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<blockquote data-quote="PobreCarlos" data-source="post: 942794" data-attributes="member: 16651"><p>A couple of comments here. The first thing that jumped out at me was the claim in the "UPS'S Social and Business Practices" section of "Annual turnover rate at UPS is 400%" That claim has been posted on several sites over the years, and I think has its roots in a poisonous "tell-all" book written by an embittered ex-employee. Of course, any thinking individual could quickly deduce that it's absolute B.S; I mean does ANYONE truly believe that UPS fills EACH AND EVERY POSITION an average of 4 TIMES each year??? But still the "fact" finders keep spewing that figure, hoping, I guess, that such feces will stick on the minds of the nieve.</p><p></p><p>Beyond that, let's take another example from the "statistics" presented, say the one of "On average one UPS employee is killed on the job each month". Just how significant a number is that? Well, think for a minute; UPS has approximately 430,000 employees. That figure is MORE than the number of INHABITANTS in cities such as Oakland, Miami, Tulsa, Minneapolis, and about fifty more of the 100 LARGEST cities in the United States. Then multiply UPS "on job" "kill rate" by three or so, to make-up for the fact that UPSers on average probably spend a third of so of their time at the company. Then think how that thirty-six of so deaths compare with the deaths of *ANY* of the cities mentioned above. Hell, compared statistically to living in the OUTSIDE world, working at UPS is relatively healthy and life sustaining! Can ANYONE come up with a city of over 400,000 inhabitants that has only 36 of its residents killed a year? Good luck!.</p><p></p><p>In truth, this whole "UPS Fact Page" seems filled with "facts" like the above; some outright lies (like "400% turnover"), while others are examples of advanced "shading of the truth". Granted, individuals working for the company deserve an element of respect...but I'd submit that a company that employs close to a half million workers deserves a little respect itself...and not the type of "attention" the author of this "UPS Facts" crappola piece has given it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PobreCarlos, post: 942794, member: 16651"] A couple of comments here. The first thing that jumped out at me was the claim in the "UPS'S Social and Business Practices" section of "Annual turnover rate at UPS is 400%" That claim has been posted on several sites over the years, and I think has its roots in a poisonous "tell-all" book written by an embittered ex-employee. Of course, any thinking individual could quickly deduce that it's absolute B.S; I mean does ANYONE truly believe that UPS fills EACH AND EVERY POSITION an average of 4 TIMES each year??? But still the "fact" finders keep spewing that figure, hoping, I guess, that such feces will stick on the minds of the nieve. Beyond that, let's take another example from the "statistics" presented, say the one of "On average one UPS employee is killed on the job each month". Just how significant a number is that? Well, think for a minute; UPS has approximately 430,000 employees. That figure is MORE than the number of INHABITANTS in cities such as Oakland, Miami, Tulsa, Minneapolis, and about fifty more of the 100 LARGEST cities in the United States. Then multiply UPS "on job" "kill rate" by three or so, to make-up for the fact that UPSers on average probably spend a third of so of their time at the company. Then think how that thirty-six of so deaths compare with the deaths of *ANY* of the cities mentioned above. Hell, compared statistically to living in the OUTSIDE world, working at UPS is relatively healthy and life sustaining! Can ANYONE come up with a city of over 400,000 inhabitants that has only 36 of its residents killed a year? Good luck!. In truth, this whole "UPS Fact Page" seems filled with "facts" like the above; some outright lies (like "400% turnover"), while others are examples of advanced "shading of the truth". Granted, individuals working for the company deserve an element of respect...but I'd submit that a company that employs close to a half million workers deserves a little respect itself...and not the type of "attention" the author of this "UPS Facts" crappola piece has given it. [/QUOTE]
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