yourself.
There are no perfect jobs in a corporation.

 

[Catatonic]

They don't take "trucking jobs" because it's against the standing pension rules.

Not for management.
Teamsters - yes

 

[Brown_Star]

Monday I had 180 stops 250 pieces crammed into a 500. Drove 142 miles worked 10 hr 50 minutes that's with having a helper for 8 hrs which was 3 hr longer than they wanted me to have him...

Jeez that sounds so safe! Did Ya get into your power zone for every stop?

 

[Big Babooba]

I was asked by my center manager many years ago to put my letter in. I refused. When he asked my why I refused I told him, " You eat your own". 25 years later I am thankful that I didn't.

 

[Jones]

Just about every driver I know who went into management either regrets it or doesn't appear to be any better off. Two have since quit, two others made it to center manager and then got busted back down to oncar and transferred to other buildings one was busted for changing timecards the other was just incompetence (couldn't make his numbers or whatever). There's a couple others who I really couldn't say because they're dicks and I don't talk to them, they didn't have any friends when they were drivers and they don't have any friends now. Another guy has a medical condition that was going to eventually prevent him from passing the physical so he didn't have much of a choice but he seems to be doing alright, he's a good dude. None of them ever seem to make it to other areas of the company either they all just stay right here in operations, I've seen a couple come back with the ORION implementation teams but that's just temporary duty, when it's over they go right back to package. I've had occasion to talk with 4 managers who left UPS, 3 who retired and one who quit, and all 4 of them were unequivocal about how much they hated the company by the time they left and how happy they were were to be gone. Years ago I was pressured to put my letter in, thought long and hard about it and said no and I've never regretted that decision.
Good luck with whatever you decide to do.

 

[Catatonic]

I was asked by my center manager many years ago to put my letter in. I refused. When he asked my why I refused I told him, " You eat your own". 25 years later I am thankful that I didn't.

Morn Babs

 

[Catatonic]

Every driver I know who hopped to the other side are miserable , depressed
...

What's your excuse?

 

[Catatonic]

I'm not degrading or demeaning management jobs or the employees who work them

A good thing because I'd be on you like white on rice!

 

[oldandcrabby]

They all got good jobs and are (seemingly) happier.

Life isn't all about money (as I've said before) but you'd think the wage makes the person who they are by what they have.

Fool's gold.

I totally agree with you and it is all about the money god in this old world

 

[jr32bad]

I think your crazy Say goodbye to a normal schedule. Good luck

 

[Catatonic]

I totally agree with you and it is all about the money god in this old world

Always has been
The good old days
Are just like today

 

[Catatonic]

I think your crazy Say goodbye to a normal schedule. Good luck

A normal schedule of
12 hour days?
LOL