Well, today I just quit my Preloader job at UPS, because nobody would take the time to train or help me with my gigantic load. From the start, I have been assigned 4 cars every day. I was never shown any belt-to-car methods, and the supervisors did nothing to help. The only thing I was told, was that the truck number is on the box, and the shelf number is on the box. Everything else was up to me to make it work somehow. This location is a total wreck, and I now see why they can't keep employees. I get stuck chasing down packages, as boxes pile up outside, and inside of my trucks. Still, there is no supervisor or trainer to help. I was only working for 3 weeks and one day, and the stress and frustration of the job was too much to handle. Supervisors would get frustrated and walk away, without showing me any ways of making the job a little easier. I was really looking forward to working for UPS, and it seemed like a great job. I'm upset that nobody could take the time to train or help me.
I really wish this could have worked, and I'm really let-down by the whole experience.
Ca'mon Rub-a-dub-dub three weeks in a hub...why didn't you ask the other guys in the tub? The butcher, the baker and the candlestick-maker were all loaders before they hit it big with Mother Goose.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rub-a-dub-dub
No training time is allowed to achieve a production number. It's a damn shame what this company has done to my former shift. I loved my preload. 4 trucks is a vacation at my center. It has been documented by the stewards that they had 2 kids loading 13 trucks between them. B.S.!!!!
FracusBrown,
You have no idea what you're talking about.
Today's UPS isn't the UPS it was when you started. UPS isn't for everyone, etc. etc., that was true back in the day but it's true in a much different way now.
Thank you for your service.
Fracus,
Why don't you transfer to Black River. The managers there are looking to transfer out. Then, you could work Preload everyday, as it is now required if you want to make a number. Then, come back and tell us how easy it is, especially in the 'Black Hole' as the sups in Syracuse call it. It has nothing to do with the employees, either.
real smart move.look at the money you were making.plus some of the bull **** that goes with the job.Well, today I just quit my Preloader job at UPS, because nobody would take the time to train or help me with my gigantic load. From the start, I have been assigned 4 cars every day. I was never shown any belt-to-car methods, and the supervisors did nothing to help. The only thing I was told, was that the truck number is on the box, and the shelf number is on the box. Everything else was up to me to make it work somehow. This location is a total wreck, and I now see why they can't keep employees. I get stuck chasing down packages, as boxes pile up outside, and inside of my trucks. Still, there is no supervisor or trainer to help. I was only working for 3 weeks and one day, and the stress and frustration of the job was too much to handle. Supervisors would get frustrated and walk away, without showing me any ways of making the job a little easier. I was really looking forward to working for UPS, and it seemed like a great job. I'm upset that nobody could take the time to train or help me.
I really wish this could have worked, and I'm really let-down by the whole experience.
better yet.everyone take a sick day all on one day duringthe week.(example)on friday.If you lived here in my city, 3 weeks would be high seniority as a pre loader !
I don't blame you, because it sounds just like the center I used to work for.
Good luck, and don't worry, much better jobs out there.
What has that got to do with not being trained and being held accountable?! Get a grip on reality...are you in management? Impossible is a word. It means not possible. Hypothesis also is an educated guess based on known facts and the facts are the OP wasn't trained properly to do a job that is highly scrutinized and demanding.This isn't relativity compared to OTHER jobs....it is a very hard job (if you take it seriously) that the OP was set up to fail in because the company failed to give him/her the tools to succeed. The preload sups are mandated to spend 20 minutes of every hour training and auditing new loaders for at least a week. UPS management is mentally challenged, relatively speaking, compared to people with common sense. We have a very frustrated workforce. That is why the hourly does NOT respect the management.Easy (or hard) is a relative term. Nearly everyone thinks they work harder and have a job that's more difficult than the next person. There's a lot of work that's more mentally and/or physically challenging than anything we do. There is also a lot that's easier.
Preload sucks. I've doubled a couple times and done it. Drivers come in and start bitchin' about something that happened the day before that I had nothing to do with. I was kind of thrown in the fire as well. Trying to organize 4 package cars while I was just getting the hang of it, sucked. Not sure I'm ever going to do it again.