The only people that UPS care about now are the stockholders and Wall Street. Witness the torn, stained uniforms on many drivers that they can't get replacements ones, the "burned out" drivers who can't seem to catch a break but are always found to be "at fault."
Witness the mid level management and supes who can tell you now the exact date they will retire and are counting it down. 20 stops added to each route just "because." Routes cut, yet expected to do your route and the extra stops in the same time.
Customers a secondary concern now. Who cares if they are getting their packages 3 hours later? Not Atlanta, until the customer goes to Fedex. And how the hell are we supposed to remember all the new rules and regs for delivering that come our way each week that we sign and say we are trained in. Yeah, right.
And on and on. UPS doesn't care and couldn't handle an open forum with all the shot that would come their way.
I think it is very simple over the last 10 to 15 years more people higher up the line have never actually driven a package car in thier life.
We have more and more people who can run numbers and come up with what can be done, who have never been stuck in traffic, never had to find that package that for some reason is not where edd tellls me it is. Someone who has never had to work when it 95 out, never had to work around snow piles when it is 10 dergees.
We have to anwser to stock holders now.
I dont blame any of these people they are not dumb they just have never had to deal with working with what is going on. They are only working numbers, its all they have.
I still belive UPS can right the ship.
It may sound simplistic, in the current political and regulatory enviorment, employees are just to expensive. Add on a labor contract and costs of an employee start getting unsustainable. Look around, any company with a large union workforce is not doing well or is out of business, any company that has dumped or reduced their union workers is treading water, any company that has gone to contracters is going to make it. UPS is trying very hard to reduce the workforce and the cost that goes with it.
IT HAS NEVER BEEN THIS BAD....It is both hourly and management. The sad thing that I see is that true brown to the bone UPSERS (both managment and hourly) are losing their faith, trust and dedication. As a Center manager it is extremely tough in this environment to build teamwork, motivation are even a "give a damn attitude" with either my management team or the workgroups. ALl I can hope for is that our next CEO is a UPSER that has done many of the jobs you and I perform- and knows the dynamics of UPS culture, and potential... I AM VERY CONCERNED.
It may sound simplistic, in the current political and regulatory enviorment, employees are just to expensive. Add on a labor contract and costs of an employee start getting unsustainable. Look around, any company with a large union workforce is not doing well or is out of business, any company that has dumped or reduced their union workers is treading water, any company that has gone to contracters is going to make it. UPS is trying very hard to reduce the workforce and the cost that goes with it.
I'll end the post on this note: I think UPS is getting a bargain when the pay its driver $30/hour. Most of us deliver twice as many parcels as the Fed-Ex driver per hour and he is making about $28. Again, a bargain (UPS is getting twice as much production for almost the same cost) and another reason why UPS is the superior company!
I'll end the post on this note: I think UPS is getting a bargain when the pay its driver $30/hour. Most of us deliver twice as many parcels as the Fed-Ex driver per hour and he is making about $28. Again, a bargain (UPS is getting twice as much production for almost the same cost) and another reason why UPS is the superior company!
It may sound simplistic, in the current political and regulatory enviorment, employees are just to expensive. Add on a labor contract and costs of an employee start getting unsustainable. Look around, any company with a large union workforce is not doing well or is out of business, any company that has dumped or reduced their union workers is treading water, any company that has gone to contracters is going to make it. UPS is trying very hard to reduce the workforce and the cost that goes with it.