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<blockquote data-quote="Karma..." data-source="post: 4868990" data-attributes="member: 29370"><p>I started in 1970......part time....just out of the Marines and going to school......also at a small center.......I was red circle guaranteed 4 hours of work..........It was a truly different company and was great.....All the people I worked with were vets as well as the management...the management came up thru the ranks..There was no bs or chicken crap....At the time pt people had to be active students and once you were not you had to leave....That was the agreement and condition of your employment agree upon by the union, ups and the employee......Dont confuse the old united parcel service with the new ups......It was a badge of honor to be part of united parcel service......very difficult to get in.......Too bad the company was sold out by the upper management going public and screwing the culture....Carols mantra of better not bigger resonates and has much credence......fyi.....the unifying contract was in 1976 after the 3 month strike with one of the agreements being that pt people were offered ft on a ratio of I remember as 1 to 5 or there abouts...over the years and contracts it increased........when the hubs and centers got bigger the pettiness also increased.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Karma..., post: 4868990, member: 29370"] I started in 1970......part time....just out of the Marines and going to school......also at a small center.......I was red circle guaranteed 4 hours of work..........It was a truly different company and was great.....All the people I worked with were vets as well as the management...the management came up thru the ranks..There was no bs or chicken crap....At the time pt people had to be active students and once you were not you had to leave....That was the agreement and condition of your employment agree upon by the union, ups and the employee......Dont confuse the old united parcel service with the new ups......It was a badge of honor to be part of united parcel service......very difficult to get in.......Too bad the company was sold out by the upper management going public and screwing the culture....Carols mantra of better not bigger resonates and has much credence......fyi.....the unifying contract was in 1976 after the 3 month strike with one of the agreements being that pt people were offered ft on a ratio of I remember as 1 to 5 or there abouts...over the years and contracts it increased........when the hubs and centers got bigger the pettiness also increased. [/QUOTE]

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