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<blockquote data-quote="hellfire" data-source="post: 995687" data-attributes="member: 21505"><p>a dead on description borrowed from <a href="http://www.browncafe.com/forum/members/airops/" target="_blank"><strong>airops</strong></a> </p><p> </p><p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> Have you done the math to find the target pay for your job. Based on a 45 hour work week the target for my job is $7.00 below a Drivers wage. I was promoted from a Driver over 20 years ago. I paid almost $3,000 for benefits last year. I don't have 30 and out. I buy my own clothes to work. You can all fill in more negatives. </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">I was told that the pay bands were started because no one wanted to be promoted. I'm thinking most people realize that they can't afford to take a promotion. UPS is the only company I know that equates a promotion to a cut in compensation. </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">UPS wants our pay to be equal to similar jobs in the industry. Have they looked at our work environment? Cinder block walls, desks made out of 2 draw filing cabinets, I share my office with many people, heat set very cold in winter and hot in summer, computer systems that were written in DOS, this list could also go on forever. The fact is there are not similar jobs out there. No other company disrespects their management more than UPS. Just listen to any Operation Conference Call. </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">I agree with many others. My compensation is good. But it's not more than the Teamster jobs and the responsibility is crazy. I fear for the company that I've given so much to help create. I think we just went down a very dark road.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hellfire, post: 995687, member: 21505"] a dead on description borrowed from [URL="http://www.browncafe.com/forum/members/airops/"][B]airops[/B][/URL] [INDENT] Have you done the math to find the target pay for your job. Based on a 45 hour work week the target for my job is $7.00 below a Drivers wage. I was promoted from a Driver over 20 years ago. I paid almost $3,000 for benefits last year. I don't have 30 and out. I buy my own clothes to work. You can all fill in more negatives. I was told that the pay bands were started because no one wanted to be promoted. I'm thinking most people realize that they can't afford to take a promotion. UPS is the only company I know that equates a promotion to a cut in compensation. UPS wants our pay to be equal to similar jobs in the industry. Have they looked at our work environment? Cinder block walls, desks made out of 2 draw filing cabinets, I share my office with many people, heat set very cold in winter and hot in summer, computer systems that were written in DOS, this list could also go on forever. The fact is there are not similar jobs out there. No other company disrespects their management more than UPS. Just listen to any Operation Conference Call. I agree with many others. My compensation is good. But it's not more than the Teamster jobs and the responsibility is crazy. I fear for the company that I've given so much to help create. I think we just went down a very dark road.[/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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