Wish it were so, scratch, but alas, I have fallen another notch. I have 13 years with this beautiful compant
Just curious how do you fall a spot on the seniority list?
I was just kidding Eli. I sort of pictured myself in a totem pole with one of the bottom pieces removed, LOL.
The Utube news video. Remember the guy with the bad comb over?
Thanks Steve, exactly what I read somewhere.
There’s life outside UPS! Many folks live happy lives without ever getting a paycheck from Big Brown. On the other hand, many folks work long careers at UPS and manage to have a happy life. To each his own. It’s easy to quit a job that pays 10-15 bucks an hour, takes guts to walk away from 30.00 an hour.
This guy was a top dollar driver, but I totally see your point. You're absolutely right, it would take guts.
I would not call his time at UPS wasted.
He learned the most valuable lesson in life.
Don't spend your life doing something you hate just for money and security.
Thanks for the slant, very nice.
When I started @ UPS I was a PT non-union clerk working for a paycheck as I went to school. When I finished school there were no good jobs in my degree field locally so I started driving "just to pay off some bills" accumulated while in school. Five years was my plan of departure from Brown then I was going to go into business for myself. For some reason unknown to me I allowed my (now EX) wife to get us so faar into debt that the previously mentioned bills were inconsequential. After the divorce it took two years of eating beans and bologna too pay them off. By he time that happened I was getting too damned old to start over. She got the gold mine, I got the shaft.
To summarize, some people stay because they really enjoy the whole show at UPS, some stay because they haven't too many options. Now, having said that. I really enjoy parts of my job. Getting out into the public, making contact with the people, providing a service that's usually appreciated by the customer. The part I really hate is the US vs. THEM mentality, the " gotta get blood from a turnip" syndrome from management, the total lack of respect I receive as a human being from the company. I even hate the lack of respect I have for most of the managers I have worked for, all but a couple of them have been "lie to your face", justify anything they do wrong, selfish individuals. The main reason I stay is because I'm too friggen old and beat up to be a bull rider and the benefits are good.
Sorry trplnkl, next time I'm in Texas, drinks are on me, brother!!!
I see alot of people that are just tired of coming in everyday. You walk in about 8am start at 830 knowing that you will be lucky to be home again by 830pm. You do this over and over and over, week by week by week and it breaks you down. No one minds putting in the long hours at xmas, the majority of us pace ourselves through the year so we have enough in the tank at xmas. But all of these hours are way to much, ive already made more money this year than i did last year and i still have over 3 months left. ( i like to take a day here and there)
The most of us wont leave because we have to much vested and we still hope that every thing will level out.
Can't believe you guys work so hard, 705. I only get home that late during peak. And, I ride a bike!!!
Maybe he thought he had won the lottery and had already crapped on the center manager's desk
Before start time, we all gather around and shoot the bull about this and other fun things we'd like to do.