first off....if your a loader...on ur belt...stay there....dont change to unload or small sort...just load...bite the bullet...and just....load....hey 700 PHH..we need you to do these eregs.....DO IT....just bite the bullet and do w/e they want....stay on ur belt...eventually...u will be the person loading who has been loading in ur area for the longest which gives you seniority...find out who is back up pick off on ur belt....how many pick off do you have on ur belt? My belt has 2...me and another guy...some only require one...depending on the volume....find out who is back up....if no one requested back up...ask for it...take the sort test..pass it...you will get the dollar raise even for just being a back up...then ur garenteed to go up everytime if one of them or the person takes off....it always garentees you the position if for any reason the person quits..gets fired, or xfers...ur already back up so your automatically the next person to go up....
I have come to the conclusion that the most picking off I will get to do is a small amount of weakside, 3-4 times a week.
I have been working here for about 6 months and I passed the pick off test for my belt a long time ago, I am consistantly one of if not the best reader on my belt(as far as loaders are concerned, obviously). The problem is that the high pick guy on my belt has been at UPS for about 15+ years, and the low pick guy has been there for about 15+ as well. Neither of them are leaving anytime soon. So the only picking off I will be seeing on this belt is probably during the summer when they swap back and forth with week long vacations.
I talked to my full time sup about being a pick off somewhere else in the building and he said he could only use a pick off on one other belt. Then he said he wouldn't mind me picking off but he can't afford to lose me as a loader(bull**** imo..that's what I get for busting my ass for the first 6 months on the job, as I see other people who do absolute **** there and get away with it..just because they can). Basically I know that even though they are looking for a pick off on another belt, there is no way I will get the chance at it. I have basically decided that it isn't worth busting my ass for this company at the time being, sure I can hold down my loads and help the slower loaders out but really, what is the point? Why should I do 700 PPH if the guy in the trailer next to me is only doing 250-300(and not trying hard at all)..and getting paid more than me in the process. Basically I feel that the type of job that you have as a loader at UPS is, the harder you try..the more you get taken advantage of. Sure I have no problem helping people out, because I am a team player. However I am just sick of being used by supervisors who only care about getting the job done, while they do the least amount of work possible. The high pick guy on my belt is a perfect example of someone being used. He is unreal at pick off(I mean he has been doing it like 12 years or something...probably the best in my HUB) and because he is so good, he never gets help. 3-4 Days a week I will do my load and help with weakside..however most of the time I go up there and I get pulled down(even though with that load your job is suppose to be to load, and help weakside) by my supervisor asking me to go bulk or internals..or help out some ******* who decided to come to work and not give a ****. Now even though my high pick is great and doesn't need me up there most of the time. He has admitted that having me up there whenever possible is a huge help for him. I guess anyone who does strong side pick off can tell you how much of a difference it is when you have someone there to help. And the main reason I bust my ass in my load to get clear so I can go up and help him is because that is the only way I will get any experience picking off.(I mean neither of these guys ever call out, and if they did there is one person who has seniority over me who gets to fill in, even though he is consistantly at the bottom on the misload frequency chart..because he doesn't like to read). So basically, I just decided to not give a **** anymore. I mean why should I, right?