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<blockquote data-quote="Sammie" data-source="post: 234182" data-attributes="member: 8657"><p>I started with the company in 1975. Our offices were small, we knew</p><p>everybody and the atmosphere was friendly. Then as we grew and became more <em>sophisticated</em>, things started changing and rules and attitudes became more rigid. </p><p> </p><p>Two of my managers refused to change their ways when they came back from mgmt school and broke the Golden Rule by explaining some of what went on. And this isn't just at our company. It's everywhere. Management people, regardless if they're worth a you know what or not, not only survive, but they prosper and get promoted.</p><p> </p><p>There are probably a lot of management styles, (and this comes from Dude and I who together have 63 years of UPS under our belts), but unless a manager can break out of his training and think for himself, this company seems to prefer the cookie cutter tactics of the cold shoulder, a lack of respect, bullying, they don't follow thru with what they say they'll do and somehow the incompetent ones are rarely weeded out. We've all heard horror stories about the boss from hell, or have had first hand experience with a difficult one and all of this behavior is like a headlight on a black night. I enjoyed every job I had at UPS but when the boss was a real dweeb, I sometimes let it all out when I felt it necessary and as a result always waited for the other shoe to drop, that my stay in the Emerald City would soon be over and that the wicked witch would fly</p><p>thru the air screaming " Go home, Dorothy!" But I never got canned for speaking up. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/confused1.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" data-shortname=":confused:" />1</p><p> </p><p>I wonder on the happy scale how we feel in comparison to Fedex, DHL, etc. You've got to wonder what the competition does to keep their employees satisfied and committed, but something tells me we're all probably in the same boat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sammie, post: 234182, member: 8657"] I started with the company in 1975. Our offices were small, we knew everybody and the atmosphere was friendly. Then as we grew and became more [I]sophisticated[/I], things started changing and rules and attitudes became more rigid. Two of my managers refused to change their ways when they came back from mgmt school and broke the Golden Rule by explaining some of what went on. And this isn't just at our company. It's everywhere. Management people, regardless if they're worth a you know what or not, not only survive, but they prosper and get promoted. There are probably a lot of management styles, (and this comes from Dude and I who together have 63 years of UPS under our belts), but unless a manager can break out of his training and think for himself, this company seems to prefer the cookie cutter tactics of the cold shoulder, a lack of respect, bullying, they don't follow thru with what they say they'll do and somehow the incompetent ones are rarely weeded out. We've all heard horror stories about the boss from hell, or have had first hand experience with a difficult one and all of this behavior is like a headlight on a black night. I enjoyed every job I had at UPS but when the boss was a real dweeb, I sometimes let it all out when I felt it necessary and as a result always waited for the other shoe to drop, that my stay in the Emerald City would soon be over and that the wicked witch would fly thru the air screaming " Go home, Dorothy!" But I never got canned for speaking up. :confused1 I wonder on the happy scale how we feel in comparison to Fedex, DHL, etc. You've got to wonder what the competition does to keep their employees satisfied and committed, but something tells me we're all probably in the same boat. [/QUOTE]
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