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<blockquote data-quote="BrownBlackandBlue" data-source="post: 174121" data-attributes="member: 6940"><p>UPS is a great place to be and very rewarding when you are making your numbers, if you are not making your numbers, it is very uncomfortable place to be and you are very motivated to find a way to improve. The pressure is so great that some people who are not prepared for it, crack and do things they normally would not, to escape the pressure. They probably do not belong at UPS to begin with and they usually find the door or are shown the door. (Most, I bet, are happier for it because for them, UPS is a miserable place to be).</p><p> That being said, while we need to treat people fairly, we are in a position that does not have a lot of flexibility. We have tough goals to achieve, and human nature is to settle for less than is expected. Just watch the morning report when upper management takes the pressure off SPC. You can watch the SPC number slide downward across the district after about a week. Thus, everyone is made to be afraid to miss SPC and is kept in that state. Are the numbers and goals always fair? I would say not. Are they neccessary? Apparently.</p><p> UPS values conformity first of all in its managers. Doing your own thing when you are one of 400,000 doesn't cut it. It's unfortunate that that is where we are in this world that increasingly values "new" mangement styles, but our cost structure is such that we have to demand a lot from everyone. I guess never being good enough and always being squeezed for more leaves us all a little black and blue.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BrownBlackandBlue, post: 174121, member: 6940"] UPS is a great place to be and very rewarding when you are making your numbers, if you are not making your numbers, it is very uncomfortable place to be and you are very motivated to find a way to improve. The pressure is so great that some people who are not prepared for it, crack and do things they normally would not, to escape the pressure. They probably do not belong at UPS to begin with and they usually find the door or are shown the door. (Most, I bet, are happier for it because for them, UPS is a miserable place to be). That being said, while we need to treat people fairly, we are in a position that does not have a lot of flexibility. We have tough goals to achieve, and human nature is to settle for less than is expected. Just watch the morning report when upper management takes the pressure off SPC. You can watch the SPC number slide downward across the district after about a week. Thus, everyone is made to be afraid to miss SPC and is kept in that state. Are the numbers and goals always fair? I would say not. Are they neccessary? Apparently. UPS values conformity first of all in its managers. Doing your own thing when you are one of 400,000 doesn't cut it. It's unfortunate that that is where we are in this world that increasingly values "new" mangement styles, but our cost structure is such that we have to demand a lot from everyone. I guess never being good enough and always being squeezed for more leaves us all a little black and blue. [/QUOTE]
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