So I work for UPS now

kingOFchester · 11-05-2007, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by thebrownbox

Found out today I'm not seasonal.

Great!! Now see if you can get some time off b4 peak!

LKLND3380 · 11-05-2007, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by thebrownbox

Found out today I'm not seasonal.

Then "MAYBE" you can take some time off to take care of things. Explain to your Center Manager and Supes that your father passed away and you need some time to get things in order...

The way I understand it, no vacation can be taken between the last week of November and 26 December...

Not that you are asking for vacation time but under the circumstances they should be understanding...

thebrownbox · 11-06-2007, 07:46 AM

Well I must be impressing them I got called out while we sorted and was told I was making an effort to sort on the right belt where others threw stuff that was meant for the brown belt to the yellow.

A question would they be asking me to be doing drivers helper or is that something you sign up for?

kingOFchester · 11-06-2007, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by thebrownbox

Well I must be impressing them I got called out while we sorted and was told I was making an effort to sort on the right belt where others threw stuff that was meant for the brown belt to the yellow.

A question would they be asking me to be doing drivers helper or is that something you sign up for?

Great job!! Wish you were sorting in my center. Also, in my center you sign up for drivers helper.

LKLND3380 · 11-06-2007, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by thebrownbox

A question would they be asking me to be doing drivers helper or is that something you sign up for?

Where I am, the supes walk around with a legal pad and ask: Do you want to jump? Then they take the list and go by Seniority in picking who goe with a Driver...

thebrownbox · 11-07-2007, 09:15 PM

Ok I can see my paycheck online now I was told they take like $50 or so out for union dues.

In which for me it's $57 but was it like 7 weeks they will be still taking it from my pay?

DS · 11-07-2007, 09:59 PM

they will take it forever ....and it will keep going up as long as the teamsters represent us

thebrownbox · 11-13-2007, 04:44 PM

Question.. I just received the 401K thing taking me to the site where I enter in my Pin and all I'm confused is this something I have to sign up for or did I sign up for it already?

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Oh I see now I have to enroll if I want to do so.

thebrownbox · 11-28-2007, 07:10 AM

Well they have me doing something new.. I forgot what it's called but they had me do a test run yesterday, what I pretty much do right now is as the boxes come up the orange belt here I sort any of the boxes with D10 or D11 on the PAS label.. which also means I need to be quick.

Seems like they are testing me for loading a truck? I must of did good the first day since they want me to do this for now on (not sure how long) and I seem to have "jedi powers" they said with sorting the boxes lol.

IDoLessWorkThanMost · 11-28-2007, 07:23 AM

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Well they have me doing something new.. I forgot what it's called but they had me do a test run yesterday, what I pretty much do right now is as the boxes come up the orange belt here I sort any of the boxes with D10 or D11 on the PAS label.. which also means I need to be quick.

Seems like they are testing me for loading a truck? I must of did good the first day since they want me to do this for now on (not sure how long) and I seem to have "jedi powers" they said with sorting the boxes lol.

Yeah, "the pick". That's probably the best job overall concerning early AM or local sort, but it's stressful on your arm(s). Make sure you use both arms, because after about 2-3 months, alot of picks get severe pain (including myself several years ago when I was part-time) from repetitive injury because of using one arm all the time.

It doesn't sound like you'll be loading cars anytime soon if they want you picking off. Believe me; you're in a good place where you are.

thebrownbox · 11-28-2007, 07:31 AM

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Yeah, "the pick". That's probably the best job overall concerning early AM or local sort, but it's stressful on your arm(s). Make sure you use both arms, because after about 2-3 months, alot of picks get severe pain (including myself several years ago when I was part-time) from repetitive injury because of using one arm all the time.

It doesn't sound like you'll be loading cars anytime soon if they want you picking off. Believe me; you're in a good place where you are.

Heck yes is so much better then the sort aisle I mean I'm only 125Lb and only 5'10" some of these boxes are almost half my body weight...

My back has been killing me for weeks but not my arms anymore. So far the boxes have been light but heavy boxes or boxes still coming up while I'm trying to pull a heavy box If I can grab it I will try I had a few that went past and went down to the preloaders and they sent it back around again, one of the sups came up and said are you finding that some are getting away from you? I was like yeah... I have to push the boxes back down the belt because of labels that are face down or whatever... a good tip was boxes with the same name on it are most likely going to get pulled if you see the first one with that door number.

I'd say it was a good birthday gift yesterday for me.

thebrownbox · 12-01-2007, 03:09 PM

Ahh I see what you mean now.. Friday was packed with package for me to pick, I ran out of room on both slides so I had to stack boxes behind me.. The good thing about being a picker is my back hardly ever hurts anymore now.

magoo57 · 12-04-2007, 12:35 PM

brown box, welcome to UPS and condolences. Pickoff is the easiest physical job in the hub-with one exception. NEVER try to "push back" a box with your elbow on top (arm turned where your pinky is on top and your arm is extended). You will put a lot of stress on your elbow that way. I put a lot of stress on my elbow and rotator cuff that way. ( I used to believe that pro ball players were wimps for not playing with a cuff injury. Now I know better)
Also try to find when you have a slide that is not receiving flow and try to 'park' excess flow on that slide until the wave goes through..then get help in clearing that particular slide. I parked packages behind me too, but that process can turn and bite you.
Good luck!

thebrownbox · 12-06-2007, 04:45 PM

^ yeah turn around a bite me is right.. I was picking off so quick yesterday that I had no more room behind me or on the slides so I had no other option but to let the boxes pass.. then after about 5 min later the guy from the belt where the boxes came over and asked me what was going on, and I said I'm all backed up so he asks the guy who was pulling the boxes (he has to load two trucks) and he asked him if he needed any help and he was like yeah.

once the help came I never let another box slip by for the rest of the time.

I had no clue this was peak.. so far it's not all that bad paying the union and the taxes on my paycheck eats things up pretty fast...

thebrownbox · 12-28-2007, 05:24 PM

And as I already knew it spoke with the manager today and she asked me if I had any plans on staying past the New Years and I said yes, Well she was pleased and saying she was looking to keeping me on anyways, while peak seemed easy (sometimes a bit boring) just picking stuff off the belt it was not bad just the odd hours started to get to me (as soon as I got home it was always a rush to get some sleep) And everyone calls me a night owl..

Now that the time is normal again it's not so bad start at 5AM and out before 9AM.

magoo57 · 12-28-2007, 08:19 PM

Hey, it sounds as if you took all that Peak could throw at you and you came throughlike a champ.
did the personal matter settle up?

LKLND3380 · 12-28-2007, 11:05 PM

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And as I already knew it spoke with the manager today and she asked me if I had any plans on staying past the New Years and I said yes, Well she was pleased and saying she was looking to keeping me on anyways, while peak seemed easy (sometimes a bit boring) just picking stuff off the belt it was not bad just the odd hours started to get to me (as soon as I got home it was always a rush to get some sleep) And everyone calls me a night owl..

Now that the time is normal again it's not so bad start at 5AM and out before 9AM.

5 am start times??? We come in around 4 and get out around 8:45... Did they give you time off to take care of your family matters?

You made it through peak - the rest of the year will be easy but they may pull you from pick off to load package cars...

Welcome to the family...

under the radar · 12-29-2007, 06:25 AM

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Yeah warming up is the key here.. on the second day I did not and I felt it real good the next morning. It seems each center does things different from other it seems.. I filled out the union papers and the two cards I think one was for the health and the other was if something happened to me on the job, as my HR guy said you start with $1,000 if I died and stuff like that.

I don't think a seasonal person would have to do all that would they? I know first thing tomorrow I will be buying some gloves.

Please proofread your posts dude. Most of what you write is unintelligible. Mixing in some Caps and punctuation doesn't hurt either.

Radar
(The Grammar Nazi who is now unknowingly inviting everyone to critique and analyze his own grammar and punctuation)

magoo57 · 12-30-2007, 01:42 PM

Radar, you need a period after 'punctuation'. LOL
Happy New Year!