Home
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
Latest activity
Members
Current visitors
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Home
Forums
Brown Cafe Community Center
Brown Cafe Polls
Should Upstate Bid a 22.3 Job? (On Topic--please)
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)" data-source="post: 2104950" data-attributes="member: 12570"><p>I have decided to take the 22.3 job. I will be working from 1300-2145 processing Internationals. I was supposed to start on the 14th but that has been pushed back until the 28th as they are still trying to figure out if the training will be done "in house" or if they will bring a supervisor up from Albany to train me. From what I have been told, there is a great deal of computer training followed up by hands on training, which will then get me to the point where I will be working on my own.</p><p></p><p>I went back and forth on this for about a week and have to admit that I am still a bit uncertain. The pay is $28.84/hr, which is a few pennies less than a $4/hr pay cut. Keep in mind that we had to divert a couple of our pay raises from the 2008-13 contract to try to save our failing pension and that our top rate now is $32.82/hr. With the split raise 8/1 I will be over $29/hr for what is essentially a clerical position.</p><p></p><p>Every one of the senior guys told me that they sat down with their spouses and "did the math" to see if the move was worth it, which speaks volumes about the current atmosphere at UPS. Most of them work a lot more OT than I do so in their case it wasn't. One guy told me he would have lost almost $20K/yr. There was one driver who has a screen printing business on the side who would have taken the job but that the hours did not work for him.</p><p></p><p>Our PDS met me on road last week to pick up an off-area misload and asked me why I decided to take the job. I told him that it was getting more difficult to get motivated to go in to work each day.</p><p></p><p>It is not that I can no longer do the job. I still average an hour under each day and am the "go to" guy if someone needs help. It's just that after 27 years of doing this it is time for a change.</p><p></p><p>It will be nice to only have to worry about driving to and from work. It will be nice to no longer have to deal with the elements or with the ever increasing physical demands and levels of scrutiny.</p><p></p><p>As many of you know, our pension fund is dealing with a great deal of uncertainty and I am coming to the realization that my plans of retiring on 7/18 may have to be put on hold. While it is my hope that I will be able to retire as planned, I also hope that I will enjoy this new job in the event that I am forced to work longer than I would like.</p><p></p><p>I'd like to thank everyone for their thoughts and opinions on this topic. Dave.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret), post: 2104950, member: 12570"] I have decided to take the 22.3 job. I will be working from 1300-2145 processing Internationals. I was supposed to start on the 14th but that has been pushed back until the 28th as they are still trying to figure out if the training will be done "in house" or if they will bring a supervisor up from Albany to train me. From what I have been told, there is a great deal of computer training followed up by hands on training, which will then get me to the point where I will be working on my own. I went back and forth on this for about a week and have to admit that I am still a bit uncertain. The pay is $28.84/hr, which is a few pennies less than a $4/hr pay cut. Keep in mind that we had to divert a couple of our pay raises from the 2008-13 contract to try to save our failing pension and that our top rate now is $32.82/hr. With the split raise 8/1 I will be over $29/hr for what is essentially a clerical position. Every one of the senior guys told me that they sat down with their spouses and "did the math" to see if the move was worth it, which speaks volumes about the current atmosphere at UPS. Most of them work a lot more OT than I do so in their case it wasn't. One guy told me he would have lost almost $20K/yr. There was one driver who has a screen printing business on the side who would have taken the job but that the hours did not work for him. Our PDS met me on road last week to pick up an off-area misload and asked me why I decided to take the job. I told him that it was getting more difficult to get motivated to go in to work each day. It is not that I can no longer do the job. I still average an hour under each day and am the "go to" guy if someone needs help. It's just that after 27 years of doing this it is time for a change. It will be nice to only have to worry about driving to and from work. It will be nice to no longer have to deal with the elements or with the ever increasing physical demands and levels of scrutiny. As many of you know, our pension fund is dealing with a great deal of uncertainty and I am coming to the realization that my plans of retiring on 7/18 may have to be put on hold. While it is my hope that I will be able to retire as planned, I also hope that I will enjoy this new job in the event that I am forced to work longer than I would like. I'd like to thank everyone for their thoughts and opinions on this topic. Dave. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Home
Forums
Brown Cafe Community Center
Brown Cafe Polls
Should Upstate Bid a 22.3 Job? (On Topic--please)
Top