What UPS is doing to survive this bad economy

[evilleace]

We also are trying the voluntary days off for the drivers and a voluntary week off for pt employees. As far as saving money pushing pt insurance back to a year wait.

 

[drewed]

Helen what you said hits a nerve with me, a good opportunity. Opportunity is opportunity no what how good it is, its better to be employed somewhere you hate temporarily then not be employed at all. In some cases a "bad" opportunity will open the door to a good one

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Helen what you said hits a nerve with me, a good opportunity. Opportunity is opportunity no what how good it is, its better to be employed somewhere you hate temporarily then not be employed at all. In some cases a "bad" opportunity will open the door to a good one

Working at McDonald's rarely opens anything but the exit door.

 

[sano]

Working at McDonald's rarely opens anything but the exit door.

I have a friend that is a manager at a McDonald's. He is making 60k a year + benefits.
I still wouldn't want the job for the same reason I said no to being part time sup at UPS. Who wants to supervise people that just don't care about their job?

Its not UPS, but it is a honest job.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Point taken.

 

[trplnkl]

Helen what you said hits a nerve with me, a good opportunity. Opportunity is opportunity no what how good it is, its better to be employed somewhere you hate temporarily then not be employed at all. In some cases a "bad" opportunity will open the door to a good one

Not speaking specifically of Helen's daughters, but, for many working mothers that are getting laid off a "good opportunity" might be one that pays enough to cover daycare +. If she can only make enough to cover daycare and then some, there is no reason to work. So "any job" isn't opportunity.

 

[tunemixer]

I have a friend that is a manager at a McDonald's. He is making 60k a year + benefits.
I still wouldn't want the job for the same reason I said no to being part time sup at UPS. Who wants to supervise people that just don't care about their job?

Its not UPS, but it is a honest job.

And your friend is probably work 60 hrs a week or more to get that 60 K
Our center is also asking people to take time off without pay. Mostly senior drivers to keep the others working.

 

[brownmonster]

Supes are sitting in their cars watching drivers and standing over the small sort with a stop watch while we have to find time to drum up business.

 

[drewed]

Trplnkl, the point Im trying to make is even the McDs worker is still contributing to society AND sometimes that McDs job opens other doors, how you do anything is how you do everything

 

[The Brown Santa]

Well, I'm laid off again starting Monday. 30 friend.t. drivers this time.

 

[1989]

I hope they don't cut the dividend.

 

[backinbrown]

Well, I'm laid off again starting Monday. 30 friend.t. drivers this time.

were are you from

 

[trplnkl]

Trplnkl, the point Im trying to make is even the McDs worker is still contributing to society AND sometimes that McDs job opens other doors, how you do anything is how you do everything

I don't disagree with that, but it is economical suicide to take a job that pays less than you have to pay out for day care. Sometimes it's better to concentrate on number one than to worry about contributing to society.

 

[backinbrown]

My wife could have worked but by the time we pay for daycare and gas she might as well have stayed home.

 

[trplnkl]

My wife could have worked but by the time we pay for daycare and gas she might as well have stayed home.

Thank you, that is my point.

 

[City Driver]

Volume loss I understand .For 13 years I've worked 6:am to 3m Tue-Fri, Sat 7:am to 4m . The shift I work is Eam and day Hub . Eam I finish about 10:am sometimes 11:am, Tue-Fri. I finish my day in the Hub. Sat 7:am to 1m Eam, 2m to 4m Day hub. My Eam job is not being changed. But the day Hub is not working Fri anymore and will work Sun 9m to 1:am . This makes half a day on Sun Day hub and half a day Fri Eam. Because of this Hub move they say I can no longer work this shift cause of 6 report. My new shift will be 3:am to 7:am and 5m to 9m Tue-Sat.What a life changer! After all these years! Each day back to work every 6 or 10 hours.

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[dilligaf]

My wife could have worked but by the time we pay for daycare and gas she might as well have stayed home.

I didn't work for a number of years, when my kids were young, for this exact reason.

 

[anonymous6]

Unemployment rate in California hit 9.8%. That's almost one in ten working Californians. My daughter is one of those vast unemployed with few good job opportunities available. It's getting bad.

I'm in CA too. son and son in law layed off. they are talking cutting 17 runs minimum in FEB ( 0ut of about 100 )

I don't need grown children moving back home with me.

Drinking a big bottle of Sangria right now and trying to mellow out.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

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He should be banned for excessive smilies. I hate smilies.

 

[backinbrown]

I didn't work for a number of years, when my kids were young, for this exact reason.

im thankfull that i have a job at UPS so she can stay home.

tough now with me bieng out of work

but we will manage