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<blockquote data-quote="Floridacargocat" data-source="post: 1032224" data-attributes="member: 6168"><p>Based on my own experience:</p><p>The UPS organizatioN has a unique opportunity for newbies:</p><p>Shoes. a real basic requirement.</p><p>Nike/Adidas/whatever are not what Loaders/Unloaders need to protect their feet and toes. what is required is proper footwear with steel caps. These shoes are NOT inexpensive, But who wants to invest if they do not know, if they are going to survive teh probationary period, and whatever comes thereafter. </p><p>So UPS has an opportunity. Provide proper footwear (at least after the 30-day probationary period) at an advantageous price in order to provide this part of safety requirements. The how and what and when can be sorted out.</p><p>UPS has sufficient experience to provide recommendations for the proper-slip-resitant toe-protecting work shoes.</p><p>This is just one of the underlying experiences of someone, who made his own experiences. Things do fall down from slides, and if everthing lines up, it will hit the toe. If you have a steel-cap in your shoes, wou will be protecyed. Sneakers a la Nike and company will not help you. And ther are situations, wgen the platoforms are more than slippery.</p><p>Safety is not cheap. But it is a minimal investment compared to damages which might happen. AND YOU USE CAN THESE SAFETY-ORIENTED SHOES EVEN WHEN YOU DO NOT SURVIVE YOUR PROBATIONARY PERIOD (for one reason or the other).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Floridacargocat, post: 1032224, member: 6168"] Based on my own experience: The UPS organizatioN has a unique opportunity for newbies: Shoes. a real basic requirement. Nike/Adidas/whatever are not what Loaders/Unloaders need to protect their feet and toes. what is required is proper footwear with steel caps. These shoes are NOT inexpensive, But who wants to invest if they do not know, if they are going to survive teh probationary period, and whatever comes thereafter. So UPS has an opportunity. Provide proper footwear (at least after the 30-day probationary period) at an advantageous price in order to provide this part of safety requirements. The how and what and when can be sorted out. UPS has sufficient experience to provide recommendations for the proper-slip-resitant toe-protecting work shoes. This is just one of the underlying experiences of someone, who made his own experiences. Things do fall down from slides, and if everthing lines up, it will hit the toe. If you have a steel-cap in your shoes, wou will be protecyed. Sneakers a la Nike and company will not help you. And ther are situations, wgen the platoforms are more than slippery. Safety is not cheap. But it is a minimal investment compared to damages which might happen. AND YOU USE CAN THESE SAFETY-ORIENTED SHOES EVEN WHEN YOU DO NOT SURVIVE YOUR PROBATIONARY PERIOD (for one reason or the other). [/QUOTE]
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