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<blockquote data-quote="Karma..." data-source="post: 4797690" data-attributes="member: 29370"><p>I started out of the u.s.m.c. in 1968....went to school under the g.i. bill and part time at ups.....did every single hub job.....wanted to go ft but at that time one had to quit and reapply to ups...there was no mechanism for union pt to union ft..that would come in the long strike 3 month of 1976....that was a bitter strike...it also meant a unifying nation wide contract with a few notable exceptions....it also provided as I recall a 1 inside to 5 outside ratio of hiring.. before that ups has complete freedom...so at the time I had so much time at ups yet zero options for friend.t via the union the only choice I had was to go into pt supervision......I dont often look back but if I could have gone friend.t. union I would have......ive met and worked with many great people at ups....however the quality of ups management today isn't what Jim Casey would approve of.a much different company now.....there is a great deal to learn from Jim Casey's way of management....much like Chesty Puller......for jobs in management in was solely operations....staff jobs dont really contribute much to the bottom line......its union and non union operations that are the core of ups....all the rest should be out-sourced ...if you are not moving parcels you are overhead and an unneeded cost.......I recommend that you read Jim Casey...Back in the day very meeting would start with an excerpt from either the policy book or from Jim Casey and others...Then we all said what we thought of it.....I would incorporate these in my P.C.Ms...often I would loan out my policy book an Caseys books to interested ( union) people......it was a different company back then.....Jim Casey passed away in 1983 and the gradual eroding began......every so often the books come up on ebay..well worth the read because they provide insight into the start and progression of the company...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Karma..., post: 4797690, member: 29370"] I started out of the u.s.m.c. in 1968....went to school under the g.i. bill and part time at ups.....did every single hub job.....wanted to go ft but at that time one had to quit and reapply to ups...there was no mechanism for union pt to union ft..that would come in the long strike 3 month of 1976....that was a bitter strike...it also meant a unifying nation wide contract with a few notable exceptions....it also provided as I recall a 1 inside to 5 outside ratio of hiring.. before that ups has complete freedom...so at the time I had so much time at ups yet zero options for friend.t via the union the only choice I had was to go into pt supervision......I dont often look back but if I could have gone friend.t. union I would have......ive met and worked with many great people at ups....however the quality of ups management today isn't what Jim Casey would approve of.a much different company now.....there is a great deal to learn from Jim Casey's way of management....much like Chesty Puller......for jobs in management in was solely operations....staff jobs dont really contribute much to the bottom line......its union and non union operations that are the core of ups....all the rest should be out-sourced ...if you are not moving parcels you are overhead and an unneeded cost.......I recommend that you read Jim Casey...Back in the day very meeting would start with an excerpt from either the policy book or from Jim Casey and others...Then we all said what we thought of it.....I would incorporate these in my P.C.Ms...often I would loan out my policy book an Caseys books to interested ( union) people......it was a different company back then.....Jim Casey passed away in 1983 and the gradual eroding began......every so often the books come up on ebay..well worth the read because they provide insight into the start and progression of the company... [/QUOTE]
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