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 UPS Forum
UPS Discussions
*UPDATE UPS LAYS OFF ALL AIR DRIVERS IN MANHATTAN 43RD St building and Manhattan Sou
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="air_dr" data-source="post: 795360" data-attributes="member: 29929"><p><strong>Re: *UPDATE UPS LAYS OFF ALL AIR DRIVERS IN MANHATTAN 43RD St building and Manhattan</strong></p><p></p><p>Absolutely no announcements of any upcoming changes affecting air drivers in my hub what so ever... Now when they switched me from an AM (Tu-Sa) to PM (M-friend) air, my center manager called me on a Monday morning, told me he had decided to eliminate my job, that he had something for me on the PM side in the same area, and asked me to report for work that evening at 5:00. So much for advance notice!</p><p> </p><p>UPS is certainly not the only place to work, but I would encourage you, Siredline010, not to do anything impulsively or in anger. If you are willing to, I am quite certain someone could find some work in the hub for you, though you may have to ask more than one person and perahps go over some people's heads. </p><p> </p><p>The full wage for an air driver is over $22/hr, which is quite good in my opinion. I don't know whether that would change if you went back to working in the hub. When I went back to the building at one point for a couple of months, they kept paying me the air driver rate at the time. Your benefits, of course, are not affected. Even if they did cut you pay some, consider how easily you could find another job that compensates you as much as UPS. I know for me personally, I believe I would want to stay with Brown because I am not convinced I would be better off elsewhere, but I realize you may feel differently. And I know you have plenty of company. Much of the American story is about people going to new places and trying new things in search if a better life. </p><p> </p><p>All the best to you, whatever you ultimately do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="air_dr, post: 795360, member: 29929"] [b]Re: *UPDATE UPS LAYS OFF ALL AIR DRIVERS IN MANHATTAN 43RD St building and Manhattan[/b] Absolutely no announcements of any upcoming changes affecting air drivers in my hub what so ever... Now when they switched me from an AM (Tu-Sa) to PM (M-friend) air, my center manager called me on a Monday morning, told me he had decided to eliminate my job, that he had something for me on the PM side in the same area, and asked me to report for work that evening at 5:00. So much for advance notice! UPS is certainly not the only place to work, but I would encourage you, Siredline010, not to do anything impulsively or in anger. If you are willing to, I am quite certain someone could find some work in the hub for you, though you may have to ask more than one person and perahps go over some people's heads. The full wage for an air driver is over $22/hr, which is quite good in my opinion. I don't know whether that would change if you went back to working in the hub. When I went back to the building at one point for a couple of months, they kept paying me the air driver rate at the time. Your benefits, of course, are not affected. Even if they did cut you pay some, consider how easily you could find another job that compensates you as much as UPS. I know for me personally, I believe I would want to stay with Brown because I am not convinced I would be better off elsewhere, but I realize you may feel differently. And I know you have plenty of company. Much of the American story is about people going to new places and trying new things in search if a better life. All the best to you, whatever you ultimately do. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Home
Forums
Brown Cafe UPS Forum
UPS Discussions
*UPDATE UPS LAYS OFF ALL AIR DRIVERS IN MANHATTAN 43RD St building and Manhattan Sou
Top