I am amazed at the lack of respect that both hourlies and supervisors have for our company. Keep this in mind, every post on here comes from a self proclaimed "hard worker." Even people who do nothing day in and day out think they "work hard."
Oh pray tell who would that be? How would you know if someone is actually working hard of doing nothing? Seriously.
Due to our make up, there are 2 ways for UPS to continue to compete with FedEx and DHL...1 increase our volume 2 decrease payroll expense.
As mentioned in previous responses, wrong, many ways to reduce expenses. Payroll is just the largest expense, so it's the easiest target.
Fact of life. UPS will always try to get the most out of us. I take pride in working for a company with so many people that bust their butts every day.
I personally take pride in doing a job well in as short of time as possible. Busting my butt everyday, yet trying to save enough of me to come back the next day and go again.
Next time you want to complain, think about our fathers, or grandfathers, and think about what they'd do to make the money and have the benefits that we have. I can't believe how many whiners we have at UPS, and in our country period.
I know what my Dad would have done if a boss came to him every morning saying (or insinuating that he was "featherbedding") or outright accusing him of dishonesty, let me tell you it wouldn't have been pretty. You don't pay me enough money to have the right to degrade me.
Remember, those of you that complain about the part time wage, talk to your stewards and business agents. The drivers aren't complaining...why? Because the union values them and always makes their pay a priority when negotiating. I would love to see p/t employees start at a higher wage. It would help me staff my operation. Our profits do not go into the pocket of the CEO.
<cough> Excuse me? I don't know if you are stupid or if you think we all are? Every penny that goes into the CEO's pocket is from our profits, from OUR hard work.
They go toward reinvestment in our technology, acquisitions, and planning for the future. Because of our union environment, which I accept and am not complaining about, we can't compete with other shipping companies without cutting payroll expense. We have restructured management stock allotments, pensions, 401K's and benefits recently to cut (or at least spread) cost. Do you know that?
Yes I did know that. Let me tell you, I haven't talked to s sup that is happy about it either. Ya see, hourlies aren't the only ones that complain. How about cutting needless delays in a driver's production time? If every center in UP$ would get the drivers on the road just 15 minutes earlier everyday it would decrease expenses, by giving the driver a larger window of delivery. Our sups MUST turn in three account leads everything they ride with a driver. Sounds good huh? What this does is create needless delays in delivery time because the driver is the one that has to spend time following up on worthless leads. Unproductive time cuts back on delivery time. Managers and supervisors (not hourly employees) have seen cuts and changes to help the company in the eyes of our investors. I'm a supervisor, and I'm not complaining. I see the long-term need. All of this in an effort to continue to provide top notch benefits to the hourly employees, and continue with raises for everyone.
The worst thing that ever happened to UP$ as major company in the USA was the plan hatched by the upper management to push us into the public traded market. We didn't need that influx of cash from the "investors". BTW, Investors= greedy people wanting to capitalize on someone else's hard work. The majority of "investors" is UP$ upper management.
Speaking of raises. Does anyone realize that getting a raise every year is not the norm? I have friends who haven't received a raise since 9/11. Ours, both management and hourly, happen every year. Maybe not as much as we'd like, but they happen. (Very few management people don't get annual raises).
Do you realize that in the months following 9/11 few companies experienced a return to normal business levels that UP$ enjoyed? I saw a relatively small drop in our volume during that time compared to the rest of the nation.
Where else can you go and make $70,000+ a year, have full benefits, a pension (if the Teamsters manage it right) and not even have a high school diploma? Where?? Hard work?....yes, a bad job?...not even close.
Ahhh, ya got me there. Where else do employees have to be told day in and day out, "Do more in less time", even if it kills you. Ya know, everyone has a limit of what they can physically do and just because some bean counter in an office looks at a list of numbers saying it is possible, it don't make it so.
STOP WHINING AND LET'S GO GET SOME MORE CUSTOMERS AND CREATE MORE JOBS.
EVERYDAY I HEAR SUPERVISORS AND MANAGERS WHINING, DRIVERS DON'T HAVE A MONOPOLY ON THAT. IN FACT I AM WILLING TO BET YOU DO SOME OF THAT YOURSELF.
LET'S ALL FOCUS ON WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND GET IT DONE.
PARDNER, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT I FOCUS ON EARNING A LIVING AND BUILDING A FUTURE FOR MYSELF, AND I'M MAKING HEADWAY.AND IF UPS IS NOT FOR YOU, DON'T CRY, DON'T FILE 20 GRIEVENCES A WEEK,
THAT'S SIMPLE, DON'T VIOLATE THE CONTRACT 100 TIMES A WEEK AND NO ONE WILL HAVE REASON TO FILE GRIEVANCE ONE.
DON'T COMPLAIN THAT YOU WORK TOO MUCH, MOVE ON TO SOMETHING THAT WORKS FOR YOU.
RHETORIC
