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<blockquote data-quote="Southwestern" data-source="post: 939038" data-attributes="member: 33209"><p>I am near the bottom of the seniority list. Three centers under one roof -- the lowest bid coverage guy is 15-years, the lowest route is over 20. Management attempts to keep me in an area I know pretty well, but as work is scarce this time of year, I frequently pull routes blind. And yes, I live in a cold-weather climate that's treacherous at times; in fact, we have several routes that are broken up when it snows as the crux of the volume is tagged emergency conditions.</p><p></p><p>I, too, am stunned by the sentiment on this forum that part-timers are overcompensated and full-timers under. And yet these same drivers complain about their loads. Which ties together with a previous poster's comment that the majority of part-timers wouldn't be eligible/knowledgeable enough to drive (not that I necessarily agree). You know why? Because the pay is so low & working conditions so poor that the crux of UPS's part-time employment (until the economy burst and jobs became scarce) is comprised of people who solely care about making enough cash to get drunk or high, while not interfering with their welfare benefits. They don't care about their drivers, just getting out of work ASAP. A very harsh generalization, but really not far from the truth. If UPS followed FedEx's lead and provided better compensation & working conditions to its PT, it'd attract a higher-quality work force that would give a dang about its work. But no, according to the FT on these forums, UPS should further cut PT compensation and give it to the FT. </p><p></p><p>And I don't believe that the work PT does is equal to FT. But I do believe PT are under compensated and FT over.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Southwestern, post: 939038, member: 33209"] I am near the bottom of the seniority list. Three centers under one roof -- the lowest bid coverage guy is 15-years, the lowest route is over 20. Management attempts to keep me in an area I know pretty well, but as work is scarce this time of year, I frequently pull routes blind. And yes, I live in a cold-weather climate that's treacherous at times; in fact, we have several routes that are broken up when it snows as the crux of the volume is tagged emergency conditions. I, too, am stunned by the sentiment on this forum that part-timers are overcompensated and full-timers under. And yet these same drivers complain about their loads. Which ties together with a previous poster's comment that the majority of part-timers wouldn't be eligible/knowledgeable enough to drive (not that I necessarily agree). You know why? Because the pay is so low & working conditions so poor that the crux of UPS's part-time employment (until the economy burst and jobs became scarce) is comprised of people who solely care about making enough cash to get drunk or high, while not interfering with their welfare benefits. They don't care about their drivers, just getting out of work ASAP. A very harsh generalization, but really not far from the truth. If UPS followed FedEx's lead and provided better compensation & working conditions to its PT, it'd attract a higher-quality work force that would give a dang about its work. But no, according to the FT on these forums, UPS should further cut PT compensation and give it to the FT. And I don't believe that the work PT does is equal to FT. But I do believe PT are under compensated and FT over. [/QUOTE]
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