UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
Waste of time and resources?
Do you save them all for a year and then discard them when you receive your W-2?
Do you save them all for a year and then discard them when you receive your W-2?
As someone who openly admits to caring only about themselves, why are you concerned if it's a waste of time for the company or not, it doesn't cost you a thing. And yes, I keep every stub in a pile and toss them at the end of the year, sans my last one.Waste of time and resources?
Do you save them all for a year and then discard them when you receive your W-2?
And you also realize that a paper check never "goes down" unexpectedly? Feel free to search the threads about "I can't log on to see my check; I can't get on UPSers.com at all". I'm also trying to think of one single con to having it physically in my hand.
Toss them or shred them?
Payroll has all of the data on a computer (cloud?). They then have to take the extra steps to print them out and then sort them out by region/district.
You're right---I do only care about myself---but it still troubles me when I see redundancy.
Environmentally speaking, there are a lot more ways UPS could do better in, checks would be waaaaay down on the list.I can: it's wasteful. Every Friday, oodles of pay stubs are dumped in the trash -- including many that were never opened. Including seasonal employees, UPS issues close to 20M pay cheks per year. How many bags of trash would that fill? That's not even considering the impact of wasted ink. (I'm less concerned about paper, since most paper comes from paper mills and is actually good for the environment ... recycling paper may not be such a hot idea, given the resources poured into the process.)
We have several computer terminals set-up so employees can view & (if they desire) print their paychecks from on-line. I'm always amazed at the number of people lining up (you can view the information from home, you know!) to access such information, then print it, then beg for their stub the next day. It really is a waste. Especially considering the percentage of UPS employees who know the finite details of their actual working hours is small; most simply look at the net take home portion and quickly toss it out.
For the record, while the act of terminating paper paychecks / stubs would save UPS probably close to $75-$100M annually, I do not care about the cost savings. I'm more worried about my enviromental impact.
I was wanting to see how much the government gleened from me.
Almost 1,000.00 Sigh
Why does UPS tax at the max amount for the unused PD days
for us non-management?
Environmentally speaking, there are a lot more ways UPS could do better in, checks would be waaaaay down on the list.
And as I see it, there is no con to ME in getting a paper check.It's got nothing to do with UPS. YOU have a choice in receiving a paper paycheck or not -- the choice is not UPS's. It's about reducing YOUR environmental impact, not UPS's.
Take the initiative to help people who don't want it, cancel it. Unfortunately, around here, mgmnt is unable to communicate this as a simple option to employees. Apparently we employees are only to be issued orders/commands.I can: it's wasteful. Every Friday, oodles of pay stubs are dumped in the trash -- including many that were never opened. Including seasonal employees, UPS issues close to 20M pay cheks per year. How many bags of trash would that fill? That's not even considering the impact of wasted ink. (I'm less concerned about paper, since most paper comes from paper mills and is actually good for the environment ... recycling paper may not be such a hot idea, given the resources poured into the process.).
That's what the co. promised here. Sounded great, eco-friendly, etc. But the printer would mysteriously "not be found", paper supply run out, door to computer room 'accidentally' locked. Etc.We have several computer terminals set-up so employees can view & (if they desire) print their paychecks from on-line. I'm always amazed at the number of people lining up (you can view the information from home, you know!) to access such information, then print it, then beg for their stub the next day. It really is a waste. Especially considering the percentage of UPS employees who know the finite details of their actual working hours is small; most simply look at the net take home portion and quickly toss it out.
For the record, while the act of terminating paper paychecks / stubs would save UPS probably close to $75-$100M annually, I do not care about the cost savings. I'm more worried about my enviromental impact.
I can count on one hand the number of payroll errors I have, in a week. Usually 4 out of 5 days.I don't track my hours down to the hundredth but do have a general idea of how many hours I have worked for that pay period. I go to upsers each Thursday morning, check my online paystub and then update my Quicken. If there is an error, and I can count on one hand the number of payroll errors I have had in my 25 years, I print it out, highlight the error(s) and submit it to my mgt team so they can take care of it.
Bagels is right----it is a tremendous waste of time and resources.
No one at UPS has ever made us (HERE) the offer to go paperless.
Oh, I have no interest in doing it. Just commenting.You can do it yourself through the Your Money link on upsers.com