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<blockquote data-quote="iloadthetruck" data-source="post: 2505681" data-attributes="member: 885"><p>You hit the nail on the head for me. Got asked to go help cover peak and jumpseat despite being the only "tier" of support for several things, which of course caught fire while I was out. I did my best to keep things running when I would get back in at 7-8pm, since hundreds of people relied on the systems I "owned" and I felt they deserved it more than any organizational consideration.</p><p></p><p>Never got a pat on the back from anyone, no big surprise, it's UPS after all, but I had made some personal sacrifices in order to "be a partner" and it left me with a bitter taste. Add in some totally asinine staffing/HR decisions a few months later, and I left. But helping out that peak season was a big factor.</p><p></p><p>My new employer is in an entirely different line of business, but has front-line operations. There's no peak season (I haven't taken any time off yet, but I could, and it's definitely less stressful overall), but we do have contingency plans for severe weather. The last big natural disaster, IT could work remotely, but everyone who did make it in was treated to lunch. We also have the option of helping out operations if they are short staffed, and if we do that, we get a comp day.</p><p></p><p>I went from an employer than took great pleasure in telling us how we were "valued" while doing little to actually back that up, which I've learned is basically abuse, to one that shows how much they value you without boasting about it, and I prefer the latter.</p><p></p><p>All of my UPS memorabilia is sitting in a box, except for the frames - I recycled the good ones.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="iloadthetruck, post: 2505681, member: 885"] You hit the nail on the head for me. Got asked to go help cover peak and jumpseat despite being the only "tier" of support for several things, which of course caught fire while I was out. I did my best to keep things running when I would get back in at 7-8pm, since hundreds of people relied on the systems I "owned" and I felt they deserved it more than any organizational consideration. Never got a pat on the back from anyone, no big surprise, it's UPS after all, but I had made some personal sacrifices in order to "be a partner" and it left me with a bitter taste. Add in some totally asinine staffing/HR decisions a few months later, and I left. But helping out that peak season was a big factor. My new employer is in an entirely different line of business, but has front-line operations. There's no peak season (I haven't taken any time off yet, but I could, and it's definitely less stressful overall), but we do have contingency plans for severe weather. The last big natural disaster, IT could work remotely, but everyone who did make it in was treated to lunch. We also have the option of helping out operations if they are short staffed, and if we do that, we get a comp day. I went from an employer than took great pleasure in telling us how we were "valued" while doing little to actually back that up, which I've learned is basically abuse, to one that shows how much they value you without boasting about it, and I prefer the latter. All of my UPS memorabilia is sitting in a box, except for the frames - I recycled the good ones. [/QUOTE]
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