Started and everything is going great! - Brown Cafe

new2ups · 07-26-2006, 02:22 PM

Thank you to everyone that helped me out with advice. My first week is going great. The nightmares of an endless stream of boxes falling on my head, is the only exception.

The cleansing your body gets with all the work and heat, feels great. I'm drinking a gallon of water a shift and sweating out about a half gallon. The supervisors treat everyone well in my hub. They give us bottled water and pretty much leave you alone as long as your getting your work done. I was worried about treatment and productivity after reading some of the bad experiences some wrote about on browncafe. So far, so good.
The turnover is unbelievable. The Sup's smile when you just show up. Several People are cover driving on their ninth month. I have a clean driving record so things are looking good for the future.

"Every box I lift, is one box closer"

moreluck · 07-26-2006, 03:53 PM

Congrats on your first week......what a refreshingly great attitude!!

speeddemon · 07-26-2006, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by new2ups

Thank you to everyone that helped me out with advice. My first week is going great. The nightmares of an endless stream of boxes falling on my head, is the only exception.

The cleansing your body gets with all the work and heat, feels great. I'm drinking a gallon of water a shift and sweating out about a half gallon. The supervisors treat everyone well in my hub. They give us bottled water and pretty much leave you alone as long as your getting your work done. I was worried about treatment and productivity after reading some of the bad experiences some wrote about on browncafe. So far, so good.
The turnover is unbelievable. The Sup's smile when you just show up. Several People are cover driving on their ninth month. I have a clean driving record so things are looking good for the future.

"Every box I lift, is one box closer"

Im glad your first week is going well, but have you ever wondered why the turnover is unreal? HMMMMM

Prototelis · 07-26-2006, 08:17 PM

One of the things I like most about UPS is going home so sweaty and beat.

It's improving my health, and I'm getting stronger and faster every day. And I'm not paying a gym or a physical fitness trainer. UPS is paying me.

rushfan · 07-26-2006, 08:54 PM

With a few exceptions, If you compare UPSers with the general population, you will notice we look younger than we really are. IMHO it's the physical activity we get. That is one benefit I get being a UPSer

Prototelis · 07-26-2006, 09:39 PM

Thats one thing I've noticed, active UPSers look alot younger than they are.

07-26-2006, 09:52 PM

It is really good to hear this. I needed this desparately.

In my building, 8 management people quit in one week. In my early years, I never heard of more than 5 people quitting in a decade.

The division manager in my building sent every management person home from the preload to write a letter why they should keep their jobs.

It is truly good to know that this level of BS is not everywhere at UPS.

Good luck to you!

Joopster · 07-27-2006, 05:30 AM

I'm sorry

toonertoo · 07-27-2006, 06:24 PM

Yes it is refreshing to hear that somewhere things are being managed well. Much better than where most of us seem to be, maybe it will catch on...........

opie · 07-27-2006, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Prototelis

One of the things I like most about UPS is going home so sweaty and beat.

It's improving my health, and I'm getting stronger and faster every day. And I'm not paying a gym or a physical fitness trainer. UPS is paying me.

That is partially true. You get a good workout, which keeps you in shape etc. I know several guys who have lost a lot weight while working here. But, also working here can be detrimental to your health. You can easily get injured while working here. Many guys complain about their back or something else is bothering them. I notice at my center that some guys who have been working there for many years, they are "hunched"

over. How about the dust we breath, every night when I blow my nose, all what comes out is black dirt.

cassidy182 · 07-28-2006, 03:44 PM

glad to see your 1st week went well.. sups treating everyone well..the heat must of gotten to them

07-28-2006, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by opie

How about the dust we breath, every night when I blow my nose, all what comes out is black dirt.

Go clean horse stalls for a few hours.

You'll be blowing (and hacking) out plenty of black stuff and it won't be "dirt."

Won't hurt you either.

When did "Teamster" become synonymous with "drama queen?"

Just wondering...

new2ups · 07-28-2006, 04:00 PM

No more unloading....They moved me to pre-load. I got a dollar more, sweet. I did the pick off today and next week i'm loading package cars. We have P.A.S. so I hope to do a little better than a monkey.

aspenleaf · 07-28-2006, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by new2ups

No more unloading....They moved me to pre-load. I got a dollar more, sweet. I did the pick off today and next week i'm loading package cars. We have P.A.S. so I hope to do a little better than a monkey.

Welcome to pre-load! You should do much better than a monkey! PAS makes it easier (or so they say) to load the trucks. Pay attention to the truck you are in and don't misload your packages. Really watch your next day air pieces and good luck!

scratch · 07-28-2006, 05:31 PM

Yes,

PAS is wonderful. Besides looking out for Next Day Air, try to match up the Route number to the particular Package Car you are in. Most of my missorts are due to a different Preloader other than my regular perfect Preloader gal. These other Preloaders put the package on the shelf by sequence number correctly in the right section, but in the wrong car. I had two spectacular off area missorts this week, both due to "Bad Slaps". This is when the PAS label person scans the delivery label, but puts the PAS label on the wrong box.

My regular Preloader is off next week, so this means I will have to look at every box before I leave the building next week.

new2ups · 07-28-2006, 05:35 PM

Thanks, thats what they say "pas is so easy a monkey could do it", lol. I will try not to misload especially air. I talked to the drivers and that is number 1 complaint.

Joopster · 07-29-2006, 07:54 AM

Easist way to verify on the pas is to look at the last 4 digits in the tracking number, don't look at the address etc.

Another thing I used to do when I loaded was circle the car number on each package, helps you to mentally check where your putting them.

And when your superivsor comes up and talks to you about your misloads, just tell them to RTS it for you....

new2ups · 07-30-2006, 12:04 PM

testing profile

new2ups · 07-30-2006, 12:17 PM

Sorry, just testing my avatar.:confused1

Joopster · 07-30-2006, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by new2ups

Sorry, just testing my avatar.:confused1

It works

Prototelis · 07-30-2006, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by opie

That is partially true. You get a good workout, which keeps you in shape etc. I know several guys who have lost a lot weight while working here. But, also working here can be detrimental to your health. You can easily get injured while working here. Many guys complain about their back or something else is bothering them. I notice at my center that some guys who have been working there for many years, they are "hunched"

over. How about the dust we breath, every night when I blow my nose, all what comes out is black dirt.

Before I came to UPS I was a machinist. Which is arguably way worse.

How'd you like to breathe synthetic coolant all day? :P

benschreivogel · 07-30-2006, 09:52 PM

When you notice a package that has the wrong P.A.S. label, this is called an out of sinc. The P.A.S. scanners don't get the chance to view the labels. they just scan stick, scan stick, scan stick very fast. What happens is the bullseye on the label when you scan it sometimes does not print anything up unlike the regular barcodes that will at least print a blank label when you scan them. If you are going really fast and don't catch that it didn't print ,you will then go out of sinc. God help you if you don't catch it soon. We had a guy scan about 30 air envelopes one time before he relized the labels were out of sinc. I am one of the best scanners on our line and it still happens to me sometimes and it's isn't because I didn't look at the labels, because I can't . Most out of sinc. labels are a result of a computer error and rookies who are not familiar enough to catch when the computer is f'ing up. So take it easy on us P.A.S guys we are not permited to scan and compare labels. Just to scan and stick and pay attention. With that in mind, mistakes do happen and I appologize for all of us.

new2ups · 07-31-2006, 04:08 PM

You are right about the stickers ran into a few today. We get a dollar for each one we find.

helenofcalifornia · 07-31-2006, 07:26 PM

Do you mean a real dollar or a gift certificate to some store? I didn't know UPS still did cash. What a great idea though. The truck two doors down has had the same 2 packages with bad PAL labels that are 2DA. Hmmm.