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<blockquote data-quote="Whither" data-source="post: 5088149" data-attributes="member: 76643"><p>What people forget: UPS should always be assumed to have the advantage. Whether people come here young or old, most are already well-trained to fear the employer, e.g., years of non-union jobs where you can be terminated on a whim, or else years of schooling and living in a culture which teaches us the economy rules all and everyone is just a replaceable cog in the machine. </p><p></p><p>If you get the chance to go full-time here, you have a shot at a decent living -- for many, their first chance and, since workers' wages have gone to hell over the last several decades, there aren't a lot of opportunities out there. (Hopefully covid is helping to change that dynamic.) From driving school throughout probation UPS doubles-down on their advantage. The company wants us all to feel ingratiated, e.g., to keep our heads down, not enforce the contract, not get involved in the union, and feel lucky -- but also threatened, as if we were employed 'at will' (the legal term) and could be sent packing for good without recourse. Why else would they make a habit of firing people when they know it won't stick? They hope it intimidates as many of us as possible so we'll just be quiet, obedient little worker bees.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Whither, post: 5088149, member: 76643"] What people forget: UPS should always be assumed to have the advantage. Whether people come here young or old, most are already well-trained to fear the employer, e.g., years of non-union jobs where you can be terminated on a whim, or else years of schooling and living in a culture which teaches us the economy rules all and everyone is just a replaceable cog in the machine. If you get the chance to go full-time here, you have a shot at a decent living -- for many, their first chance and, since workers' wages have gone to hell over the last several decades, there aren't a lot of opportunities out there. (Hopefully covid is helping to change that dynamic.) From driving school throughout probation UPS doubles-down on their advantage. The company wants us all to feel ingratiated, e.g., to keep our heads down, not enforce the contract, not get involved in the union, and feel lucky -- but also threatened, as if we were employed 'at will' (the legal term) and could be sent packing for good without recourse. Why else would they make a habit of firing people when they know it won't stick? They hope it intimidates as many of us as possible so we'll just be quiet, obedient little worker bees. [/QUOTE]
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