goinparcel
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remember all mangament is being pressured to keep their jobs...this turns good people bad and bad people worse...recognize your leaders and support them...deal with the loosers by steering clear and hope they get the axe
there was a term that someone told me when I started at UPS, it was "work as directed"
sucks, but that is what they pay me to do No, your job is to generate revenue.
edit: and this thread continuously reinforces the point - we all have a job to do Drivers do theirs, as per directed.
edit2: spurman- the customer shipping the package is paying the bill, and they make the decision who to use. if they are small, it might be a decision based on the driver or past experience. if they are a huge shipper, transportation is one small part of a larger logistics and distriubution supply chain, pennies off per package can mean millions for a large company.
make sense? Yep, but see the caveat below.
My wife was the first employee hired in a small internet based company. She now is in control of shipping and customer service.
This small company now spends over 1 million dollars yearly in shipping products world wide.
UPS gets less than 5% of their shipping, due to those pennies-(more like dollars)-.
International shipping, UPS has improved by lowering their cost to meet USPS prices,-( read as selling for less)- but only to about 60% of the countries my wife ships product to.
Our growth as a company is only based on the economy and products shipped.
Just some simple calculus for you.
-( the terms We, Us and Our is synonymous with UPS)-
Our shipping base is finite.
We are already the major mover of parcels in the US.
We are at a point of "diminishing returns" in time, money and effort, to try and increase profit.
IMHEO, we need to focus on service, to our core base.
UPS has a myriad of other arms in the economic world and will survive into the future, in name only.
We are increasing volume with Basic, at a 50% reduced profit.
We are increasing international volume, by cutting our profit margin.
We are cutting our own throats.
My wife was the first employee hired in a small internet based company. She now is in control of shipping and customer service.
This small company now spends over 1 million dollars yearly in shipping products world wide.
UPS gets less than 5% of their shipping, due to those pennies-(more like dollars)-.
International shipping, UPS has improved by lowering their cost to meet USPS prices,-( read as selling for less)- but only to about 60% of the countries my wife ships product to.
Our growth as a company is only based on the economy and products shipped.
Just some simple calculus for you.
-( the terms We, Us and Our is synonymous with UPS)-
Our shipping base is finite.
We are already the major mover of parcels in the US.
We are at a point of "diminishing returns" in time, money and effort, to try and increase profit.
IMHEO, we need to focus on service, to our core base.
UPS has a myriad of other arms in the economic world and will survive into the future, in name only.
We are increasing volume with Basic, at a 50% reduced profit.
We are increasing international volume, by cutting our profit margin.
We are cutting our own throats.
Oh, BTW,
My wife's company is about to get 6 pallet loads of shipping boxes with their company name and logo printed on them for free from USPS.
Nothing like competing against a company that can sell stamps to make up their loss and have our Congress back them up.
The Party for the POST OFFICE is amost now over because their billion dollar losses are no longer going to be tolerated by congress and the tax payers. It is annoying to see all these tv ads about one size fits all shipping as a tax payer and UPSER. The post office will never see a profit so its just a matter of time. Just ask anyone who works for the post office. The internet is killing them and its only been 10 short years.
My wife was the first employee hired in a small internet based company. She now is in control of shipping and customer service.
This small company now spends over 1 million dollars yearly in shipping products world wide.
UPS gets less than 5% of their shipping, due to those pennies-(more like dollars)-.
International shipping, UPS has improved by lowering their cost to meet USPS prices,-( read as selling for less)- but only to about 60% of the countries my wife ships product to.
Our growth as a company is only based on the economy and products shipped.
Just some simple calculus for you.
-( the terms We, Us and Our is synonymous with UPS)-
Our shipping base is finite.
We are already the major mover of parcels in the US.
We are at a point of "diminishing returns" in time, money and effort, to try and increase profit.
IMHEO, we need to focus on service, to our core base.
UPS has a myriad of other arms in the economic world and will survive into the future, in name only.
We are increasing volume with Basic, at a 50% reduced profit.
We are increasing international volume, by cutting our profit margin.
We are cutting our own throats.
Oh, BTW,
My wife's company is about to get 6 pallet loads of shipping boxes with their company name and logo printed on them for free from USPS.
Nothing like competing against a company that can sell stamps to make up their loss and have our Congress back them up.
The Party for the POST OFFICE is amost now over because their billion dollar losses are no longer going to be tolerated by congress and the tax payers. It is annoying to see all these tv ads about one size fits all shipping as a tax payer and UPSER. The post office will never see a profit so its just a matter of time. Just ask anyone who works for the post office. The internet is killing them and its only been 10 short years.
More like 20 years- Thanks to Al Gore
Working for the affected department and supporting a family of five it is NOT EASY; therefore, some of you have NO RIGHT to comment with "Dead Weight" some of you folks still have your jobs! Some can afford the cuts, but if your adminstraitive it is a hardship. Some will be bumped into part-time positions and others will be bumped in to less favorable jobs. It amazes me that everybody has an opinion and I bet that some of these comments are from either retired UPSERS or others outside our department! Operations and Sales have too many and if anything there is more than one place to cut; however, they took a hatchet to the finance department and usually that is where we set the bar and lead by example so keep in mind that maybe your jobs are next so think twice since it is NOT over folks-- not by a long shot!
The problem with your observation is that astute employees, particularly non-union administrative specialist, OMS's and the such are very limited in their job advancements. I got to feel sorry for most of them considering they just were not given the perks/early stock options/MIPs that their management peers have enjoyed over the decades. Their retirement benefits are locked in with their best five years and their annual salaries are nowhere near to what a manager would be able to qualify for with the same employment time with the company. Face it the the deck has been stacked for a long time to provide a select few with a good retirement or termination package, equality and fair play has never been a dominant issue with the corporation and from first hand experience also with the union.I see that this is your first post so I will try and be gentle.
If you are an admin, the word has one less (i) in it than you put there. I am sure it was just a mistake.
The sales force and operations are the life blood of the company. Therefore you need to keep those organs strong and healthy. A poorly run company will cut it's sales force and die a slow and agonizing death. This is no different in operations. Departments like HR, Finance, Industrial Engineering and to a certain extent Plant Engineering can all be consolidated.
An astute employee (more so a non-union/management person), is always looking to find the job that will help propel their income and chance of promotion to a higher level. For example, you find out which department that more managers are promoted from and you ask for a transfer there. Most admins have seen that whole departments have been consolidated and farmed out - such as our telephone centers... so - you ask for a transfer to Plant Engineering or Automotive as an admin. They will always have at least one or two to get the paperwork done. You could probably live your life there without worrying about a layoff.
Now is it to late for you? .... maybe/maybe not.... but you may have to start out slow. Make sure you spell check your own position first. This will help to make a better first impression.
Probably not as much as it does to you.True some-body's got to make the sell (you) but there's somebody on the other end closing the deal(me)and don't forget everyone in between.You can say making service cost money but not without saying that's what makes money.there was a term that someone told me when I started at UPS, it was "work as directed"
sucks, but that is what they pay me to do
edit: and this thread continuously reinforces the point - we all have a job to do
edit2: spurman- the customer shipping the package is paying the bill, and they make the decision who to use. if they are small, it might be a decision based on the driver or past experience. if they are a huge shipper, transportation is one small part of a larger logistics and distriubution supply chain, pennies off per package can mean millions for a large company.
make sense?
Probably not as much as it does to you.True some-body's got to make the sell (you) but there's somebody on the other end closing the deal(me)and don't forget everyone in between.You can say making service cost money but not without saying that's what makes money.
Oh and if you want to misspell my user name that's ok, could you spell it "sperman" instead? I did get a chuckle on that.