How many of you want to get out as soon as you hit your 30 years?
17 years now and I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, Unfortunately I’m in the sewers And it’s coming from a man hole cover.
From your fellow coworkers grim faces every morning to the managements fake Crocodile smiles it takes a toll on you.
I’m praying for a 22.3 job. Being a driver in Los Angeles is whole deferent battle I won’t get into.
17 yrs and close? Not really. 13 years, especially if you've got your eye on the clock will be eternity.
Now, You my friend need distractions. I have lived for the weekend for 40 years. Raced motocross
for decades and still do. I have an airplane and(pilots license) and mechanics license. Always talk and
be around that kind of thing. Always have your next trip/vacation planned, dreamed of. I buy and
restore old motorbikes and always have a couple around and always searching for parts and such.
Distractions. The great pay always allowed me to experience things that most on this planet dream
about.
Plan B. Quit. There are 8 billion people on this planet that don't work at UPS. But be careful to think
they don't have their own problems. I looked at it this way: The job sucks and we work for and in
a system that is a giant meat grinder physically and mentally. But....it pays very well and all that.
I have admired folks that said "I quit", many have regrets and come back, some fade away and
die quickly in a different kind of hell. A 22.3 job means you still work for the same A-wholes and
in and around the system/culture-negative us vs. them. Feeders changes the scenery but working
at night is a whole other subject. You still could quit and move and start over. Around here, part
timers get feeders with virtually no time in. Remember every move can and will have consequences
intended or otherwise. Get promoted. Join em. Don't reject this so quickly. It has possibilities like
being able to relocate and jobs you don't even realize/ exist.
Life has a way of changing, sometimes unexpectedly. Sometimes wonderfully and sometimes
awfully. Parents and kids and all of those things. My career has seemed to change about every
15 years in profound ways like classifications by seniority and then some by economical and structural
changes to the company. Remember, there could be big changes in 13 years. Look around.
In California especially.
In the end, you don't have to work at UPS. It is a voluntary/free decision. I found a way to embrace
or really compartmentalize it as just part of my life. And then reaped the benefits and bounty it
provided....like a garden. Change your attitude and the days will fly by.
jobs out there and we all could be doing way worse. Chin up buddy. You’re doing great
